Michael York
Birthday: 1942-03-27 | Place of Birth: Fulmer, England, UKMichael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper social class demeanor saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976). In his later career he found success as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, for the ABC Afterschool Special: Are You My Mother? (1986) and the AMC series The Lot (2001). In 2002, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to motion pictures.
Known For
Acting
Role
as The Narrator
as Narrator
as Spherius (voice)
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
as Mika - Adult
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Stephen Combe
as Self - Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as Stephen Combe
as Stephen Combe
as Spherius (voice)
as Himself
as McGovern
as Narrator
as Roger Chambers
as Sir Nigel Irvine
as Sir Nigel Irvine
as D'Artagnan
as Basil Exposition
as Joyce
as Narrator (voice)
as Simon
as Stone Alexander
