Michael York
British actor · United Kingdom · Actors · Born 1942 · age 84
Michael York is read about 1,439 times a day, in 43 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 395 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Michael York swashbuckled through the 1970s as D'Artagnan, danced through Weimar Berlin in Cabaret, and ran from a dystopian death sentence in Logan's Run - then decades later turned up as the exposition-spouting straight man in Austin Powers.
A life in dates
DreamsFilm, Private Agent2011
The Mill and the CrossFilm, Nicolaes Jonghelinck2009
Transformers: Revenge of the FallenFilm, Prime #1 (voice)2008“I’ve always seen myself as international rather than American, and really as an Anglo-American. That description feels comfortable.”In their words21 August 2008The Den Of Geek interview: Michael York (August 21, 2008)
Ben 10: Alien ForceSeries, 2008Patrick (voice)2004
Justice League UnlimitedSeries, Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)2002
Austin Powers in GoldmemberFilm, Basil Exposition2000
Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries, Michael York
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold FireFilm, 2000Pterano (voice)1998
54Film, Ambassador1995
SlidersSeries1993
seaQuest DSVSeries, President Alexander Bourne
Wide Sargasso SeaFilm, 1993Paul Mason1989
The Return of the MusketeersFilm, D'Artagnan1983
For Those I LovedFilm, Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)1981
Wetten, dass..?Series1977
The Island of Dr. MoreauFilm, Andrew Braddock1975
Conduct UnbecomingFilm, 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake1973
Lost HorizonFilm, George Conway1971Film '72Series
ZeppelinFilm, 1971Geoffrey Richter-Douglas1967
AccidentFilm, William1965
The Wild Wild WestSeries, Gupta1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1942Born27 March 1942Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
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In their own words 1
, I’ve always seen myself as international rather than American, and really as an Anglo-American. That description feels comfortable.
Filmography 40
DRDreams
SBSleeping BeautyTCThe Mill and the Cross
THTom and Jerry Meet Sherlock HolmesTFTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
ICIconAGAustin Powers in Goldmember
WYWinnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
BBBorstal Boy
MCMegiddo: The Omega Code 2TFThe Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
AMAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
TCThe Omega Code
WAWrongfully Accused54
BBBabylon 5: In the Beginning
ACA Knight in Camelot
AMAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery
ACA Christmas Carol
TRThe RipperWSWide Sargasso Sea
CPCome See the ParadiseTMThe Return of the Musketeers
PDPhantom of Death
THThe Lady and the HighwaymanFLFor Those I Loved
FEFedoraTMThe Island of Dr. Moreau
TGThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
LRLogan's RunCUConduct Unbecoming
MEMurder on the Orient Express
TMThe Four Musketeers
TMThe Three MusketeersLHLost Horizon
CACabaretZEZeppelin
RJRomeo and Juliet
TSThe Taming of the ShrewACAccident195 credits on file
Television 24
SWStar Wars: The Clone WarsBFBen 10: Alien Force
HMHow I Met Your MotherJUJustice League Unlimited
LILaw & Order: Criminal Intent
GGGilmore GirlsCECurb Your Enthusiasm
SSSuperman: The Animated SeriesSLSliders
BABabylon 5
TBThe Magic School BusSDseaQuest DSV
BSBatman: The Animated Series
TSThe SimpsonsWDWetten, dass..?
KLKnots Landing
TSThe Forsyte SagaTWThe Wild Wild West
TPThe Wednesday PlayTSThe Merv Griffin Show
TATony AwardsGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
About this person
Born Michael Hugh Johnson on 27 March 1942, York came up through the Royal National Theatre before Franco Zeffirelli cast him as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet in 1968. The '70s made him: Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1973) and its sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976), John the Baptist in Jesus of Nazareth (1977). He toggled between literary swashbucklers and big ensemble pieces, reliable in doublet or spacesuit. By the late '90s he'd found a second wind as Basil Exposition across three Austin Powers films (1997-2002), the spy who explains the plot. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the OBE at the 1996 Birthday Honours.
In common with Michael
Peter CullenAlso in Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Rupert FriendAlso in Dreams (2025)
Burt LancasterAlso in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
Ed AsnerAlso in A Christmas Carol (1997)
Michael BiehnAlso in Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
John Rhys-DaviesAlso in Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.