Michael York
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Michael 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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Sleeping Beauty
2014
as The Narrator
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
2014
as Self
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013
as Self
Earth Songs
2012
as Narrator
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
as Spherius (voice)
The Mill and the Cross
2011
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011
as Self
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Justice of Wolves
2010
as Mika - Adult
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009
as Narrator
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Prime #1 (voice)
Świadectwo
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self - Narrator
Chris & Don: A Love Story
2008
as Self - Narrator
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
as Self
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Stephen Combe
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Patrick (voice)
Flatland
2007
as Spherius (voice)
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006
as Narrator
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
2006
Legends
2006
as Self
Legends
2006
as Self (uncredited)
Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Crusader
2005
as McGovern
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
as Narrator
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005
as Himself
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Jefferson Van Smoot
Freedom from Despair
2004
as Voice Over
Moscow Heat
2004
as Roger Chambers
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
The Lady Musketeer
2004
as D'Artagnan
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Basil Exposition
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Presidio Med
2002
as George Slingerland
Borstal Boy
2001
as Joyce
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Stone Alexander
In Search of Peace
2001
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bernard Fremont
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Pterano (voice)
One Hell of a Guy
2000
as The Devil
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Asher Fleming
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Michael York
Founding Fathers
2000
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Basil Exposition
The Omega Code
1999
as Stone Alexander
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
The Haunting of Hell House
1999
as Professor Ambrose
Puss in Boots
1999
as Puss In Boots (voice)
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
as Self
Magic and Beyond
1999
as Host
The Lot
1999
as Colin Rhome
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as King Arthur
Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Hibbing Goodhue
Lovers and Liars
1998
as Dick
Perfect Little Angels
1998
as Calvin Lawrence
The Treat
1998
as Simon
Merchants of Venus
1998
as Alex Jakoff
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
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1998
as Ambassador
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Basil Exposition
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997
as The Swingers Club
Goodbye America
1997
as Senator Bladon
Dark Planet
1997
as Winter
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
The Ripper
1997
as Sir Charles Warren
Un coup de baguette magique
1997
as Ilya
True Women
1997
as Lewis Lawshe
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Edmund
Basketball Mozart
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kanto (voice)
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
September
1996
as Edmund
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
Shadow of a Kiss
1995
as Albert
Not of This Earth
1995
as Paul Johnson
Virgin Mary
1995
as Milan Vukovic
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Merlin
Sliders
1995
The Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
TekWar: TekLab
1994
as Richard Stewart
The Magic Flute
1994
as King Sarastro
Discretion Assured
1994
as Trevor
Fall from Grace
1994
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Babylon 5
1994
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
The Magic School Bus
1994
as Harry Herpst (voice)
Wide Sargasso Sea
1993
as Paul Mason
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
as The King (voice)
David Copperfield
1993
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
seaQuest DSV
1993
as President Alexander Bourne
Duel of Hearts
1992
as Gervaise Warlingham
The Long Shadow
1992
Rochade
1992
as Paul Grumbach
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Vertigo (voice)
Vicki!
1992
as Self
Eline Vere
1991
as Lawrence St. Clare
The Wanderer
1991
as Saxon Warrior
Night of the Fox
1990
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Dance Hall Band
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as D'Artagnan
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Robert
Till We Meet Again
1989
as Paul de Lancel
The Simpsons
1989
as Clayton (voice)
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
The Simpsons
1989
as Nigel (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Mason Fairbanks (voice)
Phantom of Death
1988
as Robert Dominici
Midnight Cop
1988
as Karstens
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as King Charles II
The Four Minute Mile
1988
as Franz Stampfl
The Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Desmond Jordan
Lethal Obsession
1987
as Dr. Proper
The Far Country
1987
as Carl Zlinter
Sword of Gideon
1986
as Robert
Ponce de Leon
1986
as Ponce de Leon
Are You My Mother?
1986
as Chet Gordon
Dark Mansions
1986
as Jason Drake
The Dawn
1986
as John Dawson
Space
1985
as Dieter Kolff
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
as Martin Gray
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Ponce de Leon
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Alex Rodak
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Captain Walberton
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as James Durie
For Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
The Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Michael Hartnell
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Rollo Spencer
Twilight Theatre
1982
as Self - Host
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as The Beast (voice)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Beast (voice)
The White Lions
1981
as Chris McBride
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Final Assignment
1980
as Lyosha Petrov
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Charles Carruthers
Knots Landing
1979
as Charles Scott
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Evan Michaelian
Fedora
1978
as Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Andrew Braddock
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste
True Patriot
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as John the Baptist
Weekend Special
1977
as King Sarastro (voice)
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Logan's Run
1976
as Logan
Seven Nights in Japan
1976
as Prince George
A Look Into the 23rd Century
1976
as Self
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Tenente Arthur Drake
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Count Andrenyi
The Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan
Great Expectations
1974
as Pip
The Three Musketeers
1973
as D'Artagnan
Lost Horizon
1973
as George Conway
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
England Made Me
1973
as Anthony Farrant
Cabaret
1972
as Brian Roberts
The Recreation of an Era
1972
as Self
Zeppelin
1971
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Touch and Go
1971
as Basil
Film '72
1971
as Self
Something for Everyone
1970
as Konrad Ludwig
Justine
1969
as Darley
Alfred the Great
1969
as Guthrum
The Guru
1969
as Tom Pickle
Romeo and Juliet
1968
as Tybalt
The Strange Affair
1968
as Peter Strange
Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Acrobat
Red and Blue
1968
as Acrobat
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Lucentio
Accident
1967
as William
Smashing Time
1967
as Tom Wabe
Confessions of Loving Couples
1967
as Peter
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
Gidget
1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Gupta
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as James Durie, Henry's older brother
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self