

Michael York
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 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.
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The Crystal Planet
2026 · Movie · The Patriarch (voice)
6.1Dreams
2025 · Movie · Private Agent
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Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
2014 · Movie · Self
4.4Sleeping Beauty
2014 · Movie · The Narrator

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013 · Movie · Self
3.8Flatland²: Sphereland
2012 · Movie · Spherius (voice)
Earth Songs
2012 · Movie · Narrator

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011 · Movie · Self
6.4The Mill and the Cross
2011 · Movie · Nicolaes Jonghelinck
3.2The Justice of Wolves
2010 · Movie · Mika - Adult
6.5Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010 · Movie · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009 · Movie · Narrator