Highest rated as cast or director
Michael York's 5 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 70, led by Cabaret (81) and The Three Musketeers (76), against 65 for those from the 2010s.
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 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.
Acted in 152
2020s
- 2026
The Crystal Planet
The Patriarch (voice)
- 2025
2010s
- 2014
- 2012
Flatland²: Sphereland
Spherius (voice)
- 2011
- 2010
The Justice of Wolves
Mika - Adult
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Stephen Combe · 4 episodes
- 2007
- 2005
Crusader
McGovern
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
Sir Nigel Irvine · 3 episodes
- 2004
Moscow Heat
Roger Chambers
Freedom from Despair
Voice Over
The Lady Musketeer
D'Artagnan · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
In Search of Peace
Chaim Herzog (voice)
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
The Haunting of Hell House
Professor Ambrose
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
The Lot
Colin Rhome · 2 episodes
Puss in Boots
Puss In Boots (voice)
- 1998
Lovers and Liars
Dick
A Knight in Camelot
King Arthur
Perfect Little Angels
Calvin Lawrence
Merchants of Venus
Alex Jakoff
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
- 1997
The Ripper
Sir Charles Warren
A Christmas Carol
Bob Cratchit (voice)
Un coup de baguette magique
Ilya
Dark Planet
Winter
True Women
Lewis Lawshe · 2 episodes
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
The Swingers Club
Goodbye America
Senator Bladon
- 1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice) · 1 episode
The Ring
Walmar von Gotthard
The Ring
Walmar von Gotthard · 2 episodes
September
Edmund · 2 episodes
- 1995
Not of This Earth
Paul Johnson
Shadow of a Kiss
Albert
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Merlin
- 1994
Fall from Grace
Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
The Magic Flute
King Sarastro
TekWar: TekLab
Richard Stewart
- 1993
David Copperfield
Edward Murdstone (voice)
The Magic Paintbrush
The King (voice)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Paul Mason
- 1992
Rochade
Paul Grumbach
Duel of Hearts
Gervaise Warlingham
The Long Shadow
Movie
- 1991
Eline Vere
Lawrence St. Clare
The Wanderer
Saxon Warrior
- 1990
Night of the Fox
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Come See the Paradise
Dance Hall Band
1980s
- 1989
Till We Meet Again
Paul de Lancel
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Paul de Lancel · 2 episodes
The Heat of the Day
Robert
- 1988
The Four Minute Mile
Franz Stampfl
Phantom of Death
Robert Dominici
The Secret of the Sahara
Desmond Jordan · 4 episodes
- 1987
Lethal Obsession
Dr. Proper
The Far Country
Carl Zlinter · 2 episodes
- 1986
The Dawn
John Dawson
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
Sword of Gideon
Robert
Dark Mansions
Jason Drake
Are You My Mother?
Chet Gordon
- 1985
Space
Dieter Kolff · 5 episodes
Au nom de tous les miens
Martin Gray · 8 episodes
- 1984
The Bengal Lancers!
Captain Walberton
Success Is the Best Revenge
Alex Rodak
The Master of Ballantrae
James Durie
- 1983
The Weather in the Streets
Rollo Spencer
For Those I Loved
Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
Michael Hartnell
- 1982
Twilight Theatre
Movie
- 1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Beast (voice)
- 1980
Final Assignment
Lyosha Petrov
1970s
- 1979
The Riddle of the Sands
Charles Carruthers
A Man Called Intrepid
Evan Michaelian · 3 episodes
- 1977
True Patriot
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Beau Geste
- 1976
Seven Nights in Japan
Prince George
- 1975
Conduct Unbecoming
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
- 1974
- 1973
England Made Me
Anthony Farrant
Lost Horizon
George Conway
- 1972
- 1971
Touch and Go
Basil
Zeppelin
Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
- 1970
Something for Everyone
Konrad Ludwig
1960s
- 1969
Alfred the Great
Guthrum
Justine
Darley
The Guru
Tom Pickle
- 1968
The Strange Affair
Peter Strange
Red and Blue
Acrobat
Red, White, and Zero
Acrobat
- 1967
Confessions of Loving Couples
Peter
Accident
William
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
Produced 1
2000s
- 2001
Appearances28
2010s
- 2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Self
- 2011
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
Self
2000s
- 2009
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
Narrator
- 2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self - Narrator
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Self - Narrator
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Self
- 2006
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Narrator
- 2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Self
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Narrator
Alias Nick and Nora
Narrator
- 2004
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Self
- 2002
1990s
- 1999
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Self
Magic and Beyond
Host · 26 episodes
- 1996
Basketball Mozart
Narrator (voice)
- 1993
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn
Narrator · 6 episodes
1980s
- 1982
Twilight Theater II
Self- Guest
- 1981
1970s
- 1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
- 1976
A Look Into the 23rd Century
Self
- 1973
Tennessee Williams' South
Self - Jim O'Connor
- 1972
The Recreation of an Era
Self
1960s
- 1962
