★ Acting

Michael York

Born 1942 · Fulmer, England, UK · Active 1944–2026

Born in 1942 in London, Michael York is an English actor known for his striking performances in cult and genre films. He gained acclaim in the 1970s, notably playing Konrad Ludwig in Zeppelin (1971) and D'Artagnan in The Four Musketeers (1974). His role as Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976) solidified his place in sci-fi lore, while his performance in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) showcased his ability to navigate the bizarre and the unsettling. York's contributions to cult cinema continue to resonate through his diverse filmography.

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Not of This Earth

1995 ★ 4.3

as Paul Johnson

An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.

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The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977 · ★5.9

Zeppelin

1971 · ★6.9

Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

The Simpsons

1989

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

How I Met Your Mother

2005

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

Filmography

193 credits

2020s 2 credits

2026

The Crystal Planet as The Patriarch (voice)

Movie

2025

Dreams as Private Agent

Movie ★ 6.2

2010s 9 credits

2014

Sleeping Beauty as The Narrator

Movie ★ 4.4

2014

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora as Self

Movie ★ 6.0

2013

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals as Self

Movie

2012

Earth Songs as Narrator

Movie

2012

Flatland²: Sphereland as Spherius (voice)

Movie ★ 3.8

2011

The Mill and the Cross as Nicolaes Jonghelinck

Movie ★ 6.3

2011

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta as Self

Movie

2010

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

Movie ★ 6.5

2010

The Justice of Wolves as Mika - Adult

Movie ★ 3.2

2000s 37 credits

2009

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert as Narrator

Movie

2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Prime #1 (voice)

Movie ★ 6.2

2008

Świadectwo

Movie ★ 7.3

2008

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self - Narrator

Movie ★ 5.0

2008

Chris & Don: A Love Story as Self - Narrator

Movie ★ 5.8

2008

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self

Movie ★ 7.8

2008

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons as Stephen Combe

TV ★ 7.5

2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)

TV ★ 8.5

2008

Ben 10: Alien Force as Patrick (voice)

TV ★ 8.3

2007

Flatland as Spherius (voice)

Movie ★ 5.8

2006

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion as Narrator

Movie

2006

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

Movie

2006

Legends as Self

TV ★ 5.0

2006

Legends as Self (uncredited)

TV ★ 5.0

2005

Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine

Movie ★ 5.7

2005

Crusader as McGovern

Movie ★ 4.8

2005

William Powell: A True Gentleman as Narrator

Movie ★ 7.5

2005

The Hobart Shakespeareans as Self

Movie ★ 6.0

2005

Frederick Forsyth's Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine

2005

How I Met Your Mother as Jefferson Van Smoot

TV ★ 8.1

2004

Freedom from Despair as Voice Over

Movie ★ 8.0

2004

Moscow Heat as Roger Chambers

Movie ★ 2.8

2004

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' as Self

Movie ★ 6.7

2004

Justice League Unlimited as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)

TV ★ 8.3

2004

The Lady Musketeer as D'Artagnan

TV ★ 5.5

2002

Austin Powers in Goldmember as Basil Exposition

Movie ★ 6.0

2002

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Narrator (voice)

Movie ★ 6.9

2002

Presidio Med as George Slingerland

TV ★ 8.0

2001

Borstal Boy as Joyce

Movie ★ 6.2

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Stone Alexander

Movie ★ 4.6

2001

In Search of Peace as Chaim Herzog (voice)

Movie ★ 7.0

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Bernard Fremont

TV ★ 7.6

2000

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Pterano (voice)

Movie ★ 6.2

2000

One Hell of a Guy as The Devil

Movie ★ 4.4

2000

Gilmore Girls as Asher Fleming

TV ★ 7.9

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Michael York

TV ★ 8.0

2000

Founding Fathers as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)

TV ★ 8.0

1990s 58 credits

1999

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Basil Exposition

Movie ★ 6.3

1999

The Omega Code as Stone Alexander

Movie ★ 4.5

1999

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")

Movie ★ 7.7

1999

The Haunting of Hell House as Professor Ambrose

Movie ★ 4.5

1999

Puss in Boots as Puss In Boots (voice)

Movie ★ 6.0

1999

Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' as Self

Movie ★ 8.0

1999

Magic and Beyond as Host

1999

The Lot as Colin Rhome

TV ★ 4.8

1998

A Knight in Camelot as King Arthur

Movie ★ 5.5

1998

Wrongfully Accused as Hibbing Goodhue

Movie ★ 6.0

1998

Lovers and Liars as Dick

Movie ★ 4.0

1998

Perfect Little Angels as Calvin Lawrence

Movie ★ 5.1

1998

The Treat as Simon

Movie ★ 3.7

1998

Merchants of Venus as Alex Jakoff

Movie ★ 6.3

1998

Babylon 5: In the Beginning as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)

Movie ★ 7.1

1998

54 as Ambassador

Movie ★ 5.9

1997

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Basil Exposition

Movie ★ 6.6

1997

A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit (voice)

Movie ★ 6.5

1997

Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club as The Swingers Club

Movie ★ 4.8

1997

Goodbye America as Senator Bladon

Movie ★ 5.2

1997

Dark Planet as Winter

Movie ★ 4.1

1997

The Long Way Home as (voice)

Movie ★ 7.1

1997

The Ripper as Sir Charles Warren

Movie ★ 5.6

1997

Un coup de baguette magique as Ilya

Movie ★ 8.0

1997

True Women as Lewis Lawshe

TV ★ 6.8

1996

The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard

Movie ★ 5.8

1996

Rosamunde Pilcher: September as Edmund

Movie ★ 7.6

1996

Basketball Mozart as Narrator (voice)

Movie

1996

Superman: The Animated Series as Kanto (voice)

TV ★ 7.7

1996

The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard

1996

September as Edmund

TV ★ 5.0

1996

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)

TV ★ 8.4

1995

Shadow of a Kiss as Albert

Movie ★ 10.0

1995

Not of This Earth● as Paul Johnson

Movie ★ 4.3

1995

Virgin Mary as Milan Vukovic

Movie ★ 4.4

1995

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin

Movie ★ 6.0

1995

Sliders

TV ★ 7.6

1995

The Naked Truth as Leland Banks

TV ★ 6.5

1994

TekWar: TekLab as Richard Stewart

Movie ★ 5.3

1994

The Magic Flute as King Sarastro

Movie ★ 6.6

1994

Discretion Assured as Trevor

Movie ★ 4.5

1994

Fall from Grace as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg

Movie ★ 4.0

1994

Babylon 5 as David 'Arthur' McIntyre

TV ★ 8.0

1994

The Magic School Bus as Harry Herpst (voice)

TV ★ 7.7

1993

Wide Sargasso Sea as Paul Mason

Movie ★ 4.9

1993

The Magic Paintbrush as The King (voice)

Movie ★ 10.0

1993

David Copperfield as Edward Murdstone (voice)

Movie ★ 6.3

1993

seaQuest DSV as President Alexander Bourne

TV ★ 7.1

1992

Duel of Hearts as Gervaise Warlingham

Movie ★ 7.0

1992

The Long Shadow

Movie ★ 7.3

1992

Rochade as Paul Grumbach

Movie ★ 9.0

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)

TV ★ 8.6

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Vertigo (voice)

TV ★ 8.6

1992

Vicki! as Self - Guest

TV ★ 6.5

1991

Eline Vere as Lawrence St. Clare

Movie ★ 6.3

1991

The Wanderer as Saxon Warrior

Movie ★ 10.0

1990

Night of the Fox as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger

Movie ★ 6.1

1990

Come See the Paradise as Dance Hall Band

Movie ★ 6.3

1980s 36 credits

1989

The Return of the Musketeers as D'Artagnan

Movie ★ 6.2

1989

The Heat of the Day as Robert

Movie ★ 8.0

1989

Till We Meet Again as Paul de Lancel

Movie

1989

The Simpsons as Clayton (voice)

TV ★ 8.0

1989

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

TV ★ 7.0

1989

The Simpsons as Nigel (voice)

TV ★ 8.0

1989

The Simpsons as Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)

TV ★ 8.0

1989

The Simpsons as Mason Fairbanks (voice)

TV ★ 8.0

1988

Phantom of Death● as Robert Dominici

Movie ★ 5.6

1988

Midnight Cop as Karstens

Movie ★ 4.7

1988

The Lady and the Highwayman as King Charles II

Movie ★ 5.1

1988

The Four Minute Mile as Franz Stampfl

Movie ★ 7.5

1988

The Secret of the Sahara as Desmond Jordan

TV ★ 6.6

1987

Lethal Obsession as Dr. Proper

Movie ★ 4.9

1987

The Far Country as Carl Zlinter

TV ★ 7.0

1986

Sword of Gideon as Robert

Movie ★ 6.6

1986

Ponce de Leon as Ponce de Leon

Movie

1986

Are You My Mother? as Chet Gordon

Movie

1986

Dark Mansions as Jason Drake

Movie ★ 7.0

1986

The Dawn as John Dawson

Movie ★ 9.5

1985

Space as Dieter Kolff

TV ★ 7.7

1985

Au nom de tous les miens as Martin Gray

TV ★ 7.0

1985

Tall Tales & Legends as Ponce de Leon

TV ★ 6.0

1984

Success Is the Best Revenge as Alex Rodak

Movie ★ 6.5

1984

The Bengal Lancers! as Captain Walberton

Movie ★ 1.0

1984

The Master of Ballantrae as James Durie

Movie ★ 6.3

1983

For Those I Loved as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)

Movie ★ 7.0

1983

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

Movie ★ 7.0

1983

The Phantom of the Opera as Michael Hartnell

Movie ★ 5.9

1983

The Weather in the Streets as Rollo Spencer

Movie ★ 4.3

1982

Twilight Theatre as Self - Host

Movie

1981

Beauty and the Beast as The Beast (voice)

Movie ★ 4.0

1981

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Beast (voice)

Movie

1981

The White Lions as Chris McBride

Movie ★ 10.0

1981

Wetten, dass..? as Self

TV ★ 5.4

1980

Final Assignment as Lyosha Petrov

Movie ★ 5.5

1970s 29 credits

1979

The Riddle of the Sands as Charles Carruthers

Movie ★ 6.1

1979

Knots Landing as Charles Scott

TV ★ 6.9

1979

A Man Called Intrepid as Evan Michaelian

TV ★ 7.0

1978

Fedora● as Self

Movie ★ 6.7

1978

Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self

Movie ★ 7.1

1978

Regie: Billy Wilder as Self

Movie

1977

The Island of Dr. Moreau● as Andrew Braddock

Movie ★ 5.7

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Beau Geste

Movie ★ 5.6

1977

True Patriot as Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Movie

1977

Jesus of Nazareth as John the Baptist

TV ★ 7.8

1977

Weekend Special as King Sarastro (voice)

TV ★ 7.5

1977

BBC2 Play of the Week as Dietrich Bonhoeffer

TV ★ 7.0

1976

Logan's Run● as Logan

Movie ★ 6.6

1976

Seven Nights in Japan as Prince George

Movie ★ 6.6

1976

A Look Into the 23rd Century as Self

Movie ★ 8.0

1975

Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Arthur Drake

Movie ★ 5.9

1974

Murder on the Orient Express as Count Andrenyi

Movie ★ 7.1

1974

The Four Musketeers● as D'Artagnan

Movie ★ 6.5

1974

Great Expectations as Pip

Movie ★ 6.8

1973

The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan

Movie ★ 6.7

1973

Lost Horizon as George Conway

Movie ★ 5.5

1973

Tennessee Williams' South

Movie ★ 10.0

1973

England Made Me as Anthony Farrant

Movie ★ 6.1

1972

Cabaret as Brian Roberts

Movie ★ 7.4

1972

The Recreation of an Era as Self

Movie ★ 5.7

1971

Zeppelin● as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas

Movie ★ 6.2

1971

Touch and Go as Basil

Movie ★ 5.2

1971

Film '72 as Self

TV ★ 4.7

1970

Something for Everyone as Konrad Ludwig

Movie ★ 6.5

1960s 17 credits

1969

Justine● as Darley

Movie ★ 4.4

1969

Alfred the Great as Guthrum

Movie ★ 4.7

1969

The Guru as Tom Pickle

Movie ★ 6.0

1968

Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt

Movie ★ 7.4

1968

The Strange Affair as Peter Strange

Movie ★ 5.1

1968

Red, White, and Zero as Acrobat

Movie ★ 5.0

1968

Red and Blue as Acrobat

Movie ★ 7.5

1967

The Taming of the Shrew as Lucentio

Movie ★ 6.9

1967

Accident as William

Movie ★ 6.3

1967

Smashing Time as Tom Wabe

Movie ★ 6.3

1967

Confessions of Loving Couples as Peter

Movie ★ 4.0

1967

The Forsyte Saga as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte

TV ★ 8.5

1965

Gidget

TV ★ 6.8

1965

The Wild Wild West as Gupta

TV ★ 7.6

1964

The Wednesday Play as Roger Porlock

TV ★ 5.2

1963

Arrest and Trial

TV ★ 8.3

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

TV ★ 6.6

1950s 2 credits

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as James Durie, Henry's older brother

TV ★ 8.8

1940s 2 credits

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host

TV ★ 7.2

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self

TV ★ 7.2

Crew Credits

2000s 1 credit

2001

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Co-Producer

Movie ★ 4.6