Biography
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 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 i...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
2014
as Himself
In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of comment and re...

Sleeping Beauty
2014
as The Narrator
When a young Prince and his trusted aid learn of a beautiful Princess's cursed eternal slumber, they embark on a journey to rescue her. They must batt...

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013
as Self
On the film's 40th anniversary, the cast and crew of Cabaret look back at the creation of this cinematic landmark, winner of 8 Academy Awards and the ...

Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
as Spherius (voice)
Set on the eve of Flatland's first mission into their 'outer-space,' the story presents the intriguing mysteries of triangles with angle sums greater ...
Earth Songs
2012
as Narrator
For over two years, filmmaker Brian Luke Seaward traveled to many of the world's most pristine locations - Patagonia(Chile), the Caribbean, Iceland, t...

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011
as Self
During December 2010, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells on Temple Square were joined by singing sensation David Archu...

The Mill and the Cross
2011
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality y...

The Justice of Wolves
2010
as Mika - Adult
1940. Leningrad. In sixth grader Mickey Polyakov light-hearted and happy life: the father-director, beautiful mother, a large apartment in the city ce...

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Tom and Jerry need to learn to work together in order to help Sherlock Holmes with an investigation of a jewel theft. But still, they are cat and mous...

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009
as Narrator
Two men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up by revolution. Charles Dickens' classic Live in concert. Experience the acclaimed Broadway pr...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Prime #1 (voice)
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is drag...
Świadectwo
2008
The story of the life of Pope John Paul II, who played a role in the lives of billions of people, and was one of the most influential leaders of the 2...

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self - Narrator
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoma...

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
as Self
A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system qui...

Chris & Don: A Love Story
2007
as Narrator
Chris & Don chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, and it combines...

Flatland
2007
as Spherius (voice)
Set in a world of only two dimensions inhabited by sentient geometric shapes, the story follows Arthur Square and his ever-curious granddaughter Hex. ...

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006
as Narrator
With unprecedented access to "both" Cubas on either side of the Florida Straits, "Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion" looks at the extant reality of the Cuba...

The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005
as Himself
Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at ...

Crusader
2005
as McGovern
A gripping action thriller about a reporter who steals a murdered colleague's news story, and becomes an unwitting pawn in a conspiracy that could cos...

William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
as Narrator
A short documentary about William Powell.

Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former...

Moscow Heat
2004
as Roger Chambers
After a U.S. policeman is killed by black market weapons dealers, his partner, Rudy (Robert Madrid), and the murdered cop's father, ex-British Intelli...

Freedom from Despair
2004
as Voice Over
True stories of the Croatian People's struggle to overcome oppression from communist Yugoslavia and the 1990's fight to save their war ravaged homelan...

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
This featurette takes a closer look at the production history of Murder on the Orient Express. Included in it are clips from archival interviews with ...

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
as Narrator (voice)
It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they wan...

Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Basil Exposition
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—...

In Search of Peace
2001
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel's first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Combining a ric...

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Stone Alexander
Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world govern...

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
Executive Producer
Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world govern...

Borstal Boy
2001
as Joyce
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission i...

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Pterano (voice)
Littlefoot and his pals set off in search of a "stone of cold fire" that fell from the night sky. Since he's the only one who has seen it though, nobo...

One Hell of a Guy
2000
as The Devil
When the Devil's favourite demon, Nick (Rob Lowe), is sent to corrupt the soul of Cassie Springer (Alexandra Powers), the last thing he expected was t...

The Haunting of Hell House
1999
as Professor Ambrose
A mysterious, morbid professor who has suffered a number of horrid events in his life tries to help a young troubled man, whose girl friend was killed...

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, Rain, Secret, Take A Bow, Bedtime Story, Human Natu...

The Omega Code
1999
as Alexander Stone
An ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of apocalypse.

Puss in Boots
1999
as Puss In Boots (voice)
Handsome Gunther is a young man with only one possession...a walking and talking cat! This crazy Puss is the cleverest creature in the Kingdom and he'...

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Basil Exposition
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with ...

A Knight in Camelot
1998
as King Arthur
Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be se...

The Treat
1998
as Simon
The lives of four strange prostitutes will change forever when they go to the Mayor's birthday party.

54
1998
as Ambassador
Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mas...

Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Hibbing Goodhue
Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered ...

Perfect Little Angels
1998
as Calvin Lawrence
Having just moved to a new town, widow Elaine Freedman and her teenage daughter Justine are greeted by the effusive, terribly nice Dr. Calvin Lawrence...

Merchants of Venus
1998
as Alex Jakoff
A Russian immigrant finds himself in bed with the mob after buying a sexual novelties shop.

Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent wa...

Lovers and Liars
1998
as Dick
Caitland, a beautiful model, and daughter of a billionaire, has mysteriously disappeared. Private investigator Darrel Chisum is on the case-and finds ...

A Christmas Carol
1997
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Ripper
1997
as Sir Charles Warren
It is 1888, and London is in the grip of one of the most gruesome and mysterious crime sprees in history. Under extreme pressure from the Royal family...

The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.

Un coup de baguette magique
1997
as Ilya
Jeanne, Achille, and their family belong to the middle class. They have their own house. Their marriage has not always gone smoothly, but they both ma...

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Basil Exposition
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop me...

Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997
as The Swingers Club
Austin Powers presents his own kind of shagadellic swinging shindig courtesy of MTV to promote his movie, Austin Powers International Man of Mystery. ...

Goodbye America
1997
as Senator Bladon
It is November 1992 and the US Navy is preparing to surrender its largest overseas facility at Subic Bay, Philippines, after almost a century. For bot...

Dark Planet
1997
as Winter
Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discover...

The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a Ge...

Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Edmund
Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all the...

Basketball Mozart
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Film is about one of all time best basketball player from Europe - Drazen Petrovic, who after successful career in European league played in the NBA. ...

Virgin Mary
1995
as Milan Vukovic
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Re...

Not of This Earth
1995
as Paul Johnson
An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.

Shadow of a Kiss
1995
as Albert
Albert is a distinguished art dealer living in New York City. One day by chance, he visits a photo exhibit titled "Bistrot de Paris" by Carol Labronsk...

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Merlin
A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.

Discretion Assured
1994
Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Fr...

Fall from Grace
1994
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Fall from Grace describes the war of the young English-French Catherine, her mother is killed in 1940 during the German campaign against France, Cathe...

The Magic Flute
1994
as King Sarastro
Based on Mozart’s opera, a young prince is gifted a magical flute by the Queen of the night to help him find a missing princess and he uncovers a hidd...

TekWar: TekLab
1994
as Richard Stewart
The actual sword of Excalibur has been stolen in London, and futuristic detectives Jake Cardigan and Sid Gomez are assigned to track it down and to fi...

David Copperfield
1993
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
as The King (voice)
A young boy receives a magic paintbrush as a gift, which can make anything he draws come to life.

Wide Sargasso Sea
1993
as Paul Mason
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's y...

Rochade
1992
as Paul Grumbach
At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections wit...

Duel of Hearts
1992
as Gervaise Warlingham
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets...

The Long Shadow
1992
Upon his father's death, a Hungarian stage actor travels to Israel for the funeral and meets his stepmother for the first time.

Eline Vere
1991
as Lawrence St. Clare
This melodramatic film follows Eline Vere, as she attempts to break free from the confines of her narrow existence in The Hague through three tumultuo...

The Wanderer
1991
as Saxon Warrior
Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon poem The Wanderer, telling of a warrior's loss of a beloved Lord and his subsequent loneliness as he tracks across count...

Night of the Fox
1990
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
This classic war mini-series stars George Peppard and Michael York in a gripping tale of danger, intrigue, and a deadly secret that could determine th...

Come See the Paradise
1990
as Dance Hall Band
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a ...

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1989
as Beast (voice)
"Beauty and the Beast" - In order to save her father's life, the gentle Beauty must live in a castle of the ugly Beast. Though the Beast is kind, and ...

The Heat of the Day
1989
as Robert
In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent who has found out her lover is a spy. He promises to...

The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as D'Artagnan
It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, ...

The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as King Charles II
During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced ...

The Four Minute Mile
1988
as Franz Stampfl
A dramatization of the race to the four-minute mile.

Midnight Cop
1988
as Karstens
Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the crimi...

Phantom of Death
1988
as Robert Dominici
Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon another murder f...

Lethal Obsession
1987
as Dr. Proper

The Dawn
1986
as John Dawson
In a drama in which even Gad has a role as well as Michael York, it is certain that serious issues are at stake. Set during the time before the state ...

Ponce de Leon
1986
as Ponce de Leon
Get to know the legendary European explorer with an impossible mission in this retelling of the myth of Ponce de Leon (Michael York). Executive produc...

Sword of Gideon
1986
as Robert
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.

Dark Mansions
1986
as Jason Drake
A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon. She discovers that she strongly resembles a long-dead a...

Are You My Mother?
1986
as Chet Gordon
Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her mother is not deceased, but mentally ill living in an institution.

The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Captain Walberton
30 minutes of footage left after the finances collapsed.

Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Alex Rodak
Poland is under Communist rule. An exiled Polish theater director is in England, enthusiastically preparing an abstract play which will criticize the ...

The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as James Durie
The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It was a co production between the US and England fo...

The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Rollo Spencer
Passion comes calling when a man suffering through an unhappy marriage in 1920s England runs into first love.

For Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Polish Martin Gray recalls the Holocaust, New York prosperity, and losing his wife and family.

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Victim of a shipwreck, a British man is stranded on a deserted island where he manages to survive through ingenuity.

The Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Michael Hartnell
The Budapest Opera House's diva commits suicide after the owner ruins her career for having rejected his advances but her conductor-husband, believed ...

Twilight Theatre
1982
as Self - Host
Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance...

The White Lions
1981
as Chris McBride
A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as The Beast (voice)

Final Assignment
1980
as Lyosha Petrov
An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Union has trouble sticking to her assignment when sh...

Red, White, and Zero
1979
as Acrobat
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderso...

The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Charles Carruthers
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coa...

A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Evan Michaelian
During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.

Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Interspersed with interviews that the actress Sydne Rome gives to some of the most famous "Formula 1" champions - from Lauda to Regazzoni, from Andret...

Fedora
1978
as Self
An ambitious Hollywood hustler becomes involved with a reclusive female star, whom he tries to lure out of retirement.

True Patriot
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer , theologian, academic and pastor, was convicted and hanged for being implicated in plots against Hitler. He was hanged in April 1...

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Andrew Braddock
A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turne...

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.

Seven Nights in Japan
1976
as Prince George
Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated ...

Logan's Run
1976
as Logan
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try f...

A Look Into the 23rd Century
1976
as Self
The movie Logan's Run (1976) depicts a supposedly Utopian society in the 23rd century, but one where, as producer Saul David puts it, "there is a worm...

Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Tenente Arthur Drake
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow...

Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Count Andrenyi
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

The Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan
The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

Great Expectations
1974
as Pip
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

The Three Musketeers
1973
as D'Artagnan
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, ea...

England Made Me
1973
as Anthony Farrant
A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi...

Lost Horizon
1973
as George Conway
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon...

Tennessee Williams' South
1973
The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a tennessee state of mind -- a ...

Cabaret
1972
as Brian Roberts
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a ce...

The Recreation of an Era
1972
A behind the scenes look at the design of Cabaret (1972).

Touch and Go
1971
as Basil
North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, tran...

Zeppelin
1971
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mot...

Something For Everyone
1970
as Konrad Ludwig
In post-war Austria, an opportunistic young man begins working as a footman to a widowed countess and uses his sexual talents to better his station in...

Alfred the Great
1969
as Guthrum
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land...

Justine
1969
as Darley
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...

The Guru
1969
as Tom Pickle
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan.

The Strange Affair
1968
as Peter Strange
When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Meanwhile, seasoned Det. Pierce is ou...

Red and Blue
1968
as Acrobat
Musical short, filmed for the abandoned portmanteau film Red, White and Zero (1967).

Romeo and Juliet
1968
as Tybalt
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their dest...

Smashing Time
1967
as Tom Wabe
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Lucentio
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptis...

Confessions of Loving Couples
1967
as Peter
Author Frank's debut novel is successful, but he needs the proceeds to pay off a debt and his girlfriend Mascha ends their relationship. He meets anot...

Accident
1967
as William
Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, W...
The Crystal Planet
N/A
as The Patriarch (voice)
11-year-old Rea has recently moved to a distant planet in an outer-space colony where she discovers a mysterious animal cub while her father works in ...