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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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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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Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Simpsons
The Wednesday Play
Tony Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Wild Wild West
Curb Your Enthusiasm
How I Met Your Mother
Family Guy
Legends
Knots Landing
Golden Globe Awards
Gilmore Girls
seaQuest DSV
The Naked Truth
Ben 10: Alien Force
Babylon 5
Batman: The Animated Series
Justice League Unlimited
Superman: The Animated Series
The Magic School Bus
The Lot
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Spaceballs
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Tall Tales & Legends
Murder on the Orient Express
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Jesus of Nazareth
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Wrongfully Accused
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
True Women
The Four Minute Mile
The Forsyte Saga
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Romeo and Juliet
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Smashing Time
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
The Ring
Cabaret
A Knight in Camelot
Sword of Gideon
Sleeping Beauty
Logan's Run
True Patriot
The Strange Affair
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