Biography of michael york

British actor

For other people named Michael York, see Michael York (disambiguation).

Michael York (born Michael Hugh Johnson;^[1] 27 March ^[2]) is an English film, television, and stage 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 ().

His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper-class demeanour saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (), George Conway in Lost Horizon (), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also ) and its twosequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (), and Logan 5 in Logan's Run ().

In his later career York found success as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (–). He is a two-time Emmy biography of michael york3 MUH