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Acting

Michael York

Career: Active from 1967 to 2026, with a break from 2015 to 2025, busiest in 1997 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 90
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Romeo and Juliet
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 92 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael York Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.6, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 7
Character-Driven 7
Political Thriller 6
Historical Setting 5
Historical Drama 4
Period Piece 4
Intrigue & Suspense 3
Emotional Journey 3
Psychological Drama 3
Spy Parody 3
Family Secrets 3
Historical Romance 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

159

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 54

The Crystal Planet

as The Patriarch (voice)

Dreams

54

as Private Agent

2010s

6 titles · average score 55

Sleeping Beauty

32

as The Narrator

Flatland²: Sphereland

as Spherius (voice)

as Narrator

The Mill and the Cross

72

as Nicolaes Jonghelinck

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

63

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

The Justice of Wolves

as Mika - Adult

2000s

29 titles · average score 60

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

83

TV show · as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)

Frederick Forsyth's Icon

57

TV show · as Sir Nigel Irvine

How I Met Your Mother

79

TV show · as Jefferson Van Smoot

Icon

56

as Sir Nigel Irvine

Crusader

39

as McGovern

Moscow Heat

27

as Roger Chambers

The Lady Musketeer

55

TV show · as D'Artagnan

Austin Powers in Goldmember

58

as Basil Exposition

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

33

as Stone Alexander

One Hell of a Guy

28

as The Devil

Gilmore Girls

80

TV show · as Asher Fleming

Curb Your Enthusiasm

87

TV show · as Michael York

1990s

53 titles · average score 59

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

61

as Basil Exposition

The Omega Code

23

as Stone Alexander

A Knight in Camelot

49

as King Arthur

Merchants of Venus

as Alex Jakoff

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

66

as Basil Exposition

A Christmas Carol

62

as Bob Cratchit (voice)

The Ring

72

TV show · as Walmar von Gotthard

September

54

TV show · as Edmund

The Miracle of Medjugorje

42

as Milan Vukovic

Discretion Assured

as Trevor

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

TV show · as Narrator

Night of the Fox

54

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger

1980s

30 titles · average score 60

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

69

TV show · as Paul de Lancel

The Return of the Musketeers

56

as D'Artagnan

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Mason Fairbanks (voice) / Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)

The Secret of the Sahara

67

TV show · as Desmond Jordan

Phantom of Death

43

as Robert Dominici

Midnight Cop

34

as Karstens

The Far Country

TV show · as Carl Zlinter

Sword of Gideon

70

as Robert

Success Is the Best Revenge

46

as Alex Rodak

For Those I Loved

70

as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)

The Phantom of the Opera

54

as Michael Hartnell

Final Assignment

as Lyosha Petrov

1970s

22 titles · average score 64

A Man Called Intrepid

69

TV show · as Evan Michaelian

The Riddle of the Sands

57

as Charles Carruthers

The Island of Dr. Moreau

52

as Andrew Braddock

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

55

as Beau Geste

Logan's Run

60

as Logan

Conduct Unbecoming

58

as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake

The Four Musketeers

63

as D'Artagnan

Great Expectations

59

as Pip

The Three Musketeers

76

as D'Artagnan

Cabaret

83

as Brian Roberts

Zeppelin

56

as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas

Something for Everyone

76

as Konrad Ludwig

1960s

16 titles · average score 64

Alfred the Great

52

as Guthrum

The Guru

56

as Tom Pickle

Justine

47

as Darley

Romeo and Juliet

84

as Tybalt

The Strange Affair

56

as Peter Strange

Red and Blue

as Acrobat

The Taming of the Shrew

75

as Lucentio

Confessions of Loving Couples

as Peter

Smashing Time

72

as Tom Wabe

Accident

72

as William

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show · as Gupta

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Roger Porlock

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as James Durie, Henry's older brother