Michael York

Height:	5' 11"
Birth Notes:	Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Birth Name:	York-Johnson, Michael
Birth Date:	27 March 1942

Michael York Trivia

Was the original choice to play Sgt. Howie in The Wicker Man (1973) but was unavailable for the part. The part went to 'Edward Woodward'.
Stepfather of producer 'Rick McCallum (I)'.
He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to drama in 1997.
Co-wrote a book with Adrian Brine called 'A Shakesperean actor prepares.'
Provides a voice-over for one of the apes in Spaceballs (1987), which spoofed several science fiction series, but mainly Star Wars (1977). His stepson, 'Rick McCallum (I)', produced the Star Wars prequels.

Michael York was born in Fulmer, England, 27 March 1942. He performed on stage with the National Youth Theatre in London's East End and on international tour. Other early acting experience came through the Oxford University Dramatic Society (he graduated Oxford 1964), the Dundee Repertory, and Laurence Olivier's National Theater Company - where he worked with 'Franco Zeffirelli', who gave him his film debut as Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (1967) and his breakthrough role as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1968/I). He achieved early TV acclaim for his portrayal of Jolyon in "The Forsyte Saga" (1967). Other notable early movie roles include Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and D'Artagnan in several Musketeers films. He has starred in over 50 TV movies, continued stage work, starring on Broadway, made many spoken word recordings, written and lectured internationally. His autobiography (1993) was issued as "Accidentally on Purpose" in the U.S. and "Travelling Player" in Britain. He was in the hit The Omega Code (1999) with 'Catherine Oxenberg' and 'Casper Van Dien'. He had a great part in all of the "Austin Powers" films.

Cinema, it has always seemed to me, is essentially a filmed thought.
[when told by 'Angelo Evangelatos' that he wanted to be an actor, 2/5/05] If you want to do it, then forget about it. If you have to do it, then no one you talk to or seek advice from will make any difference.