Michael York: movies and TV shows
Michael York has 194 credits in the archive: 138 films and 56 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1997 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Crystal Planet | The Patriarch (voice) | Film | — | 84 |
| 2025 | Dreams | Private Agent | Film | 6.1 | 83 |
| 2014 | Sleeping Beauty | The Narrator | Film | 4.4 | 72 |
| 2014 | Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora | Self | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2013 | Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals | Self | Film | — | 71 |
| 2012 | Flatland²: Sphereland | Spherius (voice) | Film | 3.8 | 70 |
| 2012 | Earth Songs | Narrator | Film | — | 70 |
| 2011 | The Mill and the Cross | Nicolaes Jonghelinck | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2011 | Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2010 | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2010 | The Justice of Wolves | Mika - Adult | Film | 3.2 | 68 |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Prime #1 (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2009 | A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 66 |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Patrick (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 66 |
| 2008 | Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons | Stephen Combe | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2008 | Świadectwo | Film | 7.3 | 66 | |
| 2008 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | Self - Narrator | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2008 | Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation | Self | Film | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2008 | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self - Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 2007 | Flatland | Spherius (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self | TV | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2006 | Legends | Self (uncredited) | TV | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2006 | Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion | Narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 2006 | Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Jefferson Van Smoot | TV | 8.1 | 63 |
| 2005 | Frederick Forsyth's Icon | Sir Nigel Irvine | TV | — | 63 |
| 2005 | Crusader | McGovern | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 2005 | Icon | Sir Nigel Irvine | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2005 | The Hobart Shakespeareans | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2005 | William Powell: A True Gentleman | Narrator | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Ares / Mr. Sera (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2004 | The Lady Musketeer | D'Artagnan | TV | 5.5 | 62 |
| 2004 | Moscow Heat | Roger Chambers | Film | 3.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | Freedom from Despair | Voice Over | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' | Self | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Basil Exposition | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Presidio Med | George Slingerland | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bernard Fremont | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Stone Alexander | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Film | 4.6 | 59 | |
| 2001 | In Search of Peace | Chaim Herzog (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2001 | Borstal Boy | Joyce | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls | Asher Fleming | TV | 7.9 | 58 |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Michael York | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2000 | The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire | Pterano (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 2000 | Founding Fathers | Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2000 | One Hell of a Guy | The Devil | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Basil Exposition | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1999 | Magic and Beyond | Host | TV | — | 57 |
| 1999 | The Lot | Colin Rhome | TV | 4.8 | 57 |
| 1999 | Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1999 | The Haunting of Hell House | Professor Ambrose | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1999 | The Omega Code | Stone Alexander | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1999 | Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 | Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger") | Film | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1999 | Puss in Boots | Puss In Boots (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1998 | 54 | Ambassador | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1998 | Wrongfully Accused | Hibbing Goodhue | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1998 | The Treat | Simon | Film | 3.7 | 56 |
| 1998 | Merchants of Venus | Alex Jakoff | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1998 | Perfect Little Angels | Calvin Lawrence | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1998 | Lovers and Liars | Dick | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: In the Beginning | David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1998 | A Knight in Camelot | King Arthur | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Basil Exposition | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1997 | True Women | Lewis Lawshe | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1997 | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1997 | Goodbye America | Senator Bladon | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home | (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1997 | Dark Planet | Winter | Film | 4.1 | 55 |
| 1997 | Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club | The Swingers Club | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1997 | The Ripper | Sir Charles Warren | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1997 | Un coup de baguette magique | Ilya | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Kanto (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 54 |
| 1996 | September | Edmund | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1996 | The Ring | Walmar von Gotthard | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1996 | The Ring | Walmar von Gotthard | TV | — | 54 |
| 1996 | Rosamunde Pilcher: September | Edmund | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 1996 | Basketball Mozart | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 54 |
| 1995 | Sliders | TV | 7.6 | 53 | |
| 1995 | The Naked Truth | Leland Banks | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1995 | Not of This Earth | Paul Johnson | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1995 | Virgin Mary | Milan Vukovic | Film | 4.4 | 53 |
| 1995 | A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Merlin | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1995 | Shadow of a Kiss | Albert | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | David 'Arthur' McIntyre | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Magic School Bus | Harry Herpst (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1994 | TekWar: TekLab | Richard Stewart | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1994 | Discretion Assured | Trevor | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1994 | The Magic Flute | King Sarastro | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1994 | Fall from Grace | Hans-Dieter Stromelburg | Film | 4.0 | 52 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | President Alexander Bourne | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1993 | The Magic Paintbrush | The King (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1993 | Wide Sargasso Sea | Paul Mason | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 1993 | David Copperfield | Edward Murdstone (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Dr. Montague Kane (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 50 |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Vertigo (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 50 |
| 1992 | Vicki! | Self - Guest | TV | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1992 | Duel of Hearts | Gervaise Warlingham | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1992 | The Long Shadow | Film | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 1992 | Rochade | Paul Grumbach | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1991 | Eline Vere | Lawrence St. Clare | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1991 | The Wanderer | Saxon Warrior | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1990 | Come See the Paradise | Dance Hall Band | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Clayton (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Nigel (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Mason Fairbanks (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1989 | Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | D'Artagnan | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1989 | Till We Meet Again | Paul de Lancel | Film | — | 47 |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Robert | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1988 | The Secret of the Sahara | Desmond Jordan | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | King Charles II | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Franz Stampfl | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1988 | Phantom of Death | Robert Dominici | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1988 | Midnight Cop | Karstens | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1987 | The Far Country | Carl Zlinter | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1987 | Lethal Obsession | Dr. Proper | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 1986 | Ponce de Leon | Ponce de Leon | Film | — | 44 |
| 1986 | Are You My Mother? | Chet Gordon | Film | — | 44 |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions | Jason Drake | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1986 | Sword of Gideon | Robert | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1986 | The Dawn | John Dawson | Film | 9.5 | 44 |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Ponce de Leon | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1985 | Au nom de tous les miens | Martin Gray | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1985 | Space | Dieter Kolff | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1984 | The Bengal Lancers! | Captain Walberton | Film | 1.0 | 42 |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae | James Durie | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1984 | Success Is the Best Revenge | Alex Rodak | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1983 | For Those I Loved | Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40) | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1983 | The Phantom of the Opera | Michael Hartnell | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1983 | Vendredi ou la vie sauvage | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1983 | The Weather in the Streets | Rollo Spencer | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1982 | Twilight Theater II | Self- Guest | Film | — | 40 |
| 1982 | Twilight Theatre | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1981 | The White Lions | Chris McBride | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1981 | Beauty and the Beast | The Beast (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 39 |
| 1981 | Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast | Beast (voice) | Film | — | 39 |
| 1980 | Final Assignment | Lyosha Petrov | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Charles Scott | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid | Evan Michaelian | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1979 | The Riddle of the Sands | Charles Carruthers | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1978 | Fedora | Self | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1978 | Regie: Billy Wilder | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1978 | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth | John the Baptist | TV | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1977 | Weekend Special | King Sarastro (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Andrew Braddock | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Beau Geste | Film | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1977 | True Patriot | Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Film | — | 35 |
| 1976 | Logan's Run | Logan | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1976 | Seven Nights in Japan | Prince George | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1976 | A Look Into the 23rd Century | Self | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Count Andrenyi | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | D'Artagnan | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1974 | Great Expectations | Pip | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1973 | Tennessee Williams' South | Film | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | George Conway | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1973 | England Made Me | Anthony Farrant | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1972 | Cabaret | Brian Roberts | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1972 | The Recreation of an Era | Self | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 29 |
| 1971 | Zeppelin | Geoffrey Richter-Douglas | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1971 | Touch and Go | Basil | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1970 | Something for Everyone | Konrad Ludwig | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1969 | The Guru | Tom Pickle | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Guthrum | Film | 4.7 | 27 |
| 1969 | Justine | Darley | Film | 4.4 | 27 |
| 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Tybalt | Film | 7.4 | 26 |
| 1968 | Red and Blue | Acrobat | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1968 | The Strange Affair | Peter Strange | Film | 5.1 | 26 |
| 1968 | Red, White, and Zero | Acrobat | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte | TV | 8.5 | 25 |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Lucentio | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1967 | Confessions of Loving Couples | Peter | Film | 4.0 | 25 |
| 1967 | Accident | William | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1967 | Smashing Time | Tom Wabe | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Gupta | TV | 7.6 | 23 |
| 1965 | Gidget | TV | 6.8 | 23 | |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Roger Porlock | TV | 5.2 | 22 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | TV | 8.3 | 21 | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 20 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 14 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | James Durie, Henry's older brother | TV | 8.8 | 9 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Host | TV | 7.1 | 2 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 2 |