Michael York(I)

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 from Oxford in1964), 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 La Mégère apprivoisée (1967) and his breakthrough role as Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette (1968). He achieved early TV acclaim for his portrayal of Jolyon in La dynastie des Forsyte (1967). Other notable early movie roles include Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), Count Andrenyi in Le crime de l'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 La prophétie des ténèbres (1999) with Catherine Oxenberg and Casper Van Dien. He had a great part in all of the "Austin Powers" films.