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Michael York
Age: 67
Height: 5' 11"
Birth Place: Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Born: Mar. 27th, 1942
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BIOGRAPHY: 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.
TRIVIA:
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1987.
- Provides a voice-over for one of the apes in _Spaceballs (1987)_ (qv), which spoofed several science fiction series, but mainly _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv). His stepson, 'Rick McCallum (I)' (qv), produced the Star Wars prequels.
- Appeared in _Sword of Gideon (1986) (TV)_ (qv), based on the book Vengeance by 'George Jonas (III)' (qv). In _Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)_ (qv), he appears with 'Steven Spielberg' (qv), who directed the remake, _Munich (2005)_ (qv).
- Stepfather of producer 'Rick McCallum (I)' (qv).
- Was the original choice to play Sgt. Howie in _The Wicker Man (1973)_ (qv) but was unavailable for the part. The part went to 'Edward Woodward' (qv).
- Good friend and mentor to actor 'Casper Van Dien' (qv). Lifelong friend to Casper's wife 'Catherine Oxenberg' (qv).
- His father was an army officer turned businessman and his mother a musician.
- Was attached to _Death on the Nile (1978)_ (qv) at one stage.
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