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Michael York OBE - Actor, Writer & Producer
Michael York has enjoyed a successful career for over 45 years, creating an
impressive body of work on stage, screen and in the recording studio. A member of Britain’s National Youth Theatre and
a graduate of Oxford University, he joined the National Theatre company and made his film debut in “The Taming of the
Shrew"
York's more than 60 other screen credits include “Romeo and Juliet”, “Cabaret”,
“Something for Everyone”, “Jesus of Nazareth", “The Three Musketeers”, “Logan’s
Run”, “The Island of Doctor Moreau", “Murder on the Orient Express”, “Conduct Unbecoming”
and “Fedora”. He played in all three “Austin Powers” movies, the two “Omega Code" films
and recently completed “The Justice of Wolves” and “The Mill and the Cross”. Television work includes "The Forsyte Saga”, "Great
Expectations", "Space, ”The Far Country”, "The Heat of the Day", "The Lot" and "Curb
Your Enthusiasm”. He was recently a guest on “The Simpsons” and “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”.
He has just completed “The Four Seasons”. Among his Broadway credits are “Someone Who’ll Watch Over
Me”, “Bent”, "The Little Prince”, “The Crucible”, “Ring Round The Moon”
and the world premiere of Tennessee Williams’ “Outcry”. In 2007 he was King Arthur in a US tour of “Camelot”.
York has narrated many documentaries
and over 90 audio books for which, among other awards, he has been Grammy-nominated. He recorded the Tennyson/Strauss "Enoch
Arden" and performed it internationally in concert, most recently with the Long Beach Opera and in Prague. He has
just finished recording the entire Bible. As well as presenting Shakespeare with music at the Kennedy Center and the Hollywood
Bowl, he has performed concert versions of "Henry V", "Christopher Columbus", “Peer Gynt”,
Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio”, “Amadeus”, in which he played Salieri, and “Egmont”.
York’s autobiography, “Accidentally on Purpose”, was followed by “A Shakespearean
Actor Prepares” and “Dispatches from Armageddon”. His most recent book is “Are My Blinkers Showing:
Adventures in Filmmaking in the New Russia”. Chairman of the California Youth Theatre, he has been awarded Britain’s OBE, France’s
Arts et Lettres, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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