Michael York

'Michael York' (qv) 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' (qv), who gave him his film debut as Lucentio in _Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (1967)_ (qv) and his breakthrough role as Tybalt in _Romeo and Juliet (1968)_ (qv). He achieved early TV acclaim for his portrayal of Jolyon in _The Forsyte Saga (1967)_ (qv). Other notable early movie roles include Brian Roberts in _Cabaret (1972)_ (qv), Count Andrenyi in _Murder on the Orient Express (1974)_ (qv) 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)_ (qv) with 'Catherine Oxenberg' (qv) and 'Casper Van Dien' (qv). He had a great part in all of the "Austin Powers" films.::Ed Stephan <[email protected]>