ACTOR

Michael York

1942 - Today

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Michael York (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English film, television, and stage actor. After performing on stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper-class demeanour saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael York has received more than 4,041,508 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Michael York is the 725th most popular actor (up from 831st in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 985th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Actor.

Michael York is most famous for his role as the elf prince in the film "The Lord of the Rings"

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael York ranks 725 out of 13,578. Before him are Angela Bassett, Kathleen Turner, Oskar Werner, Gene Tierney, Nathalie Baye, and Sarah Jessica Parker. After him are James Spader, Death of Marilyn Monroe, Mark Ruffalo, Ray Milland, J. K. Simmons, and Famke Janssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Michael York ranks 97. Before him are Bert Sakmann, Carlos Monzón, Michel Fourniret, Péter Medgyessy, Rose Francine Rogombé, and Milan Milutinović. After him are Daniela Bianchi, Margarethe von Trotta, Scott Wilson, Mike Newell, Jacques Dubochet, and Conrad Schumann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael York ranks 854 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Rex Harrison (1908), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Edmund Spenser (1552), Edward B. Titchener (1867), and Ian Stewart (1938). After him are Ray Milland (1907), Stephen Frears (1941), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Mary Kingsley (1862), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), and Thomas Cavendish (1560).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michael York ranks 110. Before him are Kim Cattrall (1956), Peter Cushing (1913), Derek Jacobi (1938), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Imelda Staunton (1956), and Rex Harrison (1908). After him are Ray Milland (1907), Andy Serkis (1964), Boris Karloff (1887), Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Wentworth Miller (1972), and Pat Hitchcock (1928).

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