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'''Sir Austin Danger Powers''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE}}[{{Cite web|last=Delbyck|first=Cole|date=2017-05-02|title=10 'Austin Powers' Moments That Are Totally Shagadelic 20 Years Later|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-austin-powers-moments-that-are-still-shagadelic-20-years-later_n_5907f542e4b05c397681d391|access-date=2020-12-19|website=HuffPost|language=en}}] is a fictional character from the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series of films, and is created and portrayed by [[Mike Myers]]. He is the [[protagonist]] of ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' (1997), ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' (1999) and ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' (2002).[{{cite news|title= THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Big marketers are betting on 'Austin Powers' to endear them to young people.|work= The New York Times|date=1999-06-14|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50814F7395C0C778DDDAF0894D1494D81|access-date=2010-11-05}}] |
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'''Austin Powers''' is a fictional character from the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series of films, created and portrayed by [[Mike Myers]]. He is the [[protagonist]] of ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'' (1997), ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' (1999) and ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' (2002).[{{cite news|title= THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Big marketers are betting on 'Austin Powers' to endear them to young people.|work= The New York Times|date=1999-06-14|url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50814F7395C0C778DDDAF0894D1494D81|access-date=2010-11-05}}] |
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He is a [[womanizing]], hard-partying [[United Kingdom|British]] [[spy]] embodying the [[Swinging London]] [[mod (subculture)|mod]] and [[hippie culture]] of the 1960s. Along with his nemesis [[Dr. Evil]], he was frozen in a [[cryonics]] experiment, then unfrozen years later. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from [[terrorism]]. |
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He is a [[womanizing]], hard-partying [[United Kingdom|British]] [[spy]] embodying the [[Swinging London]] [[mod (subculture)|mod]] and [[hippie culture]] of the 1960s. Along with his nemesis [[Dr. Evil]], he was frozen in a [[cryonics]] experiment, then unfrozen years later. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from [[terrorism]]. |
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The character of Austin Powers was primarily a spoof of secret agents in 1960s spy films and spy spoof films, being influenced by [[Sean Connery]]'s [[James Bond]], [[Peter Sellers]]'s [[Evelyn Tremble]] in ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967),[{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7118916.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610220713/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7118916.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|title=Myers is funny, but he's no Peter Sellers|publisher=[[Deseret News]] (Salt Lake City)|date=28 November 2003 |access-date=5 August 2012}}] [[Matt Helm]] in [[Dean Martin]]'s films, [[James Coburn]]'s [[Derek Flint]] in ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' (1966) and ''[[In Like Flint]]'' (1967),[{{cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmjhGwnqV_0&pp=ygVaTWlrZSBNeWVycyBPbiBUaGUgSW5zcGlyYXRpb24gQmVoaW5kIOKAnEF1c3RpbiBQb3dlcnPigJ0gfCBMYXRlIE5pZ2h0IHdpdGggQ29uYW4gT-KAmUJyaWVu|title=Mike Myers On The Inspiration Behind "Austin Powers"|publisher=Conan O'Brien, YouTube|accessdate=19 August 2025}}] and [[Michael Caine]]'s [[Harry Palmer]] in films such as ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]'' (1965) and ''[[Funeral in Berlin]]'' (1966), especially his thick [[horn-rimmed glasses]].[{{cite news |title=Michael Caine: Austin Powers in Goldmember |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/17/michael_caine_austin_powers_goldmember_interview.shtml |access-date=20 October 2019 |agency=BBC |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020102817/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/17/michael_caine_austin_powers_goldmember_interview.shtml |url-status=live }}] Myers was also influenced by the flamboyant dress sense of [[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]], played by [[Peter Wyngarde]].[{{cite news|title=Obituary - Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/?ref=rss|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=January 20, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120065814/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/?ref=rss|url-status=live}}] |
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The character of Austin Powers was primarily a spoof of secret agents in 1960s spy films and spy spoof films, being influenced by [[Sean Connery]]'s [[James Bond]], [[Peter Sellers]]'s [[Evelyn Tremble]] in ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967),[{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7118916.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610220713/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7118916.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2014|title=Myers is funny, but he's no Peter Sellers|publisher=[[Deseret News]] (Salt Lake City)|date=28 November 2003 |access-date=5 August 2012}}] [[Matt Helm]] in [[Dean Martin]]'s films, [[James Coburn]]'s [[Derek Flint]] in ''[[Our Man Flint]]'' (1966) and ''[[In Like Flint]]'' (1967),[{{cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmjhGwnqV_0&pp=ygVaTWlrZSBNeWVycyBPbiBUaGUgSW5zcGlyYXRpb24gQmVoaW5kIOKAnEF1c3RpbiBQb3dlcnPigJ0gfCBMYXRlIE5pZ2h0IHdpdGggQ29uYW4gT-KAmUJyaWVu|title=Mike Myers On The Inspiration Behind "Austin Powers"|publisher=Conan O'Brien, YouTube|accessdate=19 August 2025}}] and [[Michael Caine]]'s [[Harry Palmer]] in films such as ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]'' (1965) and ''[[Funeral in Berlin]]'' (1966), especially his thick [[horn-rimmed glasses]].[{{cite news |title=Michael Caine: Austin Powers in Goldmember |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/17/michael_caine_austin_powers_goldmember_interview.shtml |access-date=20 October 2019 |agency=BBC |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020102817/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/07/17/michael_caine_austin_powers_goldmember_interview.shtml |url-status=live }}] Myers was also influenced by the flamboyant dress sense of [[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]], played by [[Peter Wyngarde]].[{{cite news|title=Obituary - Peter Wyngarde, flamboyant actor known for Jason King and Flash Gordon|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/?ref=rss|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow|date=July 7, 2019|archive-date=January 20, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120065814/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15865081.Obituary___Peter_Wyngarde__flamboyant_actor_known_for_Jason_King_and_Flash_Gordon/?ref=rss|url-status=live}}] |
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