Austin Powers (character)
| Austin Powers | |
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| Austin Powers series character | |
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| First appearance | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
| Created by | Mike Myers |
| Portrayed by |
Mike Myers Aaron Himelstein (teenager) Tom Cruise (in film-within-film) |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Spy for the Ministry of Defence |
| Family |
Nigel Powers (father) Dr. Evil (brother) |
| Spouse(s) | Vanessa Kensington (deceased) |
| Significant other(s) |
Felicity Shagwell Foxxy Cleopatra |
| Relatives |
Mini-Me (brother's clone) Scott Evil (nephew) Frau Farbissina (nephew's possible mother) |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, 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), The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod culture and hippie culture of the 1960s who, with his nemesis Dr. Evil, was frozen in a cryonics experiment. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism.
Austin Powers was a character seen as a parody of James Bond and being influenced by Harry Palmer and characters played by Peter Sellers. The character of Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy for free love, his use of obscure impressions and his clothing style (including crushed velvet suits and Beatle boots).
Myers, Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs formed the faux British 1960s band Ming Tea after Myers' Saturday Night Live stint in the early 1990s. The band members all performed under pseudonyms with 1960s personas. Myers adopted the pseudonym and character of Austin Powers. This group made a number of live club and television performances in character. Myers' then-wife, Robin Ruzan, encouraged him to write a film based on Austin Powers.
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