Austin Powers
Austin Powers series character
First appearance	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Last appearance	Austin Powers in Goldmember
Created by	Mike Myers
Portrayed by	Mike Myers
Information
Gender	Male
Date of birth	1939-11-12
Occupation	Spy for the Ministry of Defence
Title	Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE
Family	Nigel Powers (father) Dr. Evil (brother) Scott Evil(nephew) Mini-Me (brother clone)
Spouse(s)	Vanessa Kensington (deceased)
Address	London, England
Nationality	English
IMDb profile

Austin Powers is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films. The Austin Powers series is a series of Comedy films written and produced by and stars Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay Austin Powers International Man of Mystery, released in 1997, is the first Film of the Austin Powers series. Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third Film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and Film producer Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine) is the father of Austin Powers and Dr Dr Evil (born Douglas "Dougie" Powers) is a fictional character played by Mike Myers, in the Austin Powers Film series Scott Evil (played by Seth Green) is a fictional character from the Austin Powers films born in ca Mini-Me is a character played by Verne Troyer in the second and third Austin Powers movies Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me Vanessa Kensington is a character in Austin Powers International Man of Mystery and briefly Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Austin Powers series is a series of Comedy films written and produced by and stars Mike Myers as the title character, directed by Jay He first appeared in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and is portrayed by Mike Myers. Austin Powers International Man of Mystery, released in 1997, is the first Film of the Austin Powers series. Michael John "Mike" Myers (born May 25, 1963) is a Canadian Actor, Comedian, Screenwriter and Film producer

Apart from being a satire of James Bond Austin Powers also represents the archetypal 1960s mod, with his constant advocacy for free love, his use of obscure expressions and his clothing style (including crushed velvet suits and Beatle boots), though the womanizing side of him could be said to neatly combine his 1960s side with his James Bond template in itself. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Mod (originally modernist, sometimes capitalised is a Subculture that originated in London in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s The term free love has been used since at least the nineteenth century to describe a Social movement that rejects Marriage, which is seen as a form With his flamboyant ways and never-changing dress-sense, he is deliberately made to stick out from his surroundings -- though invariably escaping detection when disguised -- particularly when he talks about things that would have had no place in the 1990s.

In the many instances he takes off his clothes, he is revealed to have a very hairy chest. Much of his attitude toward relationships could be a parody of Bond's lack of reflection with regard to the loss of a woman. For example, after Vanessa explodes on their honeymoon, Austin mourns at first, then joyously exclaims, "Wait a tick . . . that means I'm single again! Oh Behave!" and proceeds to dance through the hotel in the nude. Some of his abilities include a kind of hypnosis he learned in India from Guru Shastri, "a chaste man, who died from a disease that had all the hallmarks of syphilis. Hypnosis is often thought to be a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility with diminished peripheral awareness India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Syphilis is a Sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetal Bacterium Treponema pallidum pallidum. " He also has the ability to use his "Mojo" at will to seduce women. Mojo (ˈmoʊdʒoʊ is a term commonly encountered in the African-American folk belief called hoodoo.

Austin Powers series

Powers was born on November 12, 1939, son of Nigel Powers (Michael Caine), and brother of Doug "Dougie" Powers, also known as Dr. Evil. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine) is the father of Austin Powers and Dr Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Dr Evil (born Douglas "Dougie" Powers) is a fictional character played by Mike Myers, in the Austin Powers Film series Austin and Dougie's mother died in an assassination attempt when they were babies, separating them in the process. Austin grew up with his father, and went on to attend an espionage boarding school with Dougie (now known as Dr. Evil), his roommate and unbeknownst to him, his brother. While at boarding school, he was awarded the title of International Man of Mystery, much to the dismay of Dougie. This event would destroy the relationship between the two and cause them to become enemies.

Following his schooling, Powers went on to join the Ministry of Defence and became a famous spy. After exiling Dr. Evil to space, Austin was cryopreserved in 1967 in case Dr. Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero Temperatures such as (typically 77 K or −196 Evil should return from space. Eventually, Dr. Evil returned and Austin was unfrozen and partnered with Miss Kensington, who was the daughter of Austin's former partner Mrs. Kensington. Once he had been unfrozen, they started their adversarial relationship while he attempted to adjust to the culture shock of losing 30 years' worth of time. Culture shock refers to the Anxiety and Feelings (of surprise disorientation uncertainty confusion etc

In popular culture

• When registering for hotel stays, Rubén Sierra used the alias "Austin Powers" to avoid unwanted fan attention. Rubén Angel Sierra García (born October 6, 1965 in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder. ^[1]
• Austin Powers appears in the Boys music video by Britney Spears and the Beautiful Stranger music video by Madonna
• In the British television comedy The Office, David Brent wears an Austin Powers costume while participating in a dating game. " Boys " is a song on pop singer Britney Spears 's 2001 album Britney, and was the sixth single released in countries such as the Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the David Brent is a fictional White-collar office middle-manager and one of the principal characters from the BBC television comedy The Office
• Roger Ebert, in a review of the film Beowulf, argued that it was a satire of the poem, stating that, "This leads to a great deal of well-timed "Austinpowerism", which translates as 'putting things in the foreground to keep us from seeing the family jewels. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Beowulf is a 2007 Performance capture Action film based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Beowulf is an Old English Heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between '"^[2]

References

External links

• Austin Powers at the Internet Movie Database