Austin Powers (character)
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Sir Austin Danger Powers KBE[1] 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).[2]
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First appearance | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) |
Last appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
Created by | Mike Myers |
Based on | James Bond |
Portrayed by | Mike Myers Aaron Himelstein (young) Tom Cruise (in Austinpussy) |
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Full name | Austin Danger Powers |
Alias | Richie Cunningham |
Occupation | Spy for the Ministry of Defence |
Family | Nigel Powers (father) Douglas Powers (twin-brother) |
Spouse | Vanessa Kensington (deceased) |
Significant others | Felicity Shagwell Foxxy Cleopatra |
Relatives | Mini-Me (nephew) Scott Evil (nephew) Frau Farbissina (sister-in-law) Helga Powers (grandmother) Kyle (great-nephew) |
Nationality | British |
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He is a womanizing, hard partying British spy embodying the Swinging London psyche 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.