Heavily influenced by British pop culture growing up, Mike Myers has claimed his British-born father was the inspiration behind Austin Powers. Obituaries of Simon Dee (1935–2009), the radio and BBC television presenter, stated that his 'Sixties grooviness' made him the inspiration for the character. Myers' then wife, Robin Ruzan, encouraged him to write a film based on Austin Powers. This group made a number of live club and television performances in character. Myers adopted the pseudonym and character of Austin Powers. The band members all performed under pseudonyms with 1960s personas. 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 character of Austin Powers represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy for free love, his use of obscure expressions and his clothing style (including crushed velvet suits and Beatle boots). Other notable influences were Harry Palmer (played by Michael Caine who would go on to play Austin's father, Nigel, in Goldmember), especially his thick horn-rimmed glasses, and the flamboyant dress sense of Jason King (played by Peter Wyngarde).

The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism.Īustin Powers was a character seen as a parody of James Bond, and being influenced by Evelyn Tremble (played by Peter Sellers) in the spoof James Bond 1967 movie Casino Royale. Evil, was frozen in a cryonics experiment. He is a womanizing, hard partying British spy embodying the Swinging London psyche and hippie culture of the 1960s who, with his nemesis Dr. He is the protagonist of Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

Sir Austin Danger Powers KBE is a fictional character from the Austin Powers series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

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