Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and over $67 million worldwide. The film spawned two sequels, "" (1999) and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002), with Myers repeatedly mentioning the possibility of a fourth film over the years (as of 2018). In 1967, British spy Austin Powers thwarts an assassination attempt by his nemesis Dr. Evil in a London nightclub. Dr. Evil escapes in a space rocket and cryogenically freezes himself. Powers volunteers to be placed into cryostasis in case Dr. Evil returns in the future. Thirty years later, in 1997, Dr. Evil returns to discover his henchman Number 2 has developed Virtucon, the legitimate front of
Austin Powers (character) 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. Obituaries of Simon Dee (1935–2009), the radio and television presenter, stated that his "Sixties grooviness" made him the inspiration for the character. Mike Myers has claimed his father was the inspiration behind Austin Powers. In November 2010, he was voted #23 in "Entertainment Weekly"'s list "The 100 greatest characters of the last 20 years." Austin Powers (character) Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the "Austin Powers" series of