50 Fun Facts About Austin Powers

Who created the Austin Powers character and stars as both the hero and Dr. Evil?

All three films were directed by Jay Roach.

How many films are there in the original Austin Powers series?

All three were directed by Jay Roach and released by New Line Cinema.

Who directed all three Austin Powers films?

Roach went on to direct Meet the Parents and political dramas like Recount.

In what year was the first film, International Man of Mystery, released?

It was modest at the box office at first, then grew a huge following on home video.

Austin Powers is cryogenically frozen in which decade and revived in the 1990s?

He is unfrozen to face Dr. Evil, who froze himself at the same time.

Which villain is Austin Powers' arch-nemesis, and his secret twin brother?

Both are played by Mike Myers.

Dr. Evil is chiefly a parody of which James Bond villain?

Myers said the voice owed most to Donald Pleasence's Blofeld in You Only Live Twice.

What is the name of Dr. Evil's hairless cat?

He started as a fluffy white Persian but came out of the cryo-capsule bald, played by a Sphynx cat.

What breed is the bald cat that plays Dr. Evil's pet after the pair are thawed out?

The hairlessness is explained as a thawing error, a joke on Blofeld's fluffy Persian.

Who plays Austin's love interest Vanessa Kensington in the first film?

Vanessa is later revealed to be a Fembot in the sequel's opening.

Who plays Austin's exposition-heavy handler, Basil Exposition?

His character's name is a wink at his role of explaining the plot.

Who plays Dr. Evil's second-in-command, Number Two?

Rob Lowe plays the younger version in the flashbacks.

Which actor plays the younger Number Two in the sequel's 1969 scenes?

Lowe does an uncanny impression of Robert Wagner's delivery.

Who plays Dr. Evil's rebellious son, Scott Evil?

Scott keeps pointing out the obvious flaws in his father's overcomplicated schemes.

Who plays Dr. Evil's henchwoman, Frau Farbissina?

She heads Dr. Evil's "military wing" and screams her orders.

In the first film, what does Dr. Evil threaten to detonate in the Earth's core?

The scheme is called Project Vulcan.

What are Dr. Evil's female android assassins called?

Austin defeats them by overloading their systems with a striptease.

In what year was the second film in the series released?

It out-grossed the entire lifetime take of the first film in its opening weekend.

In the second film, what does Dr. Evil steal from Austin by travelling back to the 1960s?

Dr. Evil defines mojo as Austin's libido or life force.

What does Dr. Evil name his one-eighth-size clone in the second film?

On seeing the clone, Dr. Evil declares "Breathtaking. I shall call him... Mini-Me."

Which actor plays Mini-Me?

Danny DeVito played the character in the film-within-a-film Austinpussy.

In which film does Mini-Me first appear?

He returns in the third film, Goldmember.

Which extra character does Myers add to his roster of roles in the second film?

The obese Scottish henchman was Myers' third role in that film.

Which agent helps Austin in the 1969 storyline of the second film?

She is played by Heather Graham.

Which Madonna song, from the second film's soundtrack, won a Grammy in 2000?

Myers appears in character in the music video, directed by Brett Ratner.

In what year was the third film, Goldmember, released?

It was the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year in the US and Canada.

How many separate roles does Myers play in Goldmember?

He plays Austin, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard and the title villain Goldmember.

Which pop star plays Foxxy Cleopatra in Goldmember?

It was one of Beyoncé's first major film roles.

Which veteran actor plays Nigel Powers, Austin's dad, in Goldmember?

Caine was himself a 1960s British spy icon, from The Ipcress File.

The title villain Goldmember is from which country?

His real name is Johan van der Smut.

To settle a title dispute, Goldmember's makers agreed to run trailers for which Bond film?

MGM, which distributed the Bond films, had objected to the "Gold" title.

Which of the three films was the most commercially successful, grossing $312 million?

Goldmember was close behind at about $297 million.

Dr. Evil's legitimate corporate front is called what?

Number Two turns it into a hugely profitable multinational while Dr. Evil is frozen.

In the first film, Dr. Evil's henchman with a deadly bladed hat is named what?

He is a parody of the Bond henchman Oddjob, throwing his shoe instead of a hat.

Which Saturday Night Live producer did Dana Carvey claim inspired the Dr. Evil voice and pinky gesture?

Myers insisted it owed more to Donald Pleasence's Blofeld than to Lorne Michaels.

Roughly how much did Goldmember gross worldwide?

That made it the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year in North America.

Roughly how much did the first film ultimately gross worldwide?

That was four times its modest budget; home video made it a phenomenon.

Myers said the Austin Powers character was a tribute to whom?

His father had introduced him to the 1960s spy films the movie parodies.

In which US city is Dr. Evil's Space Needle lair located in the second film?

He later relocates the operation to a base on the Moon.

In the second film, Dr. Evil and his son Scott air their grievances on which daytime TV host's program?

The reunion predictably descends into a brawl.

Goldmember reveals that Dr. Evil's real first name is what?

The brothers reconcile just long enough to reverse the polarity of Goldmember's tractor beam and save the world.

In the third film, Dr. Evil's obese Scottish henchman has taken up which job in Tokyo?

By the end credits he has slimmed down on the Subway diet and is left with sagging flesh instead.

What vehicle serves as Austin's time machine in The Spy Who Shagged Me?

The Ministry of Defence sends him back to 1969, where CIA agent Felicity Shagwell helps him dodge an assassination attempt.

In the first film, how much ransom does Dr. Evil demand from the world?

The United Nations actually agrees to pay, but Dr. Evil carries on with Project Vulcan anyway.

Which actor did Myers first want as Dr. Evil, before a Liar Liar scheduling clash?

Rhea Perlman and Colin Quinn also turned down roles, as Frau Farbissina and Scott Evil, and both later said they regretted it.

Lenny Kravitz covered which Guess Who song for the second film's soundtrack?

His slower, softer version reached the top 20 in five countries, with Heather Graham starring in the video.

Which star plays Goldmember in the film-within-a-film Austinpussy?

Myers based the Dutch villain's mannerisms on a man running a 'sex barn' north of Rotterdam whom he saw on HBO's Real Sex.

What is the name of Goldmember's 1975 roller disco club in New York?

It is where Austin is reunited with Foxxy Cleopatra, an undercover FBI agent and former lover.

What is Goldmember's birth name?

He lost his genitalia in a smelting accident and is obsessed with gold, a nod to the Bond villain Auric Goldfinger.

Myers created Austin for the faux-'60s band Ming Tea with Susanna Hoffs and which musician?

Hoffs, of the Bangles, also sings 'The Look of Love' on the first film's soundtrack, the Bacharach song that helped inspire the movie.