Austin Powers

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), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).[2]He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod and hippie culture of the 1960s. Along with his nemesis Dr. Evil, he was frozen in a cryonics experiment, then unfrozen years later. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism.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).[6]