It's been more than two decades since the American slapstick Hollywood franchise that is Austin Powers graced movie screens across the world.
The trio of films took us on a groovy journey of jam-packed comedic action between 1997 to 2002, with a huge star-studded cast of celebrities, singers and acting legends.
Canadian actor Mike Myers took the leading role as Austin Powers himself in the trilogy with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and Austin Powers In Goldmember in 2002.
The 58-year-old also took on the role of Dr. Evil, otherwise known as Douglas "Dougie" Powers, the main antagonist and Austin Powers' nemesis in the movies.
Fellow co-stars included the likes of Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, Mindy Sterling, Heather Graham and even Beyoncé.
But what are the stars of the hit comedy up to now?
Here at Daily Star online we take a look at where the cast are now – and what they’ve achieved since.
Mike Myers — Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat B*****d, Goldmember
After his epic stint as Austin Powers in the three movies, Mike Myers swiftly went on to voice the character of Shrek in another hit franchise.
The first of the Dreamworks animated films was released in 2001, where Myers played a bad-tempered ogre who begrudgingly finds himself on a quest to rescue a princess alongside a chatty donkey.
From there, three more Shrek films came out that all starred Myers, including Shrek 2 in 2004, Shrek The Third in 2007 and Shrek Forever After in 2010. Followed by spin-off film Puss In Boots in 2011 and various short films and television specials.
In 2008, Myers co-wrote, co-produced and starred in The Love Guru, and had a minor role as British general Ed Fenech in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 Inglourious Basterds.
Mike returned to his Austin Powers role in 2014 where he appeared on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" to as his Dr. Evil character.
In 2016, American filmmaker Jay Roach told television host Larry King during is TV show that there was a possibility of a fourth Austin Powers film in the future.
After an eight-year hiatus from feature films, Myers played a supporting role in Terminal (2018) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).
Elizabeth Hurley — Vanessa Kensington
Elizabeth Hurley played Vanessa Kensington, Austin's love interest in the first two films.
She then went on to feature in the 1998 dramas indie film Permanent Midnight, alongside comedian Ben Stiller.
In 1999 she starred in comedy films EdTV and My Favorite Martian.
In more recent years, she found success on television, taking up a season-long arc on the hit drama Gossip Girl as Diana Payne.
Arguably her biggest success came about when she played the Queen in The Royals, that premiered on E! in 2015.
Robert Wagner — Number Two
Robert Wagner played second-in-command of Dr. Evil's empire, Number Two, in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
He continued his role in the sequels, while the role of his younger self was played by Rob Lowe.
Robert also starred in classic films like A Kiss Before Dying (1956) and The Pink Panther (1963).
During more recent times, he voiced the character of 'Robert Wagner's Head' in the animated TV series Futurama.
Seth Green — Scott Evil
Seth Green played Dr Evil's son, Scott Evil, in the Austin Powers film, who appears to be more intelligent than his father.
During the same time as the films, Seth became part of the cast of popular TV show Buffy The Vampire Slayer as
That same year, Green joined the cast of the TV series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' as Oz.
He left 'Buffy' in 2000 after season four and moved on to voicing the fictional character Chris Griffin on Seth MacFarlane's animated series Family Guy.
He also co-created of the Adult Swim series Robot Chicken, and guest starred on shows like Franklin and Bash and How I Met Your Mother.
Will Ferrell — Mustafa
After playing the role of villain Mustafa in the Austin Powers franchise, Will quickly became a household name in the years after.
Besides starring in comedy movies like Zoolander, his breakthrough role came with 2003's American comedy film Old School.
He then went on to star in a string of slapstick classics such as Talladega Nights, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and Blades of Glory.
He also co-starred in the cult comedy Step Brothers alongside John C Reilly.
Michael York — Basil Exposition
Accomplished British actor Michael York delighted fans with his role as Basil Exposition in Austin Powers and went on to play a range of characters in a number of TV shows.
In Michael showed up in the TV shows Sliders, Dead Man’s Gun and the biopic 54.
He also partook in voice work in Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year, The Omega Code and The Haunting of Hell House.
Mindy Sterling — Frau Farbissina
After playing the manic Frau Farbissina in Austin Powers, Mindy performed supporting roles in 1999 horror comedy Idle Hands and Iris Clark in Drop Dead Gorgeous.
She even took up some voice performing, appearing in children’s animated series like Invader Zim, video games like Everquest II and popular movies like Ice Age: The Meltdown.
In 2010, Mindy had a recurring role as bitter neighbour Mitzi Kinsky in Desperate Housewives.
Beyoncé Knowles — Foxxy Cleopatra
In her first mainstream acting gig, Beyoncé played Foxxy Cleopatra in the third film, Austin Powers in Goldmember.
Beyoncé was also active in American girl group Destiny's Child around the same time, until 2006 where the band split up.
In the years since, she has become know world-wide as an RnB icon for her solo music career, as well as a role model and 22 Grammy award-winning singer.
In July 2017, it was announced by Billboard that Beyoncé was the highest paid musician of the year before – earning an estimated total of £49.5million.
She tied the knot with iconic rapper Jay-Z in 2008.
Verne Troyer — Mini Me
Mike Meyers may have been the lead in the movies, but Verne Troyer was a huge hit among viewers as Mini-Me – an identical clone to Dr. Evil, except he was less than half his size.
Although the 2 ft 8 actor starred in some movies before Austin Powers, the franchise offered up many opportunities for him, including reality television show Celebrity Big Brother.
He also starred in the reality TV show The Surreal Life, which first aired back in 2003.
Verne sadly died at a hospital in Los Angeles in April 2018.
Michael Caine — Nigel Powers
Legendary British actor Michael Caine was a Hollywood Star before playing Austin’s father in Austin Powers In Goldmember.
Since then, he’s gone on to play huge roles such as Alfred in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, Children of Men (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).
Approximately, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades.
Heather Graham — Felicity Shagwell
Heather Graham portrayed Felicity Shagwell, the female accomplice of Austin Powers during the events of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
In the years after the second Austin Powers film, she played a variety of leading roles including Say It Isn't So (2001) and From Hell (2001).
She also played supporting roles in the films Mary (2005), The Hangover (2009) and its sequel, The Hangover Part III (2013), At Any Price (2012), and Horns (2013).
She has had roles on television series such as Scrubs (2004) and Californication (2014).
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