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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 2, 1932
Place of Birth:
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Peter O'Toole
Biography
Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.
Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements.
O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sly | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Hangover in Death Valley | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Diamond Cartel | Tugboat |
| 2014 | Katherine of Alexandria | Gallus |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Eldorado | Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | Outlaws - For Greater Glory | Father Christopher |
| 2012 | Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | Self |
| 2010 | Eager to Die | Lord Pelican |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Relic |
| 2009 | Behind The Scenes of Caligula | |
| 2008 | Christmas Cottage | Glen |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Anton Ego (voice) |
| 2007 | Stardust | King |
| 2006 | Venus | Maurice |
| 2006 | One Night with the King | Samuel, the Prophet |
| 2005 | Lassie | The Duke |
| 2005 | Mystic India | Narrador |
| 2004 | Troy | Priam |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Colonel Blount |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | JJ Curtis |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Lord Foxley |
| 2000 | Hellraisers | Self |
| 2000 | The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man | |
| 1999 | The Manor | Mr. Ravenscroft |
| 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Jeffrey Bernard |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | William Williamson |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Dr. Timothy Flyte |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1996 | An Evening with Spike Milligan | Himself |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth |
| 1994 | The Rainbow Thief | Prince Meleagre |
| 1993 | The Seventh Coin | Emil Saber |
| 1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Lord Sarn |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham |
| 1991 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Maj. Lyautey |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Pantaloon (voice) |
| 1990 | Crossing to Freedom | John Sidney Howard |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Cesar Valentin |
| 1989 | On a Moonlit Night | Prof. Yan McShoul |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Peter Plunkett |
| 1988 | Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' | Self |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Reginald Johnston (R.J.) |
| 1987 | The Dark Angel | Uncle Silas Ruthyn |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Anthony Cloyden Hayes |
| 1985 | Creator | Dr. Harry Wolper |
| 1984 | Supergirl | Zaltar |
| 1984 | Supergirl: The Making of the Movie | Self / Zaltar |
| 1984 | Kim | Lama |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1983 | Svengali | Anton Bosnyak |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Sherlock Holmes (voice) |
| 1983 | Pygmalion | Professor Henry Higgins |
| 1983 | Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce | |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann |
| 1982 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross |
| 1979 | Caligula | Tiberius |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Lord Chelmsford |
| 1978 | Power Play | Colonel Zeller |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Sir Robert Thorndyke |
| 1976 | Foxtrot | Liviu |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Larry Martin |
| 1975 | Man Friday | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1974 | The Public's Right to Know | Self |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Jack 14th Earl of Gurney |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Captain Tom Cat |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | Murphy |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Sir Charles Ferguson |
| 1970 | Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic | |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Man at the Premiere (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Arthur Chipping |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Capt. Charles Edstaston |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Scottish Piper (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Tanz |
| 1967 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Simon Dermott |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | The Three Angels |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Michael James |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Lord Jim |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Becket | King Henry II of England |
| 1963 | Wind Sand and Star | |
| 1963 | The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time | Self |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | T.E. Lawrence |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Robin MacGregor |
| 1960 | The Savage Innocents | First Trooper |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Capt. Monty Fitch |
| 1958 | The Castiglioni Brothers | Mario |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Lionel Relic |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Pope Paul III |
| 2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Augustus: The First Emperor | Augustus Caesar |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | President Paul von Hindenburg |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Bishop Cauchon |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | King of Lilliput |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
| 1991 | Civvies | Barry Newman |
| 1989 | The Dark Angel | Uncle Silas Ruthyn |
| 1985 | North and South | Sam Trump |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hampton |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1981 | Masada | Gen. Cornelius Flavius Silva |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | First Soldier |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Today | Self |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Rene Latour |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |