Peter O'Toole
Acting
Born: August 2, 1932 · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: December 14, 2013 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
Biography
Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British-Irish 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).
Known for
Ratatouille
2007
Troy
2004
Stardust
2007
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
The Last Emperor
1987
Caligula
1979
The Tudors
2007
Casino Royale
1967
Supergirl
1984
How to Steal a Million
1966
Phantoms
1998
The Lion in Winter
1968
Photos (8)
Movies (86)
Ratatouille
Anton Ego (voice)
Troy
Priam
The Last Emperor
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Stardust
King
Casino Royale
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Three Angels
Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
Supergirl
Zaltar
The Stunt Man
Eli Cross
Caligula
Tiberius
One Night with the King
Samuel, the Prophet
The Sandpiper
(voice) (uncredited)
King Ralph
Willingham
Becket
King Henry II of England
Club Paradise
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
How to Steal a Million
Simon Dermott
Zulu Dawn
Lord Chelmsford
The Lion in Winter
Henry II
Dean Spanley
Fisk Senior
The Night of the Generals
General Tanz
Murphy's War
Murphy
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Father Christopher
High Spirits
Peter Plunkett
Bright Young Things
Colonel Blount
My Favorite Year
Alan Swann
Venus
Maurice
The Savage Innocents
First Trooper
Lassie
The Duke
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Arthur Chipping
Christmas Cottage
Glen
What's New Pussycat?
Michael James
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
The Final Curtain
JJ Curtis
Phantoms
Dr. Timothy Flyte
FairyTale: A True Story
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Man of La Mancha
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Creator
Dr. Harry Wolper
The Nutcracker Prince
Pantaloon (voice)
Katherine of Alexandria
Gallus
The Ruling Class
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
The Rainbow Thief
Prince Meleagre
Man Friday
Robinson Crusoe
Isabelle Eberhardt
Maj. Lyautey
Eldorado
Narrator (voice)
On a Moonlit Night
Prof. Yan McShoul
Global Heresy
Lord Foxley
Wings of Fame
Cesar Valentin
Kidnapped
Robin MacGregor
Iron Road
Relic
The Manor
Mr. Ravenscroft
Power Play
Colonel Zeller
Crossing to Freedom
John Sidney Howard
The Dark Angel
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
William Williamson
Rosebud
Larry Martin
Rebecca's Daughters
Lord Sarn
Rogue Male
Sir Robert Thorndyke
Brotherly Love
Sir Charles Ferguson
Under Milk Wood
Captain Tom Cat
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Svengali
Anton Bosnyak
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard
Kim
Lama
Mystic India
Narrador
Diamond Cartel
Tugboat
Great Catherine
Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Capt. Monty Fitch
Wind, Sand and Star
1963
Stiletto
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Hangover in Death Valley
Narrator (voice)
Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Heavy Weather
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Seventh Coin
Emil Saber
Man and Superman
Jack Tanner
Foxtrot
Liviu
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
TV Shows (19)
The South Bank Show
1 eps
The Tudors
Pope Paul III · 10 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Hampton · 1 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Rene Latour · 1 eps
North and South
Sam Trump · 3 eps
Joan of Arc
Bishop Cauchon · 2 eps
Gulliver's Travels
King of Lilliput · 2 eps
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
President Paul von Hindenburg · 2 eps
Iron Road
Lionel Relic · 2 eps
Masada
General Cornelius Flavius Silva · 4 eps
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
First Soldier · 1 eps
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova · 3 eps
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis · 2 eps
Civvies
Barry Newman · 3 eps
Armchair Theatre
Paddy · 1 eps
Strumpet City
Jim Larkin · 7 eps
The Dark Angel
Silas Ruthyn · 2 eps
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Today
Self · 2 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 3 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage) · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Self (archive footage)
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Self / Zaltar
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor (archive footage)
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Self
The Public's Right to Know
Self
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
Hellraisers
Self
