Peter O'Toole
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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
Credits
Troy (2004)
as Priam
Ratatouille (2007)
as Anton Ego (voice)
Caligula (1979)
as Tiberius
The Last Emperor (1987)
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
as T.E. Lawrence
Stardust (2007)
as King
Supergirl (1984)
as Zaltar
Casino Royale (1967)
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
as The Three Angels
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as General Tanz
How to Steal a Million (1966)
as Simon Dermott
Lassie (2005)
as The Duke
One Night with the King (2006)
as Samuel, the Prophet
The Lion in Winter (1968)
as Henry II
Phantoms (1998)
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Lord Jim (1965)
as Lord Jim
King Ralph (1991)
as Willingham
Becket (1964)
as King Henry II of England
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Stunt Man (1980)
as Eli Cross
High Spirits (1988)
as Peter Plunkett
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
as Father Christopher
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
as Michael James
Club Paradise (1986)
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
as Pantaloon (voice)
Creator (1985)
as Dr. Harry Wolper
My Favorite Year (1982)
as Alan Swann
Christmas Cottage (2008)
as Glen
Murphy's War (1971)
as Murphy
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lord Chelmsford
The Savage Innocents (1960)
as First Trooper
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
as Arthur Chipping
Coming Home (1998)
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Brotherly Love (1970)
as Sir Charles Ferguson
The Sandpiper (1965)
as (voice) (uncredited)
Venus (2006)
as Maurice
Dean Spanley (2008)
as Fisk Senior
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Colonel Blount
Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)
as Maj. Lyautey
Wings of Fame (1990)
as Cesar Valentin
Man Friday (1975)
as Robinson Crusoe
The Ruling Class (1972)
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Heavy Weather (1995)
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Kidnapped (1960)
as Robin MacGregor
Rogue Male (1976)
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Eldorado (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Man of La Mancha (1972)
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Mystic India (2005)
as Narrador
Power Play (1978)
as Colonel Zeller
Rosebud (1975)
as Larry Martin
The Final Curtain (2002)
as JJ Curtis
Iron Road (2009)
as Relic
Katherine of Alexandria (2014)
as Gallus
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
as Prince Meleagre
Diamond Cartel (2015)
as Tugboat
Stiletto (1969)
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
The Dark Angel (1987)
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
On a Moonlit Night (1989)
as Prof. Yan McShoul
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Captain Tom Cat
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as William Williamson
Global Heresy (2002)
as Lord Foxley
Foxtrot (1976)
as Liviu
Henry Fonda for President (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
as Lord Sarn
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
as Capt. Monty Fitch
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula (2009)
Actor
The Seventh Coin (1993)
as Emil Saber
Great Catherine (1968)
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Kim (1984)
as Lama
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1999)
as Jeffrey Bernard
The Manor (1999)
as Mr. Ravenscroft
Svengali (1983)
as Anton Bosnyak
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time (1963)
as Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)
as Self
Pygmalion (1983)
as Professor Henry Higgins
Hellraisers (2000)
as Self
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (2025)
as Archive
Present Laughter (1967)
as Garry Essendine
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man (2000)
Actor
The Castiglioni Brothers (1958)
as Mario
Crossing to Freedom (1990)
as John Sidney Howard
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985)
as Self / Zaltar
Hangover in Death Valley (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Eager to Die (2010)
as Lord Pelican
Man and Superman (1982)
as Jack Tanner
Augustus: The First Emperor (2003)
as Augustus Caesar
Wind, Sand and Star (1963)
Actor
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic (1970)
Actor
An Evening with Spike Milligan (1996)
as Himself
The Public's Right to Know (1974)
as Self
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012)
as Self
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce (1983)
Actor