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
Ratatouille (2007)
as Anton Ego (voice)
Troy (2004)
as Priam
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
as T.E. Lawrence
Stardust (2007)
as King
Caligula (1979)
as Tiberius
The Last Emperor (1987)
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Casino Royale (1967)
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Supergirl (1984)
as Zaltar
Coming Home (1998)
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Lassie (2005)
as The Duke
How to Steal a Million (1966)
as Simon Dermott
Lord Jim (1965)
as Lord Jim
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
as The Three Angels
Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)
as Father Christopher
One Night with the King (2006)
as Samuel, the Prophet
The Lion in Winter (1968)
as Henry II
Dean Spanley (2008)
as Fisk Senior
Creator (1985)
as Dr. Harry Wolper
The Night of the Generals (1967)
as General Tanz
Isabelle Eberhardt (1991)
as Maj. Lyautey
Man Friday (1975)
as Robinson Crusoe
Brotherly Love (1970)
as Sir Charles Ferguson
Hollywood Invasion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Becket (1964)
as King Henry II of England
High Spirits (1988)
as Peter Plunkett
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystic India (2005)
as Narrador
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lord Chelmsford
Eldorado (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Club Paradise (1986)
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
as Michael James
Heavy Weather (1995)
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
as Pantaloon (voice)
The Stunt Man (1980)
as Eli Cross
Phantoms (1998)
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
King Ralph (1991)
as Willingham
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Christmas Cottage (2008)
as Glen
Murphy's War (1971)
as Murphy
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
as William Williamson
The Dark Angel (1987)
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Wings of Fame (1990)
as Cesar Valentin
Man of La Mancha (1972)
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
as Lord Sarn
Power Play (1978)
as Colonel Zeller
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
as Arthur Chipping
Venus (2006)
as Maurice
The Ruling Class (1972)
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
The Sandpiper (1965)
as (voice) (uncredited)
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Castiglioni Brothers (1958)
as Mario
My Favorite Year (1982)
as Alan Swann
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Colonel Blount
The Savage Innocents (1960)
as First Trooper
Henry Fonda for President (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Rosebud (1975)
as Larry Martin
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell (1999)
as Jeffrey Bernard
Man and Superman (1982)
as Jack Tanner
Global Heresy (2002)
as Lord Foxley
Kidnapped (1960)
as Robin MacGregor
Iron Road (2009)
as Relic
Wind, Sand and Star (1963)
Actor
Diamond Cartel (2015)
as Tugboat
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
On a Moonlit Night (1989)
as Prof. Yan McShoul
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985)
as Self / Zaltar
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
as Capt. Monty Fitch
The Rainbow Thief (1994)
as Prince Meleagre
The Final Curtain (2002)
as JJ Curtis
Great Catherine (1968)
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
Katherine of Alexandria (2014)
as Gallus
Stiletto (1969)
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Rogue Male (1976)
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Hangover in Death Valley (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
The Manor (1999)
as Mr. Ravenscroft
Under Milk Wood (1972)
as Captain Tom Cat
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man (2000)
Actor
Eager to Die (2010)
as Lord Pelican
Pygmalion (1983)
as Professor Henry Higgins
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Public's Right to Know (1974)
as Self
Kim (1984)
as Lama
Behind The Scenes of Caligula (2009)
Actor
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Hellraisers (2000)
as Self
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Svengali (1983)
as Anton Bosnyak
Augustus: The First Emperor (2003)
as Augustus Caesar
Foxtrot (1976)
as Liviu
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' (1988)
as Self
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2012)
as Self
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (2025)
as Archive
The Seventh Coin (1993)
as Emil Saber
An Evening with Spike Milligan (1996)
as Himself
Crossing to Freedom (1990)
as John Sidney Howard
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time (1963)
as Self
Present Laughter (1967)
as Garry Essendine
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic (1970)
Actor
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce (1983)
Actor