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