Peter O'Toole
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 2, 1932
- Died
- December 14, 2013 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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
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Filmography
TFI Unplugged
TV · as Self (Archive Footage) · 1 ep
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Movie · as Archive
Henry Fonda for President
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hangover in Death Valley
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Diamond Cartel
Movie · as Tugboat
Katherine of Alexandria
Movie · as Gallus
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Eldorado
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Movie · as Father Christopher
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Invasion
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Eager to Die
Movie · as Lord Pelican
Iron Road
Movie · as Relic
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie
Iron Road
TV · as Lionel Relic · 2 eps
Christmas Cottage
Movie · as Glen
Dean Spanley
Movie · as Fisk Senior
Ratatouille
Movie · as Anton Ego (voice)
Stardust
Movie · as King
The Tudors
TV · as Pope Paul III · 10 eps
Venus
Movie · as Maurice
One Night with the King
Movie · as Samuel, the Prophet
Lassie
Movie · as The Duke
Mystic India
Movie · as Narrador
Casanova
TV · as Giacomo Casanova · 3 eps
Troy
Movie · as Priam
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Colonel Blount
Augustus: The First Emperor
Movie · as Augustus Caesar
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Augustus: The First Emperor
TV · as Augustus Caesar · 2 eps
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV · as President Paul von Hindenburg · 2 eps
The Final Curtain
Movie · as JJ Curtis
Global Heresy
Movie · as Lord Foxley
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
Movie · as Self
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Movie
The Manor
Movie · as Mr. Ravenscroft
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Movie · as Jeffrey Bernard
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Movie · as William Williamson
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Joan of Arc
TV · as Bishop Cauchon · 2 eps
Phantoms
Movie · as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Coming Home
Movie · as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Coming Home
TV · as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis · 2 eps
FairyTale: A True Story
Movie · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Movie · as Himself
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gulliver's Travels
TV · as King of Lilliput · 2 eps
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Heavy Weather
Movie · as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Rainbow Thief
Movie · as Prince Meleagre
The Seventh Coin
Movie · as Emil Saber
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rebecca's Daughters
Movie · as Lord Sarn
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Civvies
TV · as Barry Newman · 3 eps
King Ralph
Movie · as Willingham
Isabelle Eberhardt
Movie · as Maj. Lyautey
The Nutcracker Prince
Movie · as Pantaloon (voice)
Crossing to Freedom
Movie · as John Sidney Howard
Wings of Fame
Movie · as Cesar Valentin
On a Moonlit Night
Movie · as Prof. Yan McShoul
The Dark Angel
TV · as Silas Ruthyn · 2 eps
High Spirits
Movie · as Peter Plunkett
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Movie · as Self
The Last Emperor
Movie · as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
The Dark Angel
Movie · as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Club Paradise
Movie · as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Creator
Movie · as Dr. Harry Wolper
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Movie · as Self / Zaltar
North and South
TV · as Sam Trump · 3 eps
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as John Hampton · 1 ep
Supergirl
Movie · as Zaltar
Kim
Movie · as Lama
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Svengali
Movie · as Anton Bosnyak
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Pygmalion
Movie · as Professor Henry Higgins
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Movie
My Favorite Year
Movie · as Alan Swann
Man and Superman
Movie · as Jack Tanner
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Masada
TV · as General Cornelius Flavius Silva · 4 eps
The Stunt Man
Movie · as Eli Cross
Strumpet City
TV · as Jim Larkin · 7 eps
Caligula
Movie · as Tiberius
Zulu Dawn
Movie · as Lord Chelmsford
Power Play
Movie · as Colonel Zeller
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Rogue Male
Movie · as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Foxtrot
Movie · as Liviu
Rosebud
Movie · as Larry Martin
Man Friday
Movie · as Robinson Crusoe
The Public's Right to Know
Movie · as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ruling Class
Movie · as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Captain Tom Cat
Man of La Mancha
Movie · as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Murphy's War
Movie · as Murphy
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brotherly Love
Movie · as Sir Charles Ferguson
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Movie
Stiletto
Movie · as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie · as Arthur Chipping
The Lion in Winter
Movie · as Henry II
Great Catherine
Movie · as Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Casino Royale
Movie · as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
The Night of the Generals
Movie · as General Tanz
Present Laughter
Movie · as Garry Essendine
How to Steal a Million
Movie · as Simon Dermott
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie · as The Three Angels
What's New Pussycat?
Movie · as Michael James
Lord Jim
Movie · as Lord Jim
The Sandpiper
Movie · as (voice) (uncredited)
Becket
Movie · as King Henry II of England
Wind, Sand and Star
Movie
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Movie · as Self
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie · as T.E. Lawrence
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kidnapped
Movie · as Robin MacGregor
The Savage Innocents
Movie · as First Trooper
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie · as Capt. Monty Fitch
The Castiglioni Brothers
Movie · as Mario
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Paddy · 1 ep
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · as First Soldier · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Today
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Rene Latour · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps