Peter O'Toole
Known for Acting · 135 credits
- Born
- 1932-08-02
- Died
- 2013-12-14
- Place of birth
- Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Also known as
- 彼得奧圖 · 彼德·奥图 · پیتر اوتول · Питер Шймус Лоркан О’Тул · Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole · Peadar Séamus Lorcán Ó Tuathail
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
TV Shows (35)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tudors
2007
as Pope Paul III
The View
1997
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
North and South
1985
as Sam Trump
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Rene Latour
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as John Hampton
The Early Show
1999
as Self
TFI Unplugged
2026
as Self (Archive Footage)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as President Paul von Hindenburg
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Casanova
2005
as Giacomo Casanova
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as First Soldier
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as King of Lilliput
Masada
1981
as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Joan of Arc
1999
as Bishop Cauchon
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Paddy
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
Coming Home
1998
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Civvies
1992
as Barry Newman
The Dark Angel
1989
as Silas Ruthyn
Iron Road
2009
as Lionel Relic
Strumpet City
1980
as Jim Larkin
Movies (100)
Troy
2004
as Priam
Ratatouille
2007
as Anton Ego (voice)
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as T.E. Lawrence
Caligula
1979
as Tiberius
Supergirl
1984
as Zaltar
Stardust
2007
as King
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
Dean Spanley
2008
as Fisk Senior
Lord Jim
1965
as Lord Jim
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Simon Dermott
Brotherly Love
1970
as Sir Charles Ferguson
Mystic India
2005
as Narrador
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991
as Maj. Lyautey
One Night with the King
2006
as Samuel, the Prophet
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Michael James
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Tanz
Lassie
2005
as The Duke
Bright Young Things
2003
as Colonel Blount
High Spirits
1988
as Peter Plunkett
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Lord Chelmsford
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as Father Christopher
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
as Pantaloon (voice)
Man Friday
1975
as Robinson Crusoe
Creator
1985
as Dr. Harry Wolper
Phantoms
1998
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Wings of Fame
1990
as Cesar Valentin
King Ralph
1991
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Arthur Chipping
Becket
1964
as King Henry II of England
Heavy Weather
1995
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
The Sandpiper
1965
as (voice) (uncredited)
Murphy's War
1971
as Murphy
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Savage Innocents
1960
as First Trooper
The Stunt Man
1980
as Eli Cross
The Ruling Class
1972
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Eldorado
2012
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Angel
1987
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Glen
Club Paradise
1986
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
as Gallus
On a Moonlit Night
1989
as Prof. Yan McShoul
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958
as Mario
Under Milk Wood
1972
as Captain Tom Cat
Global Heresy
2002
as Lord Foxley
My Favorite Year
1982
as Alan Swann
Rosebud
1975
as Larry Martin
Rebecca's Daughters
1992
as Lord Sarn
Man of La Mancha
1972
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Diamond Cartel
2015
as Tugboat
Venus
2006
as Maurice
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
as Jeffrey Bernard
Foxtrot
1976
as Liviu
Iron Road
2009
as Relic
Stiletto
1969
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Kidnapped
1960
as Robin MacGregor
Rogue Male
1976
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Great Catherine
1968
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Final Curtain
2002
as JJ Curtis
Wind Sand and Star
1963
The Rainbow Thief
1994
as Prince Meleagre
Svengali
1983
as Anton Bosnyak
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as William Williamson
Man and Superman
1982
as Jack Tanner
The Seventh Coin
1993
as Emil Saber
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
as Self / Zaltar
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Power Play
1978
as Colonel Zeller
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Crossing to Freedom
1990
as John Sidney Howard
Present Laughter
1967
as Garry Essendine
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Capt. Monty Fitch
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
Kim
1984
as Lama
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Hellraisers
2000
as Self
Eager to Die
2010
as Lord Pelican
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
as Self
The Manor
1999
as Mr. Ravenscroft
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Public's Right to Know
1974
as Self
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
as Self
Pygmalion
1983
as Professor Henry Higgins
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
as Self
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
as Himself
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
About Peter O'Toole
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… With 135 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Peter O'Toole has appeared in 100 films and 35 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter O'Toole Movies
- Troy (2004) — as Priam
- Ratatouille (2007) — as Anton Ego (voice)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) — as T.E. Lawrence
- Caligula (1979) — as Tiberius
- Supergirl (1984) — as Zaltar
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