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Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1932-08-02
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Popularity: 2.1

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 Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

1996
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

1993
The View poster

The View

1997
Die Harald Schmidt Show poster

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003
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The Merv Griffin Show

1962
Wogan poster

Wogan

1982
The Tudors poster

The Tudors

2007
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

1981
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948
Ratatouille poster

Ratatouille

2007
Troy poster

Troy

2004
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

1953
North and South poster

North and South

1985
Today poster

Today

1952
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

1950
Caligula poster

Caligula

1979
Lawrence of Arabia poster

Lawrence of Arabia

1962
Hitler: The Rise of Evil poster

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

2003
Stardust poster

Stardust

2007
Supergirl poster

Supergirl

1984
The Last Emperor poster

The Last Emperor

1987
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

1967
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel poster

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1955
Talking Pictures poster

Talking Pictures

2013
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

1996
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The Early Show

1999
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Casanova

2005
Joan of Arc poster

Joan of Arc

1999
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Masada

1981
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Coming Home

1998
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The Lion in Winter

1968
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TFI Unplugged

2026
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Iron Road

2009
Civvies poster

Civvies

1992
Phantoms poster

Phantoms

1998
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The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966
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Zulu Dawn

1979
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

1956
How to Steal a Million poster

How to Steal a Million

1966
King Ralph poster

King Ralph

1991
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Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012
One Night with the King poster

One Night with the King

2006
FairyTale: A True Story poster

FairyTale: A True Story

1997
The Night of the Generals poster

The Night of the Generals

1967
Augustus: The First Emperor poster

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003
Club Paradise poster

Club Paradise

1986
Becket poster

Becket

1964
Lassie poster

Lassie

2005
Goodbye, Mr. Chips poster

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

2003
Power Play poster

Power Play

1978
The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel

1989
The Stunt Man poster

The Stunt Man

1980
High Spirits poster

High Spirits

1988
Rosebud poster

Rosebud

1975
Strumpet City poster

Strumpet City

1980
The Ruling Class poster

The Ruling Class

1972
My Favorite Year poster

My Favorite Year

1982
Christmas Cottage poster

Christmas Cottage

2008
Lord Jim poster

Lord Jim

1965
Rogue Male poster

Rogue Male

1976
Murphy's War poster

Murphy's War

1971
The Nutcracker Prince poster

The Nutcracker Prince

1990
Diamond Cartel poster

Diamond Cartel

2015
What's New Pussycat? poster

What's New Pussycat?

1965
Creator poster

Creator

1985
Venus poster

Venus

2006
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The Manor

1999
Kim poster

Kim

1984
Iron Road poster

Iron Road

2009
Foxtrot poster

Foxtrot

1976
Isabelle Eberhardt poster

Isabelle Eberhardt

1991
Kidnapped poster

Kidnapped

1960
Under Milk Wood poster

Under Milk Wood

1972
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World poster

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020
Eldorado poster

Eldorado

2012
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien poster

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999
Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love

1970
The Sandpiper poster

The Sandpiper

1965
Great Catherine poster

Great Catherine

1968
Stiletto poster

Stiletto

1969
Man Friday poster

Man Friday

1975
Wings of Fame poster

Wings of Fame

1990
Svengali poster

Svengali

1983
Man of La Mancha poster

Man of La Mancha

1972
The Rainbow Thief poster

The Rainbow Thief

1994
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie poster

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

1985
The Seventh Coin poster

The Seventh Coin

1993
Dean Spanley poster

Dean Spanley

2008
Mystic India poster

Mystic India

2005
The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel

1987
Heavy Weather poster

Heavy Weather

1995
The Final Curtain poster

The Final Curtain

2002
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The Savage Innocents

1960
Coming Home poster

Coming Home

1998
Global Heresy poster

Global Heresy

2002
Rebecca's Daughters poster

Rebecca's Daughters

1992
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England poster

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba poster

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022
On a Moonlit Night poster

On a Moonlit Night

1989
Augustus: The First Emperor poster

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet poster

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

1983
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The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000
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Katherine of Alexandria

2014
Henry Fonda for President poster

Henry Fonda for President

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The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time poster

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

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Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

1983
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Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983
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Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

1983
Pygmalion poster

Pygmalion

1983
Behind The Scenes of Caligula poster

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009
An Evening with Spike Milligan poster

An Evening with Spike Milligan

1996
Hangover in Death Valley poster

Hangover in Death Valley

2018
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2010
Hellraisers poster

Hellraisers

2000
Wind Sand and Star poster

Wind Sand and Star

1963
The Public's Right to Know poster

The Public's Right to Know

1974
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Crossing to Freedom poster

Crossing to Freedom

1990
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic poster

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic

1970
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell poster

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

1999
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival poster

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2012
Present Laughter poster

Present Laughter

1967
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia poster

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

2001
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' poster

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

1988
No Photo

The Castiglioni Brothers

1958
No Photo

Man and Superman

1982
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce poster

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

1983