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.
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).
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0000564
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103876
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Filmography (Movies)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Character:Archive
Release Date:17/06/2025
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/11/2022
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/03/2021
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:15/02/2020
Hangover in Death Valley
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/12/2018
Diamond Cartel
Character:Tugboat
Release Date:06/03/2015
Katherine of Alexandria
Character:Gallus
Release Date:01/02/2014
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Character:Father Christopher
Release Date:01/06/2012
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Character:Self
Release Date:11/04/2012
Eldorado
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:30/01/2012
Eager to Die
Character:Lord Pelican
Release Date:04/07/2010
Iron Road
Character:Relic
Release Date:24/06/2009
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Character:
Release Date:06/01/2009
Dean Spanley
Character:Fisk Senior
Release Date:12/12/2008
Christmas Cottage
Character:Glen
Release Date:15/10/2008
Stardust
Character:King
Release Date:10/08/2007
Ratatouille
Character:Anton Ego (voice)
Release Date:28/06/2007
One Night with the King
Character:Samuel, the Prophet
Release Date:10/10/2006
Venus
Character:Maurice
Release Date:02/09/2006
Lassie
Character:The Duke
Release Date:16/12/2005
Mystic India
Character:Narrador
Release Date:01/02/2005
Troy
Character:Priam
Release Date:13/05/2004
Augustus: The First Emperor
Character:Augustus Caesar
Release Date:29/12/2003
Bright Young Things
Character:Colonel Blount
Release Date:03/10/2003
The Final Curtain
Character:JJ Curtis
Release Date:12/10/2002
Global Heresy
Character:Lord Foxley
Release Date:03/09/2002
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/04/2001
Hellraisers
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2000
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Character:
Release Date:21/02/2000
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Character:Jeffrey Bernard
Release Date:23/12/1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Character:William Williamson
Release Date:17/03/1999
The Manor
Character:Mr. Ravenscroft
Release Date:11/02/1999
Coming Home
Character:Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Release Date:11/04/1998
Phantoms
Character:Dr. Timothy Flyte
Release Date:23/01/1998
FairyTale: A True Story
Character:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Release Date:24/10/1997
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Character:Himself
Release Date:24/02/1996
Heavy Weather
Character:Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Release Date:24/12/1995
The Rainbow Thief
Character:Prince Meleagre
Release Date:19/01/1994
The Seventh Coin
Character:Emil Saber
Release Date:30/04/1993
Rebecca's Daughters
Character:Lord Sarn
Release Date:05/03/1992
Isabelle Eberhardt
Character:Maj. Lyautey
Release Date:21/11/1991
King Ralph
Character:Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Release Date:15/02/1991
The Nutcracker Prince
Character:Pantaloon (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1990
Crossing to Freedom
Character:John Sidney Howard
Release Date:08/04/1990
Wings of Fame
Character:Cesar Valentin
Release Date:23/03/1990
On a Moonlit Night
Character:Prof. Yan McShoul
Release Date:05/09/1989
High Spirits
Character:Peter Plunkett
Release Date:18/11/1988
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/1988
The Last Emperor
Character:Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Release Date:04/10/1987
The Dark Angel
Character:Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Release Date:01/02/1987
Club Paradise
Character:Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Release Date:11/07/1986
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Character:Self / Zaltar
Release Date:29/12/1985
Creator
Character:Dr. Harry Wolper
Release Date:20/09/1985
Supergirl
Character:Zaltar
Release Date:01/07/1984
Kim
Character:Lama
Release Date:16/05/1984
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Character:Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Release Date:31/12/1983
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Character:Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Release Date:31/12/1983
Pygmalion
Character:Professor Henry Higgins
Release Date:31/12/1983
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Character:
Release Date:15/06/1983
Svengali
Character:Anton Bosnyak
Release Date:09/03/1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Character:Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Character:Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1983
Man and Superman
Character:Jack Tanner
Release Date:31/12/1982
My Favorite Year
Character:Alan Swann
Release Date:01/10/1982
The Stunt Man
Character:Eli Cross
Release Date:27/06/1980
Caligula
Character:Tiberius
Release Date:14/08/1979
Zulu Dawn
Character:Lord Chelmsford
Release Date:14/05/1979
Power Play
Character:Colonel Zeller
Release Date:01/11/1978
Rogue Male
Character:Sir Robert Thorndyke
Release Date:22/09/1976
Foxtrot
Character:Liviu
Release Date:01/03/1976
Rosebud
Character:Larry Martin
Release Date:24/03/1975
Man Friday
Character:Robinson Crusoe
Release Date:04/03/1975
The Public's Right to Know
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1974
Man of La Mancha
Character:Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Release Date:12/12/1972
The Ruling Class
Character:Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Release Date:24/05/1972
Under Milk Wood
Character:Captain Tom Cat
Release Date:27/01/1972
Murphy's War
Character:Murphy
Release Date:13/01/1971
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1970
Brotherly Love
Character:Sir Charles Ferguson
Release Date:07/01/1970
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Character:Arthur Chipping
Release Date:05/11/1969
Stiletto
Character:Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Release Date:30/07/1969
Great Catherine
Character:Capt. Charles Edstaston
Release Date:29/11/1968
The Lion in Winter
Character:Henry II
Release Date:20/08/1968
Casino Royale
Character:Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1967
Present Laughter
Character:Garry Essendine
Release Date:28/02/1967
The Night of the Generals
Character:General Tanz
Release Date:29/01/1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Character:The Three Angels
Release Date:28/09/1966
How to Steal a Million
Character:Simon Dermott
Release Date:13/07/1966
The Sandpiper
Character:(voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/06/1965
What's New Pussycat?
Character:Michael James
Release Date:22/06/1965
Lord Jim
Character:Lord Jim
Release Date:15/02/1965
Becket
Character:King Henry II of England
Release Date:11/03/1964
Wind Sand and Star
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1963
Lawrence of Arabia
Character:T.E. Lawrence
Release Date:11/12/1962
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Character:Capt. Monty Fitch
Release Date:04/09/1960
The Savage Innocents
Character:First Trooper
Release Date:20/03/1960
Kidnapped
Character:Robin MacGregor
Release Date:24/02/1960
The Castiglioni Brothers
Character:Mario
Release Date:17/07/1958
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
Iron Road
Character:Lionel Relic
The Tudors
Character:Pope Paul III
Casanova
Character:Giacomo Casanova
Augustus: The First Emperor
Character:Augustus Caesar
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Character:President Paul von Hindenburg
The Early Show
Character:Self
Joan of Arc
Character:Bishop Cauchon
Coming Home
Character:Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
The View
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Gulliver's Travels
Character:King of Lilliput
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:Self
Civvies
Character:Barry Newman
The Dark Angel
Character:Silas Ruthyn
North and South
Character:Sam Trump
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Character:John Hampton
Wogan
Character:Self
Masada
Character:General Cornelius Flavius Silva
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Strumpet City
Character:Jim Larkin
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character:First Soldier
The Oscars
Character:Self
Today
Character:Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Rene Latour
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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