Peter O'Toole
Acting
1932-08-02 · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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).
Filmography
TFI Unplugged
2026 · Series
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025 · Movie
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Movie
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Movie
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
2021 · Movie
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021 · Movie
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020 · Movie
Hangover in Death Valley
2018 · Movie
Diamond Cartel
2015 · Movie
Katherine of Alexandria
2014 · Movie
Talking Pictures
2013 · Series
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012 · Movie
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012 · Movie
Eldorado
2012 · Movie
Eager to Die
2010 · Movie
Iron Road
2009 · Series
Iron Road
2009 · Movie
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009 · Movie
Dean Spanley
2008 · Movie
Christmas Cottage
2008 · Movie
Stardust
2007 · Movie
Ratatouille
2007 · Movie
The Tudors
2007 · Series
One Night with the King
2006 · Movie
Venus
2006 · Movie
Lassie
2005 · Movie
Casanova
2005 · Series
Mystic India
2005 · Movie
Troy
2004 · Movie
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · Movie
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · Series
Bright Young Things
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003 · Series
The Final Curtain
2002 · Movie
Global Heresy
2002 · Movie
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001 · Movie
Hellraisers
2000 · Movie
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000 · Movie
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999 · Movie
The Early Show
1999 · Series
Joan of Arc
1999 · Series
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 · Movie
The Manor
1999 · Movie
Coming Home
1998 · Series
Coming Home
1998 · Movie
Phantoms
1998 · Movie
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · Series
Heavy Weather
1995 · Movie
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Series
The Rainbow Thief
1994 · Movie
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
The Seventh Coin
1993 · Movie
Civvies
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
Rebecca's Daughters
1992 · Movie
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991 · Movie
King Ralph
1991 · Movie
The Nutcracker Prince
1990 · Movie
Crossing to Freedom
1990 · Movie
Wings of Fame
1990 · Movie
On a Moonlit Night
1989 · Movie
The Dark Angel
1989 · Series
High Spirits
1988 · Movie
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988 · Movie
The Last Emperor
1987 · Movie
The Dark Angel
1987 · Movie
Club Paradise
1986 · Movie
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985 · Movie
North and South
1985 · Series
Creator
1985 · Movie
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Series
Supergirl
1984 · Movie
Kim
1984 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983 · Movie
Pygmalion
1983 · Movie
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983 · Movie
Svengali
1983 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983 · Movie
Man and Superman
1982 · Movie
My Favorite Year
1982 · Movie
Wogan
1982 · Series
Masada
1981 · Series
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Series
The Stunt Man
1980 · Movie
Strumpet City
1980 · Series
Caligula
1979 · Movie
Zulu Dawn
1979 · Movie
Power Play
1978 · Movie
Rogue Male
1976 · Movie
Foxtrot
1976 · Movie
Rosebud
1975 · Movie
Man Friday
1975 · Movie
The Public's Right to Know
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
Man of La Mancha
1972 · Movie
The Ruling Class
1972 · Movie
Under Milk Wood
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Murphy's War
1971 · Movie
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970 · Movie
Brotherly Love
1970 · Movie
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · Movie
Stiletto
1969 · Movie
Great Catherine
1968 · Movie
The Lion in Winter
1968 · Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
Casino Royale
1967 · Movie
Present Laughter
1967 · Movie
The Night of the Generals
1967 · Movie
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Movie
How to Steal a Million
1966 · Movie
The Sandpiper
1965 · Movie
What's New Pussycat?
1965 · Movie
The Party's Over
1965 · Movie
Lord Jim
1965 · Movie
Becket
1964 · Movie
Wind, Sand and Star
1963 · Movie
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963 · Movie
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Operation Snatch
1962 · Movie
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · Movie
The Savage Innocents
1960 · Movie
Kidnapped
1960 · Movie
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Today
1952 · Series
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series