Peter O'Toole
Biography
Peter Seamus O'Toole 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
T.E. Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
Anton Ego (voice)
Ratatouille
Priam
Troy
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
The Last Emperor
Simon Dermott
How to Steal a Million
King
Stardust
Larry Martin
Rosebud
The Three Angels
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Michael James
What's New Pussycat?
Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
King Ralph
Peter Plunkett
High Spirits
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Alan Swann
My Favorite Year
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
The Ruling Class
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Casino Royale
Tiberius
Caligola
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Club Paradise
Dr. Timothy Flyte
Phantoms
Zaltar
Supergirl
Glen
Christmas Cottage
Murphy
Murphy's War
Pantaloon (voice)
The Nutcracker Prince
Prince Meleagre
The Rainbow Thief
Maurice
Venus
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Stiletto
Dr. Harry Wolper
Creator
Mr. Ravenscroft
The Manor
Eli Cross
The Stunt Man
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
FairyTale: A True Story
The Duke
Lassie
Arthur Chipping
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
General Tanz
The Night of the Generals
JJ Curtis
The Final Curtain
Robin MacGregor
Kidnapped
Samuel, the Prophet
One Night with the King
Captain Tom Cat
Under Milk Wood
King Henry II of England
Becket
Prof. Yan McShoul
On a Moonlit Night
Lord Foxley
Global Heresy
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Man of La Mancha
Lord Chelmsford
Zulu Dawn
Fisk Senior
Dean Spanley
Maj. Lyautey
Isabelle Eberhardt
Henry II
The Lion in Winter
Self / Zaltar
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Robinson Crusoe
Man Friday
Narrator (voice)
Eldorado
First Trooper
The Savage Innocents
Capt. Monty Fitch
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Father Christopher
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Self
Hellraisers
Sir Robert Thorndyke
Rogue Male
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
The Dark Angel
Emil Saber
The Seventh Coin
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Heavy Weather
Lord Sarn
Rebecca's Daughters
Lama
Kim
Jeffrey Bernard
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Professor Henry Higgins
Pygmalion
Anton Bosnyak
Svengali
John Sidney Howard
Crossing to Freedom
Colonel Zeller
Power Play
Jack Tanner
Man and Superman
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Great Catherine
Mario
The Castiglioni Brothers
Sir Charles Ferguson
Brotherly Love
Wind Sand and Star
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Relic
Iron Road
Liviu
Foxtrot
Tugboat
Весь мир у наших ног
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Coming Home
Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins et Sir Anthony
Gallus
Katherine of Alexandria
Cesar Valentin
Wings of Fame
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Narrator (voice)
Hangover in Death Valley
Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Colonel Blount
Bright Young Things
(voice) (uncredited)
The Sandpiper
Self
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
William Williamson
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Narrador
Mystic India
Himself
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Omar Sharif – Aus dem Leben eines Nomaden
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Self
The Public's Right to Know
Garry Essendine
Present Laughter
Lord Pelican
Eager to Die
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Self
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Augustus Caesar
Augustus: The First Emperor
Archive
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
100
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-08-02
Place of Birth
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Also Known As
彼得奧圖