Peter O'Toole

Acting · 3.1 popularity

Age

Movies

101

Born: August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013
From: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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).

Works

101 films

Troy

20047.2

Ratatouille

20077.8

Lawrence of Arabia

19628.0

The Last Emperor

19877.6

Supergirl

19845.4

Stardust

20077.3

Caligula

19796.0

Casino Royale

19675.3

The Lion in Winter

19687.4

The Bible: In the Beginning...

19667.3

How to Steal a Million

19667.5

King Ralph

19915.4

Coming Home

19985.4

Zulu Dawn

19796.1

The Night of the Generals

19676.8

High Spirits

19885.8

Lassie

20056.4

One Night with the King

20066.7

Lord Jim

19656.8

Dean Spanley

20087.4

Phantoms

19985.6

What's New Pussycat?

19656.0

Becket

19647.2

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

20126.8

Club Paradise

19865.2

Creator

19856.1

Man Friday

19756.7

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

20214.5

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

19696.8

The Nutcracker Prince

19906.5

FairyTale: A True Story

19976.4

The Sandpiper

19656.4

The Stunt Man

19806.6

Brotherly Love

19706.5

Murphy's War

19716.2

Bright Young Things

20036.3

My Favorite Year

19826.6

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

19996.2

Kidnapped

19606.6

Christmas Cottage

20086.3

Wings of Fame

19906.5

Isabelle Eberhardt

19915.0

Eldorado

20123.0

The Savage Innocents

19606.8

Mystic India

20057.0

The Ruling Class

19726.5

Rosebud

19755.3

Venus

20066.6

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

19856.9

The Castiglioni Brothers

1958

Heavy Weather

19958.0

Man of La Mancha

19726.6

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

20092.0

Rebecca's Daughters

19926.5

Power Play

19787.2

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

20018.5

Global Heresy

20025.0

Katherine of Alexandria

20142.7

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

19606.1

Under Milk Wood

19726.1

The Manor

19996.5

Iron Road

20096.3

Hangover in Death Valley

20181.0

Rogue Male

19766.5

Kim

19848.0

The Dark Angel

19877.5

Henry Fonda for President

20257.0

Stiletto

19695.3

Diamond Cartel

20155.3

Wind Sand and Star

1963

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

19835.9

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

19998.0

The Final Curtain

20024.9

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003

The Seventh Coin

19934.5

Svengali

19835.0

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

19835.5

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

20207.0

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

20007.8

Foxtrot

19764.8

Great Catherine

19685.9

Hellraisers

2000

The Rainbow Thief

19945.3

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

19836.6

An Evening with Spike Milligan

19969.0

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

20227.8

Man and Superman

19829.0

Pygmalion

19838.7

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

202510.0

Eager to Die

2010

On a Moonlit Night

19896.7

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

1988

The Public's Right to Know

1974

Crossing to Freedom

19907.0

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

1963

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

19834.5

Present Laughter

19678.0

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

2012

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

19839.0

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic

1970

Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire

2021