Peter O'Toole
Acting • Born 1932-08-02 – Died 2013-12-14
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).
Filmography
132 credits
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie • 1962
T.E. Lawrence
Ratatouille
Movie • 2007
Anton Ego (voice)
Troy
Movie • 2004
Priam
The Last Emperor
Movie • 1987
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
How to Steal a Million
Movie • 1966
Simon Dermott
Stardust
Movie • 2007
King
Rosebud
Movie • 1975
Larry Martin
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Movie • 1966
The Three Angels
What's New Pussycat?
Movie • 1965
Michael James
King Ralph
Movie • 1991
Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
High Spirits
Movie • 1988
Peter Plunkett
Lord Jim
Movie • 1965
Lord Jim
My Favorite Year
Movie • 1982
Alan Swann
The Ruling Class
Movie • 1972
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Caligula
Movie • 1979
Tiberius
Club Paradise
Movie • 1986
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Phantoms
Movie • 1998
Dr. Timothy Flyte
Supergirl
Movie • 1984
Zaltar
Christmas Cottage
Movie • 2008
Glen
Murphy's War
Movie • 1971
Murphy
The Nutcracker Prince
Movie • 1990
Pantaloon (voice)
The Rainbow Thief
Movie • 1994
Prince Meleagre
Venus
Movie • 2006
Maurice
Stiletto
Movie • 1969
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Creator
Movie • 1985
Dr. Harry Wolper
The Manor
Movie • 1999
Mr. Ravenscroft
The Stunt Man
Movie • 1980
Eli Cross
FairyTale: A True Story
Movie • 1997
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Lassie
Movie • 2005
The Duke
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie • 1969
Arthur Chipping
The Night of the Generals
Movie • 1967
General Tanz
The Final Curtain
Movie • 2002
JJ Curtis
Kidnapped
Movie • 1960
Robin MacGregor
One Night with the King
Movie • 2006
Samuel, the Prophet
Under Milk Wood
Movie • 1972
Captain Tom Cat
Becket
Movie • 1964
King Henry II of England
On a Moonlit Night
Movie • 1989
Prof. Yan McShoul
Global Heresy
Movie • 2002
Lord Foxley
Man of La Mancha
Movie • 1972
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Zulu Dawn
Movie • 1979
Lord Chelmsford
Dean Spanley
Movie • 2008
Fisk Senior
Isabelle Eberhardt
Movie • 1991
Maj. Lyautey
The Lion in Winter
Movie • 1968
Henry II
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Movie • 1985
Self / Zaltar
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Man Friday
Movie • 1975
Robinson Crusoe
Eldorado
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
The Savage Innocents
Movie • 1960
First Trooper
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie • 1960
Capt. Monty Fitch
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Movie • 2012
Father Christopher
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Hellraisers
Movie • 2000
Self
Rogue Male
Movie • 1976
Sir Robert Thorndyke
The Dark Angel
Movie • 1987
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Movie • 1999
Jeffrey Bernard
The Seventh Coin
Movie • 1993
Emil Saber
Heavy Weather
Movie • 1995
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Rebecca's Daughters
Movie • 1992
Lord Sarn
Kim
Movie • 1984
Lama
Crossing to Freedom
Movie • 1990
John Sidney Howard
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Svengali
Movie • 1983
Anton Bosnyak
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Movie • 1983
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Man and Superman
Movie • 1982
Jack Tanner
Pygmalion
Movie • 1983
Professor Henry Higgins
Power Play
Movie • 1978
Colonel Zeller
Great Catherine
Movie • 1968
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Brotherly Love
Movie • 1970
Sir Charles Ferguson
The Castiglioni Brothers
Movie • 1958
Mario
Wind Sand and Star
Movie • 1963
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Movie • 1970
Iron Road
Movie • 2009
Relic
Foxtrot
Movie • 1976
Liviu
Diamond Cartel
Movie • 2015
Tugboat
Coming Home
Movie • 1998
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Katherine of Alexandria
Movie • 2014
Gallus
Wings of Fame
Movie • 1990
Cesar Valentin
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
Hangover in Death Valley
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Bright Young Things
Movie • 2003
Colonel Blount
The Sandpiper
Movie • 1965
(voice) (uncredited)
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Movie • 2012
Self
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Movie • 1988
Self
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
Movie • 1999
William Williamson
Mystic India
Movie • 2005
Narrador
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Movie • 1996
Himself
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Movie • 1983
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Movie • 2020
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Movie • 2000
The Public's Right to Know
Movie • 1974
Self
Present Laughter
Movie • 1967
Garry Essendine
Eager to Die
Movie • 2010
Lord Pelican
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie • 2009
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Movie • 1963
Self
Augustus: The First Emperor
Movie • 2003
Augustus Caesar
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Movie • 2025
Archive
Henry Fonda for President
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Augustus: The First Emperor
TV • 2003
Augustus Caesar
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
The Tudors
TV • 2007
Pope Paul III
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Casanova
TV • 2005
Giacomo Casanova
Gulliver's Travels
TV • 1996
King of Lilliput
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
TV • 1955
First Soldier
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Civvies
TV • 1991
Barry Newman
Strumpet City
TV • 1980
Jim Larkin
North and South
TV • 1985
Sam Trump
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV • 2003
President Paul von Hindenburg
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Coming Home
TV • 1998
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Joan of Arc
TV • 1999
Bishop Cauchon
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
John Hampton
Iron Road
TV • 2009
Lionel Relic
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Rene Latour
The Dark Angel
TV • 1989
Silas Ruthyn
Masada
TV • 1981
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self