Peter O'Toole
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).
135 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 135
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The View
1997
The Tudors
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Troy
2004
Wogan
1982
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Ratatouille
2007
The Oscars
1953
North and South
1985
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Caligula
1979
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
The Last Emperor
1987
Supergirl
1984
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Stardust
2007
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
Today
1952
The Lion in Winter
1968
Talking Pictures
2013
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
Masada
1981
Casino Royale
1967
Gulliver's Travels
1996
Joan of Arc
1999
Casanova
2005
Iron Road
2009
Phantoms
1998
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Early Show
1999
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
How to Steal a Million
1966
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
The Stunt Man
1980
The Night of the Generals
1967
Zulu Dawn
1979
Civvies
1991
Becket
1964
Coming Home
1998
High Spirits
1988
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
One Night with the King
2006
The Dark Angel
1989
King Ralph
1991
Lord Jim
1965
Venus
2006
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
Lassie
2005
Bright Young Things
2003
What's New Pussycat?
1965
TFI Unplugged
2026
Club Paradise
1986
Rosebud
1975
Christmas Cottage
2008
Strumpet City
1980
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Man of La Mancha
1972
Kim
1984
Creator
1985
Rogue Male
1976
Murphy's War
1971
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
Diamond Cartel
2015
My Favorite Year
1982
Kidnapped
1960
Power Play
1978
Iron Road
2009
Dean Spanley
2008
The Sandpiper
1965
Under Milk Wood
1972
Global Heresy
2002
Man Friday
1975
The Manor
1999
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
Stiletto
1969
Eldorado
2012
The Ruling Class
1972
The Savage Innocents
1960
The Rainbow Thief
1994
Heavy Weather
1995
The Dark Angel
1987
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
On a Moonlit Night
1989
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
Foxtrot
1976
Svengali
1983
Great Catherine
1968
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
Wings of Fame
1990
Rebecca's Daughters
1992
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
Coming Home
1998
The Seventh Coin
1993
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991
The Final Curtain
2002
Brotherly Love
1970
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
Hellraisers
2000
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
Pygmalion
1983
Crossing to Freedom
1990
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
Present Laughter
1967
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
The Public's Right to Know
1974
Man and Superman
1982
Mystic India
2005
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
Henry Fonda for President
2025
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
Eager to Die
2010
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958
Wind Sand and Star
1963
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970