
Peter O'Toole
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).
Acting (96 movies)

Lawrence of Arabia
1962

Ratatouille
2007

Troy
2004

The Last Emperor
1987

How to Steal a Million
1966

Stardust
2007

Rosebud
1975

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966

What's New Pussycat?
1965

King Ralph
1991

High Spirits
1988

Lord Jim
1965

My Favorite Year
1982

The Ruling Class
1972

Casino Royale
1967

Caligula
1979

Club Paradise
1986

Phantoms
1998

Supergirl
1984

Christmas Cottage
2008

Murphy's War
1971

The Nutcracker Prince
1990

Venus
2006

The Rainbow Thief
1994

Stiletto
1969

Creator
1985

The Manor
1999

The Stunt Man
1980

FairyTale: A True Story
1997

Lassie
2005

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969

The Night of the Generals
1967

The Final Curtain
2002

Kidnapped
1960

One Night with the King
2006

Under Milk Wood
1972

Becket
1964

On a Moonlit Night
1989

Global Heresy
2002

Man of La Mancha
1972

Zulu Dawn
1979

Dean Spanley
2008

Isabelle Eberhardt
1991

The Lion in Winter
1968

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983

Man Friday
1975

Eldorado
2012

The Savage Innocents
1960

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983

Hellraisers
2000

Rogue Male
1976

The Dark Angel
1987

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999

Heavy Weather
1995

The Seventh Coin
1993

Rebecca's Daughters
1992

Crossing to Freedom
1990

Kim
1984

Svengali
1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983

Pygmalion
1983

Power Play
1978

Brotherly Love
1970

Great Catherine
1968

Wind Sand and Star
1963

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970

Iron Road
2009

Foxtrot
1976

Diamond Cartel
2015

Coming Home
1998

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021

Katherine of Alexandria
2014

Wings of Fame
1990

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2000

Hangover in Death Valley
2018

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022

Bright Young Things
2003

The Sandpiper
1965

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999

Mystic India
2005

An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000

The Public's Right to Know
1974

Present Laughter
1967

Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963

Augustus: The First Emperor
2003

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Operation Snatch | 1962 | Producer |
| The Party's Over | 1965 | Producer |
| Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | 1999 | Producer |