Peter O'Toole
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1932
Died: December 14, 2013
Place of birth: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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).
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Filmography
103 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
NR
TFI Unplugged
2026
10.0
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
7.0
Henry Fonda for President
2025
7.3
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
NR
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
2021
4.7
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
6.8
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
1.0
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
5.3
Diamond Cartel
2015
2.7
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
6.2
Talking Pictures
2013
6.8
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
NR
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
3.0
Eldorado
2012NR
Eager to Die
2010
8.2
Iron Road
2009
6.3
Iron Road
2009
2.0
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
7.4
Dean Spanley
2008
6.3
Christmas Cottage
2008
7.3
Stardust
2007
7.8
Ratatouille
2007
7.8
The Tudors
2007
6.7
One Night with the King
2006
6.6
Venus
2006
6.4
Lassie
2005
7.0
Casanova
2005
7.0
Mystic India
2005
7.2
Troy
2004
NR
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
5.4
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
7.1
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
4.9
The Final Curtain
2002
5.0
Global Heresy
2002
8.5
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
NR
Hellraisers
2000
7.8
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
8.0
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
6.2
The Early Show
1999
6.6
Joan of Arc
1999
6.3
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
6.5
The Manor
1999
NR
Coming Home
1998
5.4
Coming Home
1998
5.6
Phantoms
1998
6.4
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
4.3
The View
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
9.0
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
7.1
TFI Friday
1996
7.3
Gulliver's Travels
1996
8.0
Heavy Weather
1995
7.3
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
5.3
The Rainbow Thief
1994
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
4.5
The Seventh Coin
1993
8.2
Civvies
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
6.5
Rebecca's Daughters
1992
5.0
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991
5.4
King Ralph
1991
6.5
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
7.0
Crossing to Freedom
1990
6.5
Wings of Fame
1990
6.7
On a Moonlit Night
1989
NR
The Dark Angel
1989
5.8
High Spirits
1988
NR
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
7.6
The Last Emperor
1987
7.5
The Dark Angel
1987
5.2
Club Paradise
1986
6.9
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
7.5
North and South
1985
6.1
Creator
1985
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
5.4
Supergirl
1984
8.0
Kim
1984
4.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
5.9
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
8.7
Pygmalion
1983
9.0
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
5.0
Svengali
1983
5.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
6.6
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
9.0
Man and Superman
1982
6.6
My Favorite Year
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
7.0
Masada
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981
6.6
The Stunt Man
1980
7.0
Strumpet City
1980
6.0
Caligula
1979
6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
7.2
Power Play
1978
6.5
Rogue Male
1976
4.8
Foxtrot
1976
5.1
Rosebud
1975
6.7
Man Friday
1975
NR
The Public's Right to Know
1974
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.6
Man of La Mancha
1972
6.4
The Ruling Class
1972
6.1
Under Milk Wood
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.1
Murphy's War
1971
NR
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
6.5
Brotherly Love
1970
6.8
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
5.3
Stiletto
1969
5.9
Great Catherine
1968
7.4
The Lion in Winter
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
5.2
Casino Royale
1967
8.0
Present Laughter
1967
6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
7.5
How to Steal a Million
1966
6.4
The Sandpiper
1965
5.9
What's New Pussycat?
1965
6.6
The Party's Over
1965
6.8
Lord Jim
1965
7.2
Becket
1964
NR
Wind, Sand and Star
1963
NR
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
8.0
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.0
Operation Snatch
1962
6.1
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
6.8
The Savage Innocents
1960
6.5
Kidnapped
1960NR
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
8.0
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
7.0
The Oscars
1953
5.6
Today
1952
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948