Peter O'Toole
Acting
🎂 1932-08-02
Peter Seamus O'Toole 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).
Cast credits(131)
Self
1996
Self
1962
Self
1982
Pope Paul III
2007
Anton Ego (voice)
2007
Self
1997
Priam
2004
Self
2003
Self
1981
Self
1995
Self
1992
Sam Trump
1985
Self
1953
Self
1948
Tiberius
1979
Self - Guest
1968
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
1967
John Hampton
1985
T.E. Lawrence
1962
King
2007
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
1987
Rene Latour
1950
President Paul von Hindenburg
2003
Self (archive footage)
2013
Henry II
1968
Self (archive footage)
2014
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
1995
Augustus Caesar
2003
Prince Meleagre
1990
Lama
1984
Simon Dermott
1966
Bishop Cauchon
1999
Zaltar
1984
Self
1973
King of Lilliput
1996
Lord Foxley
2002
Father Christopher
2012
Lord Sarn
1992
Gen. Cornelius Flavius Silva
1981
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Three Angels
1966
Colonel Blount
2003
Mr. Ravenscroft
1999
William Williamson
1999
Maurice
2006
Archive
2025
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1997
The Duke
2005
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
1969
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
1972
Dr. Harry Wolper
1985
Peter Plunkett
1988
Relic
2009
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
Alan Swann
1982
Himself
1996
Lord Chelmsford
1979
Giacomo Casanova
2005
King Henry II of England
1964
Michael James
1965
General Tanz
1967
Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
1991
Murphy
1971
Pantaloon (voice)
1990
Glen
2008
Lord Jim
1965
Arthur Chipping
1969
Self (archive footage)
2021
Samuel, the Prophet
2006
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
1986
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Sir Charles Ferguson
1970
2009
Cesar Valentin
1990
John Sidney Howard
1990
Dr. Timothy Flyte
1998
Jack Tanner
1982
Self
1952
JJ Curtis
2002
Fisk Senior
2008
Liviu
1976
1963
Lionel Relic
2009
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
1972
First Soldier
1955
Professor Henry Higgins
1983
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
1998
(voice) (uncredited)
1965
Eli Cross
1980
Larry Martin
1975
Self (archive footage)
2000
Barry Newman
1991
Captain Tom Cat
1972
Prof. Yan McShoul
1989
Narrator (voice)
2018
Sir Robert Thorndyke
1976
Anton Bosnyak
1983
Tugboat
2015
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Capt. Charles Edstaston
1968
First Trooper
1960
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
1998
Narrator (voice)
2012
Self
2000
Colonel Zeller
1978
Garry Essendine
1967
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
1987
Augustus Caesar
2003
Robin MacGregor
1960
Self
1999
Robinson Crusoe
1975
Capt. Monty Fitch
1960
Silas Ruthyn
1989
Jim Larkin
1980
Gallus
2014
Self
1988
Self / Zaltar
1985
Emil Saber
1993
Maj. Lyautey
1991
Narrador
2005
Self
2012
Mario
1958
Self
1974
2000
1983
Jeffrey Bernard
1999
1970
Lord Pelican
2010
Self
1963
