Peter O'Toole
- Acting
- August 2, 1932 · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- December 14, 2013
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).
Known for
Filmography
- TFI Unplugged · Self
- Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders · Archive
- Henry Fonda for President · Self
- Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba · Self
- Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire · Self
- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony · Self
- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World · Self
- Hangover in Death Valley · Narrator (Voice)
- Diamond Cartel · Tugboat
- Katherine of Alexandria · Gallus
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Outlaws - For Greater Glory · Father Christopher
- Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival · Self
- Eldorado · Narrator (Voice)
- Hollywood Invasion · Self
- Eager to Die · Lord Pelican
- Iron Road · Lionel Relic
- Iron Road · Relic
- Behind The Scenes of Caligula
- Dean Spanley · Fisk Senior
- Christmas Cottage · Glen
- Stardust · King
- Ratatouille · Anton Ego (Voice)
- The Tudors · Pope Paul III
- One Night with the King · Samuel, the Prophet
- Venus · Maurice
- Lassie · The Duke
- Casanova · Giacomo Casanova
- Mystic India · Narrador
- Parkinson · Self
- Troy · Priam
- Augustus: The First Emperor · Augustus Caesar
- Augustus: The First Emperor · Augustus Caesar
- Bright Young Things · Colonel Blount
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil · President Paul von Hindenburg
- The Final Curtain · JJ Curtis
- Global Heresy · Lord Foxley
- The Making of Lawrence of Arabia · Self
- Hellraisers · Self
- The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
- Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell · Jeffrey Bernard, Director
- The Early Show · Self
- Joan of Arc · Bishop Cauchon
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien · William Williamson
- The Manor · Mr. Ravenscroft
- Coming Home · Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
- Coming Home · Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
- Phantoms · Dr. Timothy Flyte
- FairyTale: A True Story · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The View · Self
- The Daily Show · Self
- An Evening with Spike Milligan · Self
- TFI Friday
- Gulliver's Travels · King of Lilliput
- Heavy Weather · Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
- Die Harald Schmidt Show · Self
- The Rainbow Thief · Prince Meleagre
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- The Seventh Coin · Emil Saber
- Civvies · Barry Newman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- Rebecca's Daughters · Lord Sarn
- Isabelle Eberhardt · Maj. Lyautey
- King Ralph · Willingham
- The Nutcracker Prince · Pantaloon (Voice)
- Crossing to Freedom · John Sidney Howard
- Wings of Fame · Cesar Valentin
- On a Moonlit Night · Prof. Yan McShoul
- The Dark Angel · Silas Ruthyn
- High Spirits · Peter Plunkett
- Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' · Self
- The Last Emperor · Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
- The Dark Angel · Uncle Silas Ruthyn
- Club Paradise · Anthony Cloyden Hayes
- Supergirl: The Making of the Movie · Self / Zaltar
- North and South · Sam Trump
- Creator · Dr. Harry Wolper
- The Ray Bradbury Theater · John Hampton
- Supergirl · Zaltar