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).
Born: 02 August 1932 • Died: 14 December 2013
Played In
TV Show
Apr 2026
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
Movie
Jun 2025
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
Movie
Jan 2025
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Mar 2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Feb 2020
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Movie
Dec 2018
Hangover in Death Valley
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 2015
Diamond Cartel
Tugboat
Movie
Feb 2014
Katherine of Alexandria
Gallus
TV Show
Jan 2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jun 2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Father Christopher
Movie
Apr 2012
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self
Movie
Jan 2012
Eldorado
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jul 2010
Eager to Die
Lord Pelican
TV Show
Aug 2009
Iron Road
Lionel Relic
Movie
Jun 2009
Iron Road
Relic
Movie
Jan 2009
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie
Dec 2008
Dean Spanley
Fisk Senior
Movie
Oct 2008
Christmas Cottage
Glen
Movie
Aug 2007
Stardust
King
Movie
Jun 2007
Ratatouille
Anton Ego (voice)
TV Show
Apr 2007
The Tudors
Pope Paul III
Movie
Oct 2006
One Night with the King
Samuel, the Prophet
Movie
Sep 2006
Venus
Maurice
Movie
Dec 2005
Lassie
The Duke
TV Show
Mar 2005
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
Movie
Feb 2005
Mystic India
Narrador
Movie
May 2004
Troy
Priam
Movie
Dec 2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
TV Show
Nov 2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
Movie
Oct 2003
Bright Young Things
Colonel Blount
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
TV Show
May 2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
President Paul von Hindenburg
Movie
Oct 2002
The Final Curtain
JJ Curtis
Movie
Sep 2002
Global Heresy
Lord Foxley
Movie
Apr 2001
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Aug 2000
Hellraisers
Self
Movie
Feb 2000
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Movie
Dec 1999
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard
TV Show
Nov 1999
The Early Show
Self
TV Show
May 1999
Joan of Arc
Bishop Cauchon
Movie
Mar 1999
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
William Williamson
Movie
Feb 1999
The Manor
Mr. Ravenscroft
TV Show
Apr 1998
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Movie
Apr 1998
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Movie
Jan 1998
Phantoms
Dr. Timothy Flyte
Movie
Oct 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
Movie
Feb 1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
TV Show
Feb 1996
Gulliver's Travels
King of Lilliput
Movie
Dec 1995
Heavy Weather
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
TV Show
Dec 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Movie
Jan 1994
The Rainbow Thief
Prince Meleagre
TV Show
Aug 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Movie
Apr 1993
The Seventh Coin
Emil Saber
TV Show
Sep 1992
Civvies
Barry Newman
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Movie
Mar 1992
Rebecca's Daughters
Lord Sarn
Movie
Nov 1991
Isabelle Eberhardt
Maj. Lyautey
Movie
Feb 1991
King Ralph
Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Movie
Nov 1990
The Nutcracker Prince
Pantaloon (voice)
Movie
Apr 1990
Crossing to Freedom
John Sidney Howard
Movie
Mar 1990
Wings of Fame
Cesar Valentin
Movie
Sep 1989
On a Moonlit Night
Prof. Yan McShoul
TV Show
Jan 1989
The Dark Angel
Silas Ruthyn
Movie
Nov 1988
High Spirits
Peter Plunkett
Movie
Jan 1988
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Self
Movie
Oct 1987
The Last Emperor
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
Movie
Feb 1987
The Dark Angel
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Movie
Jul 1986
Club Paradise
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Movie
Dec 1985
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Self / Zaltar
TV Show
Nov 1985
North and South
Sam Trump
Movie
Sep 1985
Creator
Dr. Harry Wolper
TV Show
May 1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Hampton
Movie
Jul 1984
Supergirl
Zaltar
Movie
May 1984
Kim
Lama
Movie
Dec 1983
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Movie
Dec 1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Movie
Dec 1983
Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins
Movie
Jun 1983
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Movie
Mar 1983
Svengali
Anton Bosnyak
Movie
Jan 1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Movie
Jan 1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Movie
Dec 1982
Man and Superman
Jack Tanner
Movie
Oct 1982
My Favorite Year
Alan Swann
TV Show
May 1982
Wogan
Self
TV Show
Apr 1981
Masada
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
TV Show
Feb 1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Movie
Jun 1980
The Stunt Man
Eli Cross
TV Show
Mar 1980
Strumpet City
Jim Larkin
Movie
Aug 1979
Caligula
Tiberius
Movie
May 1979
Zulu Dawn
Lord Chelmsford
Movie
Nov 1978
Power Play
Colonel Zeller
Movie
Sep 1976
Rogue Male
Sir Robert Thorndyke
Movie
Mar 1976
Foxtrot
Liviu
Movie
Mar 1975
Rosebud
Larry Martin
Movie
Mar 1975
Man Friday
Robinson Crusoe
Movie
Jan 1974
The Public's Right to Know
Self
TV Show
Apr 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Movie
Dec 1972
Man of La Mancha
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Movie
May 1972
The Ruling Class
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Movie
Jan 1972
Under Milk Wood
Captain Tom Cat
Movie
Jan 1971
Murphy's War
Murphy
Movie
Dec 1970
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Movie
Jan 1970
Brotherly Love
Sir Charles Ferguson
Movie
Nov 1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Arthur Chipping
Movie
Jul 1969
Stiletto
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Movie
Nov 1968
Great Catherine
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Movie
Aug 1968
The Lion in Winter
Henry II
TV Show
Jun 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Apr 1967
Casino Royale
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Movie
Feb 1967
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
Movie
Jan 1967
The Night of the Generals
General Tanz
Movie
Sep 1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Three Angels
Movie
Jul 1966
How to Steal a Million
Simon Dermott
Movie
Jun 1965
The Sandpiper
(voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Jun 1965
What's New Pussycat?
Michael James
Movie
Feb 1965
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
Movie
Mar 1964
Becket
King Henry II of England
Movie
Dec 1963
Wind Sand and Star
Movie
Jan 1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
Movie
Dec 1962
Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
TV Show
Oct 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Movie
Sep 1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Capt. Monty Fitch
Movie
Mar 1960
The Savage Innocents
First Trooper
Movie
Feb 1960
Kidnapped
Robin MacGregor
Movie
Jul 1958
The Castiglioni Brothers
Mario
TV Show
Jul 1956
Armchair Theatre
Paddy
TV Show
Sep 1955
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
First Soldier
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1952
Today
Self
TV Show
Jan 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
Rene Latour
TV Show
Jun 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self