Peter O'Toole
Acting
- Born:
- 1932-08-02
- Died:
- 2013-12-14
- Place of birth:
- Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Henry Fonda for President
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Hangover in Death Valley
Diamond Cartel
Katherine of Alexandria
Talking Pictures
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Eldorado
Hollywood Invasion
Eager to Die
Iron Road
Iron Road
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Dean Spanley
Christmas Cottage
Stardust
Ratatouille
The Tudors
One Night with the King
Venus
Lassie
Casanova
Mystic India
Parkinson
Troy
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus: The First Emperor
Bright Young Things
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
The Final Curtain
Global Heresy
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Hellraisers
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
The Early Show
Joan of Arc
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
The Manor
Coming Home
Coming Home
Phantoms
FairyTale: A True Story
The View
The Daily Show
An Evening with Spike Milligan
TFI Friday
Gulliver's Travels
Heavy Weather
Die Harald Schmidt Show
The Rainbow Thief
Late Show with David Letterman
The Seventh Coin
Civvies
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Rebecca's Daughters
Isabelle Eberhardt
King Ralph
The Nutcracker Prince
Crossing to Freedom
Wings of Fame
On a Moonlit Night
The Dark Angel
High Spirits
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
The Last Emperor
The Dark Angel
Club Paradise
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
North and South
Creator
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Supergirl
Kim
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Pygmalion
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
Svengali
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Man and Superman
My Favorite Year
Wogan
Masada
Wetten, dass..?
The Stunt Man
Strumpet City
Caligula
Zulu Dawn
Power Play
The South Bank Show
Rogue Male
Foxtrot
Rosebud
Man Friday
The Public's Right to Know
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Man of La Mancha
The Ruling Class
Under Milk Wood
Film '72
Murphy's War
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
Brotherly Love
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Stiletto
Great Catherine
The Lion in Winter
The Dick Cavett Show
Casino Royale
Present Laughter
The Night of the Generals
The Bible: In the Beginning...
How to Steal a Million
The Sandpiper
What's New Pussycat?
Lord Jim
Becket
Wind, Sand and Star
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Lawrence of Arabia
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
The Savage Innocents
Kidnapped
The Castiglioni Brothers
Armchair Theatre
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Oscars
Today
Sunday Night Theatre
The Ed Sullivan Show