Peter O'Toole

Known for ActingBorn 1932-08-02Died 2013-12-14Leeds, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

An Evening with Spike Milligan

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

Man and Superman

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

Pygmalion

Iron Road

Civvies

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

Heavy Weather

Ratatouille

The Tudors

Kim

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

Present Laughter

Lawrence of Arabia

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Dean Spanley

The Last Emperor

The Dark Angel

Stardust

North and South

Henry Fonda for President

Troy

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

How to Steal a Million

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Gulliver's Travels

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

Casanova

The Lion in Winter

Mystic India

Power Play

The Bible: In the Beginning...

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Crossing to Freedom

Masada

Becket

Strumpet City

The Ray Bradbury Theater

One Night with the King

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

Venus

Operation Snatch

Joan of Arc

On a Moonlit Night