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Peter O'Toole
Leeds, 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 recogn…
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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).
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2026
TFI Unplugged
TV show Self (Archive Footage)
- 2025
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2025
Henry Fonda for President
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2018
Hangover in Death Valley
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2015
Diamond Cartel
Movie Tugboat
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2014
Katherine of Alexandria
Movie Gallus
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2013
Talking Pictures
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Movie Father Christopher
- 2012
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2012
Eldorado
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2010
Eager to Die
Movie Lord Pelican
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2009
Iron Road
TV show Lionel Relic
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2009
Iron Road
Movie Relic
- 2009
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2008
Dean Spanley
Movie Fisk Senior
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2008
Christmas Cottage
Movie Glen
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2007
Stardust
Movie King
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2007
Ratatouille
Movie Anton Ego (voice)
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2007
The Tudors
TV show Pope Paul III
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2006
One Night with the King
Movie Samuel, the Prophet
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2006
Venus
Movie Maurice
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2005
Lassie
Movie The Duke
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2005
Casanova
TV show Giacomo Casanova
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2005
Mystic India
Movie Narrador
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2004
Parkinson
TV show Self - Guest
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2004
Troy
Movie Priam
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2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
Movie Augustus Caesar
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2003
Augustus: The First Emperor
TV show Augustus Caesar
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2003
Bright Young Things
Movie Colonel Blount
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self
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2003
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
TV show President Paul von Hindenburg
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2002
The Final Curtain
Movie JJ Curtis
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2002
Global Heresy
Movie Lord Foxley
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2001
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Hellraisers
Movie Self
- 2000
