Acting · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England · Born August 2, 1932
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).
TVTFI Unplugged
2026
as Self (Archive Footage)
MovieLove Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
MovieHenry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MoviePeter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOmar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieHangover in Death Valley
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDiamond Cartel
2015
as Tugboat
MovieKatherine of Alexandria
2014
as Gallus
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieOutlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as Father Christopher
MoviePeter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
as Self
MovieEldorado
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Eager to Die
2010
as Lord Pelican
TVIron Road
2009
as Lionel Relic
MovieIron Road
2009
as Relic
MovieBehind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
MovieDean Spanley
2008
as Fisk Senior
MovieChristmas Cottage
2008
as Glen
MovieStardust
2007
as King
MovieRatatouille
2007
as Anton Ego (voice)
TVThe Tudors
2007
as Pope Paul III
MovieOne Night with the King
2006
as Samuel, the Prophet
MovieVenus
2006
as Maurice
MovieLassie
2005
as The Duke
TVCasanova
2005
as Giacomo Casanova
MovieMystic India
2005
as Narrador
MovieTroy
2004
as Priam
MovieAugustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
TVAugustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Colonel Blount
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVHitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as President Paul von Hindenburg
MovieThe Final Curtain
2002
as JJ Curtis
MovieGlobal Heresy
2002
as Lord Foxley
MovieThe Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHellraisers
2000
as Self
MovieThe Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
MovieJeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
as Jeffrey Bernard
TVThe Early Show
1999
as Self
TVJoan of Arc
1999
as Bishop Cauchon
MovieMolokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as William Williamson
MovieThe Manor
1999
as Mr. Ravenscroft
TVComing Home
1998
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
MovieComing Home
1998
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
MoviePhantoms
1998
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
MovieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieAn Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
as Himself
TVGulliver's Travels
1996
as King of Lilliput
MovieHeavy Weather
1995
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
TVDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
MovieThe Rainbow Thief
1994
as Prince Meleagre
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Seventh Coin
1993
as Emil Saber
TVCivvies
1992
as Barry Newman
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
MovieRebecca's Daughters
1992
as Lord Sarn
MovieIsabelle Eberhardt
1991
as Maj. Lyautey
MovieKing Ralph
1991
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
MovieThe Nutcracker Prince
1990
as Pantaloon (voice)
MovieCrossing to Freedom
1990
as John Sidney Howard
MovieWings of Fame
1990
as Cesar Valentin
MovieOn a Moonlit Night
1989
as Prof. Yan McShoul
TVThe Dark Angel
1989
as Silas Ruthyn
MovieHigh Spirits
1988
as Peter Plunkett
MovieBernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
as Self
MovieThe Last Emperor
1987
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
MovieThe Dark Angel
1987
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
MovieClub Paradise
1986
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
MovieSupergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
as Self / Zaltar
TVNorth and South
1985
as Sam Trump
MovieCreator
1985
as Dr. Harry Wolper
TVThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as John Hampton
MovieSupergirl
1984
as Zaltar
MovieKim
1984
as Lama
MovieSherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
MovieSherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
MoviePygmalion
1983
as Professor Henry Higgins
MovieIs There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
MovieSvengali
1983
as Anton Bosnyak
MovieSherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
MovieSherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Man and Superman
1982
as Jack Tanner
MovieMy Favorite Year
1982
as Alan Swann
TVWogan
1982
as Self
TVMasada
1981
as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieThe Stunt Man
1980
as Eli Cross
TVStrumpet City
1980
as Jim Larkin
MovieCaligula
1979
as Tiberius
MovieZulu Dawn
1979
as Lord Chelmsford
MoviePower Play
1978
as Colonel Zeller
MovieRogue Male
1976
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
MovieFoxtrot
1976
as Liviu
MovieRosebud
1975
as Larry Martin
MovieMan Friday
1975
as Robinson Crusoe
MovieThe Public's Right to Know
1974
as Self
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieMan of La Mancha
1972
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
MovieThe Ruling Class
1972
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
MovieUnder Milk Wood
1972
as Captain Tom Cat
MovieMurphy's War
1971
as Murphy
MovieWind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
MovieBrotherly Love
1970
as Sir Charles Ferguson
MovieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Arthur Chipping
MovieStiletto
1969
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
MovieGreat Catherine
1968
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
MovieThe Lion in Winter
1968
as Henry II
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieCasino Royale
1967
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
MoviePresent Laughter
1967
as Garry Essendine
MovieThe Night of the Generals
1967
as General Tanz
MovieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as The Three Angels
MovieHow to Steal a Million
1966
as Simon Dermott
MovieThe Sandpiper
1965
as (voice) (uncredited)
MovieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965
as Michael James
MovieLord Jim
1965
as Lord Jim
MovieBecket
1964
as King Henry II of England
MovieWind Sand and Star
1963
MovieThe Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
as Self
MovieLawrence of Arabia
1962
as T.E. Lawrence
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Capt. Monty Fitch
MovieThe Savage Innocents
1960
as First Trooper
MovieKidnapped
1960
as Robin MacGregor
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958
as Mario
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Paddy
TVThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as First Soldier
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVToday
1952
as Self
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Rene Latour
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
