Actor

Peter O'Toole

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Acting credits

130

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.1

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Movies: 99Series: 33Crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 11390

IMDb ID: nm0000564

Known for: Acting

Born: August 2, 1932

Died: December 14, 2013

Age: 81

Place of birth: Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2025

Years active: 78

Average TMDB rating: 6.46

Wikidata: Q103876

Also known as

彼得奧圖 • 彼德·奥图 • پیتر اوتول

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Producer (2)Associate Producer (1)Director (1)

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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).