Peter O'Toole

Acting · Born 1932-08-02 in 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…

Filmography

• Lawrence of Arabia as T.E. Lawrence
• Ratatouille as Anton Ego (voice)
• Troy as Priam
• The Last Emperor as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
• How to Steal a Million as Simon Dermott
• Stardust as King
• The Bible: In the Beginning... as The Three Angels
• The Lion in Winter as Henry II
• Rosebud as Larry Martin
• What's New Pussycat? as Michael James

TV

• The Tudors as Pope Paul III
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• Today as Self
• The View as Self
• Augustus: The First Emperor as Augustus Caesar
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
• The Early Show as Self
• Casanova as Giacomo Casanova
• Gulliver's Travels as King of Lilliput