Peter O'Toole

Personal Info

Birthday

August 2, 1932

Day of Death

2013-12-14

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Also Known As

彼得奧圖

彼德·奥图

پیتر اوتول

Peter O'Toole

Biography

Peter Seamus O'Toole 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.

Known For

The Tudors

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Ratatouille

Troy

North and South

Sunday Night Theatre

Lawrence of Arabia

Caligula

Filmography

2025
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
as Archive
2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
Hangover in Death Valley
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Diamond Cartel
as Tugboat
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
Katherine of Alexandria
as Gallus
2012
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
as Father Christopher
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
as Self
Eldorado
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Eager to Die
as Lord Pelican
2008
Dean Spanley
as Fisk Senior
Christmas Cottage
as Glen
2007
Stardust
as King
Ratatouille
as Anton Ego (voice)
2006
One Night with the King
as Samuel, the Prophet
Venus
as Maurice
2005
Lassie
as The Duke
Mystic India
as Narrador
2004
Troy
as Priam
2003
Bright Young Things
as Colonel Blount
2002
The Final Curtain
as JJ Curtis
Global Heresy
as Lord Foxley
2000
Hellraisers
as Self
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
as Jeffrey Bernard
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as William Williamson
The Manor
as Mr. Ravenscroft
1998
Phantoms
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1996
An Evening with Spike Milligan
as Himself
1995
Heavy Weather
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
1994
The Rainbow Thief
as Prince Meleagre
1993
The Seventh Coin
as Emil Saber
1992
Rebecca's Daughters
as Lord Sarn
1991
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Maj. Lyautey
King Ralph
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
1990
The Nutcracker Prince
as Pantaloon (voice)
Crossing to Freedom
as John Sidney Howard
Wings of Fame
as Cesar Valentin
1989
On a Moonlit Night
as Prof. Yan McShoul
1988
High Spirits
as Peter Plunkett
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
as Self
1987
The Last Emperor
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
1986
Club Paradise
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
1985
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
as Self / Zaltar
Creator
as Dr. Harry Wolper
1984
Supergirl
as Zaltar
Kim
as Lama
1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Pygmalion
as Professor Henry Higgins
Svengali
as Anton Bosnyak
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1982
Man and Superman
as Jack Tanner
My Favorite Year
as Alan Swann
1980
The Stunt Man
as Eli Cross
1979
Caligula
as Tiberius
Zulu Dawn
as Lord Chelmsford
1978
Power Play
as Colonel Zeller
1976
Rogue Male
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Foxtrot
as Liviu
1975
Rosebud
as Larry Martin
Man Friday
as Robinson Crusoe
1974
The Public's Right to Know
as Self
1972
Man of La Mancha
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
The Ruling Class
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Under Milk Wood
as Captain Tom Cat
1971
Murphy's War
as Murphy
1970
Brotherly Love
as Sir Charles Ferguson
1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Arthur Chipping
Stiletto
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
1968
Great Catherine
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Lion in Winter
as Henry II
1967
Casino Royale
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
Present Laughter
as Garry Essendine
The Night of the Generals
as General Tanz
1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
as The Three Angels
How to Steal a Million
as Simon Dermott
1965
The Sandpiper
as (voice) (uncredited)
What's New Pussycat?
as Michael James
Lord Jim
as Lord Jim
1964
Becket
as King Henry II of England
1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
as Self
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
as T.E. Lawrence
1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Capt. Monty Fitch
The Savage Innocents
as First Trooper
Kidnapped
as Robin MacGregor
1958
The Castiglioni Brothers
as Mario