Peter O'Toole

ActorDirectorProducerProduction Aug 2 (died age 81) Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Ratatouille

Anton Ego (voice)

Film

Troy

Priam

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

T.E. Lawrence

Film

Stardust

King

Film

The Last Emperor

Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

Film

The Tudors

Pope Paul III

Film

How to Steal a Million

Simon Dermott

Film

The Lion in Winter

Henry II

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (102)

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders

2025

as Archive

10.0

Henry Fonda for President

2025

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

2024

8.0

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

2023

as Tiberius

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

2021

as Self (archive footage)

4.5

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.0

Hangover in Death Valley

as Narrator (voice)

Diamond Cartel

as Tugboat

Katherine of Alexandria

as Gallus

Eldorado

as Narrator (voice)

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012

as Father Christopher

6.8

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2012

as Self

Eager to Die

2010

as Lord Pelican

Iron Road

2009

as Relic

6.3

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

Dean Spanley

as Fisk Senior

Christmas Cottage

as Glen

Ratatouille

as Anton Ego (voice)

Stardust

as King

One Night with the King

2006

as Samuel, the Prophet

Venus

as Maurice

Lassie

as The Duke

Mystic India

as Narrador

Troy

as Priam

Bright Young Things

as Colonel Blount

Augustus: The First Emperor

2003

as Augustus Caesar

Global Heresy

as Lord Foxley

The Final Curtain

as JJ Curtis

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

2001

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Hellraisers

2000

as Self

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man

2000

7.0

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

1999

as Jeffrey Bernard

8.7

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999

as William Williamson

The Manor

as Mr. Ravenscroft

Coming Home

as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

5.1

Phantoms

1998

as Dr. Timothy Flyte

5.4

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

6.4

An Evening with Spike Milligan

1996

as Himself

Heavy Weather

1995

as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth

The Rainbow Thief

as Prince Meleagre

The Seventh Coin

as Emil Saber

Rebecca's Daughters

as Lord Sarn

Isabelle Eberhardt

as Maj. Lyautey

King Ralph

as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham

5.4

Wings of Fame

1990

as Cesar Valentin

6.4

The Nutcracker Prince

1990

as Pantaloon (voice)

6.4

Crossing to Freedom

1990

as John Sidney Howard

On a Moonlit Night

as Prof. Yan McShoul

High Spirits

as Peter Plunkett

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'

1988

as Self

The Last Emperor

1987

as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)

7.6

The Dark Angel

1987

as Uncle Silas Ruthyn

7.5

Club Paradise

1986

as Anthony Cloyden Hayes

5.0

Creator

1985

as Dr. Harry Wolper

6.0

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie

as Self / Zaltar

Supergirl

as Zaltar

Kim

as Lama

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse

1983

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

6.3

Svengali

1983

as Anton Bosnyak

4.8

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce

1983

Pygmalion

1983

as Professor Henry Higgins

8.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

1983

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

4.5

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet

1983

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

5.4

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four

1983

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

My Favorite Year

as Alan Swann

Man and Superman

as Jack Tanner

The Stunt Man

as Eli Cross

Caligula

as Tiberius

Zulu Dawn

as Lord Chelmsford

Power Play

as Colonel Zeller

Foxtrot

as Liviu

Rogue Male

as Sir Robert Thorndyke

Rosebud

as Larry Martin

Man Friday

as Robinson Crusoe

The Public's Right to Know

1974

as Self

Man of La Mancha

1972

as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana

6.5

The Ruling Class

1972

as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney

Under Milk Wood

as Captain Tom Cat

Murphy's War

as Murphy

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic

1970

Brotherly Love

1970

as Sir Charles Ferguson

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Arthur Chipping

Stiletto

as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)

The Lion in Winter

as Henry II

Great Catherine

as Capt. Charles Edstaston

5.8

Casino Royale

1967

as Scottish Piper (uncredited)

5.3

The Night of the Generals

1967

as General Tanz

6.8

Present Laughter

1967

as Garry Essendine

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

as The Three Angels

7.3

How to Steal a Million

as Simon Dermott

Lord Jim

as Lord Jim

The Sandpiper

as (voice) (uncredited)

What's New Pussycat?

as Michael James

Becket

as King Henry II of England

7.1

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time

1963

as Self

Wind Sand and Star

Lawrence of Arabia

as T.E. Lawrence

Kidnapped

as Robin MacGregor

The Savage Innocents

as First Trooper

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

1960

as Capt. Monty Fitch

6.1

The Castiglioni Brothers

1958

as Mario

Television (33)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Iron Road

as Lionel Relic

The Tudors

as Pope Paul III

Casanova

as Giacomo Casanova

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Hitler: The Rise of Evil

2003

as President Paul von Hindenburg

7.1

Augustus: The First Emperor

as Augustus Caesar

The Early Show

as Self

Joan of Arc

as Bishop Cauchon

Coming Home

as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Gulliver's Travels

as King of Lilliput

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

as Self

7.1

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self

Civvies

as Barry Newman

The Dark Angel

as Silas Ruthyn

North and South

1985

as Sam Trump

7.4

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as John Hampton

Wogan

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Masada

as General Cornelius Flavius Silva

7.0

Strumpet City

1980

as Jim Larkin

6.0

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Armchair Theatre

as Paddy

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as First Soldier

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Sunday Night Theatre

as Rene Latour

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

1999

Director

8.7

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell

Producer

Lord Jim

Associate Producer

The Party's Over

Producer

Operation Snatch

Producer