Peter O'Toole
Acting
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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
Filmography
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
as Archive
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Diamond Cartel
2015
as Tugboat
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
as Gallus
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Eldorado
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
as Father Christopher
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
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Iron Road
2009
as Lionel Relic
Christmas Cottage
2008
as Glen
Dean Spanley
2008
as Fisk Senior
Ratatouille
2007
as Anton Ego (voice)
Stardust
2007
as King
The Tudors
2007
as Pope Paul III
Venus
2006
as Maurice
One Night with the King
2006
as Samuel, the Prophet
Lassie
2005
as The Duke
Mystic India
2005
as Narrador
Casanova
2005
as Giacomo Casanova
Troy
2004
as Priam
Bright Young Things
2003
as Colonel Blount
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
as Augustus Caesar
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
as President Paul von Hindenburg
The Final Curtain
2002
as JJ Curtis
Global Heresy
2002
as Lord Foxley
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
2000
as Self
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
The Manor
1999
as Mr. Ravenscroft
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999
as Jeffrey Bernard
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999
as William Williamson
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Joan of Arc
1999
as Bishop Cauchon
Phantoms
1998
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
Coming Home
1998
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
Coming Home
1998
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The View
1997
as Self
An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996
as Himself
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as King of Lilliput
Heavy Weather
1995
as Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
The Rainbow Thief
1994
as Prince Meleagre
The Seventh Coin
1993
as Emil Saber
Rebecca's Daughters
1992
as Lord Sarn
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
King Ralph
1991
as Sir Cedric Charles Willingham
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991
as Maj. Lyautey
Civvies
1991
as Barry Newman
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
as Pantaloon (voice)
Crossing to Freedom
1990
as John Sidney Howard
Wings of Fame
1990
as Cesar Valentin
On a Moonlit Night
1989
as Prof. Yan McShoul
The Dark Angel
1989
as Silas Ruthyn
High Spirits
1988
as Peter Plunkett
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988
as Self
The Last Emperor
1987
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
The Dark Angel
1987
as Uncle Silas Ruthyn
Club Paradise
1986
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
Creator
1985
as Dr. Harry Wolper
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
as Self / Zaltar
North and South
1985
as Sam Trump
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as John Hampton
Supergirl
1984
as Zaltar
Kim
1984
as Lama
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Svengali
1983
as Anton Bosnyak
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Pygmalion
1983
as Professor Henry Higgins
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
My Favorite Year
1982
as Alan Swann
Man and Superman
1982
as Jack Tanner
Wogan
1982
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Masada
1981
as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
The Stunt Man
1980
as Eli Cross
Strumpet City
1980
as Jim Larkin
Caligula
1979
as Tiberius
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Lord Chelmsford
Power Play
1978
as Colonel Zeller
Rogue Male
1976
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
Foxtrot
1976
as Liviu
Rosebud
1975
as Larry Martin
Man Friday
1975
as Robinson Crusoe
The Public's Right to Know
1974
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Ruling Class
1972
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
Under Milk Wood
1972
as Captain Tom Cat
Man of La Mancha
1972
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
Murphy's War
1971
as Murphy
Brotherly Love
1970
as Sir Charles Ferguson
Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970
Stiletto
1969
as Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
as Arthur Chipping
The Lion in Winter
1968
as Henry II
Great Catherine
1968
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Casino Royale
1967
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General Tanz
Present Laughter
1967
as Garry Essendine
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Simon Dermott
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as The Three Angels
What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Michael James
Lord Jim
1965
as Lord Jim
The Sandpiper
1965
as (voice) (uncredited)
Becket
1964
as King Henry II of England
Wind Sand and Star
1963
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963
as Self
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
as T.E. Lawrence
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Kidnapped
1960
as Robin MacGregor
The Savage Innocents
1960
as First Trooper
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Capt. Monty Fitch
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958
as Mario
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as First Soldier
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Rene Latour
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self