
Peter O'Toole
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1932
Died: December 14, 2013
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

Lawrence of Arabia
1962

Rosebud
1975

High Spirits
1988

Lord Jim
1965

My Favorite Year
1982

The Ruling Class
1972

Murphy's War
1971

Venus
2006

The Rainbow Thief
1994

Creator
1985

The Stunt Man
1980

Lassie
2005

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969

The Night of the Generals
1967

The Final Curtain
2002

Global Heresy
2002

Man of La Mancha
1972

The Lion in Winter
1968

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983

Man Friday
1975

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983

Rogue Male
1976

The Dark Angel
1987

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999

Rebecca's Daughters
1992

Crossing to Freedom
1990

Kim
1984

Svengali
1983

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983

Pygmalion
1983
Man and Superman
1982

Power Play
1978

Brotherly Love
1970

Great Catherine
1968

Wind Sand and Star
1963

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970

Foxtrot
1976

Wings of Fame
1990

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983

Present Laughter
1967
Eager to Die
2010

Augustus: The First Emperor
2003

How to Steal a Million
1966

What's New Pussycat?
1965

King Ralph
1991

Club Paradise
1986

Phantoms
1998

One Night with the King
2006

Becket
1964

Zulu Dawn
1979

Eldorado
2012

Diamond Cartel
2015

Coming Home
1998

Mystic India
2005

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000

The Last Emperor
1987

Supergirl
1984

Christmas Cottage
2008

Under Milk Wood
1972

Isabelle Eberhardt
1991

The Savage Innocents
1960

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960

Hellraisers
2000

The Seventh Coin
1993

Katherine of Alexandria
2014

Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
1988

An Evening with Spike Milligan
1996

The Public's Right to Know
1974

The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
1963

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025

Caligula
1979

The Nutcracker Prince
1990

FairyTale: A True Story
1997

Dean Spanley
2008

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012

Heavy Weather
1995

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001

Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009

Ratatouille
2007

Iron Road
2009

The Manor
1999

Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
1985
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958

Troy
2004

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966

On a Moonlit Night
1989

Hangover in Death Valley
2018

Henry Fonda for President
2025

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999

Kidnapped
1960

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021

Bright Young Things
2003

Stardust
2007

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020

Stiletto
1969

The Sandpiper
1965

Casino Royale
1967

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Daily Show
1996

Today
1952

The View
1997

Augustus: The First Emperor
2003

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Tudors
2007

The Early Show
1999

Casanova
2005

Gulliver's Travels
1996

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955

The Oscars
1953

100 Years at the Movies
1994

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Strumpet City
1980

North and South
1985

Talking Pictures
2013

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995

Wetten, dass..?
1981

Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Wogan
1982

Coming Home
1998

Joan of Arc
1999

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985

Iron Road
2009

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

The Dark Angel
1989

Masada
1981

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Armchair Theatre
1956

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

TFI Unplugged
2026

Civvies
1992