
Peter O'Toole
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.…
Filmography

Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025 · 10.0

Man and Superman
1982 · 9.0

Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983 · 9.0

Pygmalion
1983 · 8.7

Iron Road
2009 · 8.2

Civvies
1992 · 8.2

Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · 8.0

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · 8.0

Heavy Weather
1995 · 8.0

Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
1999 · 8.0

Kim
1984 · 8.0

Present Laughter
1967 · 8.0

Ratatouille
2007 · 7.9

The Tudors
2007 · 7.8

The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000 · 7.8

The Last Emperor
1987 · 7.6

North and South
1985 · 7.5

How to Steal a Million
1966 · 7.5

The Dark Angel
1987 · 7.5

Dean Spanley
2008 · 7.4

The Lion in Winter
1968 · 7.4

Gulliver's Travels
1996 · 7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · 7.3

Stardust
2007 · 7.3

Becket
1964 · 7.2

Power Play
1978 · 7.2

Troy
2004 · 7.2

TFI Friday
1996 · 7.1

Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003 · 7.1

Masada
1981 · 7.1

Casanova
2005 · 7.0

Mystic India
2005 · 7.0

Strumpet City
1980 · 7.0

Crossing to Freedom
1990 · 7.0

Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012 · 7.0

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · 6.9

The Savage Innocents
1960 · 6.9

Lord Jim
1965 · 6.8

The Night of the Generals
1967 · 6.8

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · 6.8

One Night with the King
2006 · 6.7

Man Friday
1975 · 6.7

Venus
2006 · 6.7

On a Moonlit Night
1989 · 6.7

Joan of Arc
1999 · 6.6

The Stunt Man
1980 · 6.6

Man of La Mancha
1972 · 6.6

My Favorite Year
1982 · 6.6

Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
1983 · 6.6

Brotherly Love
1970 · 6.5

The Nutcracker Prince
1990 · 6.5

Wings of Fame
1990 · 6.5

Rebecca's Daughters
1992 · 6.5

Kidnapped
1960 · 6.5

Rogue Male
1976 · 6.5

The Manor
1999 · 6.5

Lassie
2005 · 6.4

FairyTale: A True Story
1997 · 6.4

The Sandpiper
1965 · 6.4

The Ruling Class
1972 · 6.4

Christmas Cottage
2008 · 6.3

Bright Young Things
2003 · 6.3

Iron Road
2009 · 6.3

Creator
1985 · 6.2

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
1999 · 6.2

Zulu Dawn
1979 · 6.1

Murphy's War
1971 · 6.1

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 · 6.1

Under Milk Wood
1972 · 6.1

Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6.0

Caligula
1979 · 6.0

What's New Pussycat?
1965 · 5.9

Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1983 · 5.9

Great Catherine
1968 · 5.9

High Spirits
1988 · 5.8

The South Bank Show
1978 · 5.6

Phantoms
1998 · 5.6

Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983 · 5.5

Coming Home
1998 · 5.4

Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · 5.4

King Ralph
1991 · 5.4

Supergirl
1984 · 5.4

The Rainbow Thief
1994 · 5.3

Stiletto
1969 · 5.3

Casino Royale
1967 · 5.2

Club Paradise
1986 · 5.2

Diamond Cartel
2015 · 5.2

Rosebud
1975 · 5.1

Isabelle Eberhardt
1991 · 5.0

Global Heresy
2002 · 5.0

Svengali
1983 · 5.0

The Final Curtain
2002 · 4.9

Foxtrot
1976 · 4.8

Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
1983 · 4.5

The Seventh Coin
1993 · 4.5

Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · 3.5

Eldorado
2012 · 3.2

Katherine of Alexandria
2014 · 2.7

Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009 · 2.0

Hangover in Death Valley
2018 · 1.0

Coming Home
1998 · 0.0

The Dark Angel
1989 · 0.0
The Castiglioni Brothers
1958 · 0.0

Wind, Sand and Star
1963 · 0.0

Augustus: The First Emperor
2003 · 0.0
Eager to Die
2010 · 0.0

Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic
1970 · 0.0