Cast & creator
Peter O'Toole
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Daily Show, Late Show with David Letterman
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. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements. O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).
Also known as: 彼得奧圖, 彼德·奥图, پیتر اوتول, Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole, Peadar Séamus Lorcán Ó Tuathail
107
film credits
39
television credits
141
1948–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (146)
Showing 146 of 146 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
The View
Self
1997
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The South Bank Show
1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Wogan
Self
1982
The Tudors
Pope Paul III
2007
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948Film '72
Self
1971
Ratatouille
Anton Ego (voice)
2007
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Troy
Priam
2004
TFI Friday
1996
Sunday Night Theatre
Rene Latour
1950
North and South
Sam Trump
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
John Hampton
1985
Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
1962
The Last Emperor
Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
1987
The Early Show
Self
1999
Stardust
King
2007
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Caligula
Tiberius
1979
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
President Paul von Hindenburg
2003
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
First Soldier
1955
Casino Royale
Scottish Piper (uncredited)
1967
Masada
General Cornelius Flavius Silva
1981
Supergirl
Zaltar
1984
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Three Angels
1966
Gulliver's Travels
King of Lilliput
1996
The Lion in Winter
Henry II
1968
Joan of Arc
Bishop Cauchon
1999
One Night with the King
Samuel, the Prophet
2006
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
2005
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Father Christopher
2012
The Night of the Generals
General Tanz
1967
Armchair Theatre
Paddy
1956
How to Steal a Million
Simon Dermott
1966
Club Paradise
Anthony Cloyden Hayes
1986
Phantoms
Dr. Timothy Flyte
1998
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
1998
What's New Pussycat?
Michael James
1965
High Spirits
Peter Plunkett
1988
Zulu Dawn
Lord Chelmsford
1979
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
2003
Creator
Dr. Harry Wolper
1985
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
1965Lord Jim
Associate Producer
1965
King Ralph
Willingham
1991
Dean Spanley
Fisk Senior
2008
FairyTale: A True Story
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1997
Civvies
Barry Newman
1992
The Sandpiper
(voice) (uncredited)
1965
The Dark Angel
Silas Ruthyn
1989
Iron Road
Lionel Relic
2009
The Nutcracker Prince
Pantaloon (voice)
1990
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
2021
Becket
King Henry II of England
1964
Lassie
The Duke
2005
Strumpet City
Jim Larkin
1980
The Stunt Man
Eli Cross
1980
Man of La Mancha
Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
1972
Murphy's War
Murphy
1971
Christmas Cottage
Glen
2008
Man Friday
Robinson Crusoe
1975
Hollywood Invasion
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Ruling Class
Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
1972
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Arthur Chipping
1969
The Final Curtain
JJ Curtis
2002
My Favorite Year
Alan Swann
1982
Power Play
Colonel Zeller
1978
The Savage Innocents
First Trooper
1960
Venus
Maurice
2006
Brotherly Love
Sir Charles Ferguson
1970
Isabelle Eberhardt
Maj. Lyautey
1991
Bright Young Things
Colonel Blount
2003
Coming Home
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
1998
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
2025
Kidnapped
Robin MacGregor
1960
The Party's Over
Producer
1965
Eldorado
Narrator (voice)
2012
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self (archive footage)
2022
Mystic India
Narrador
2005
Wings of Fame
Cesar Valentin
1990
Rosebud
Larry Martin
1975
The Rainbow Thief
Prince Meleagre
1994
Iron Road
Relic
2009
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
William Williamson
1999
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
2001
Under Milk Wood
Captain Tom Cat
1972
On a Moonlit Night
Prof. Yan McShoul
1989
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Self / Zaltar
1985
Stiletto
Man at the Premiere (uncredited)
1969
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Jeffrey Bernard
1999Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Producer
1999Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Director
1999
Hangover in Death Valley
Narrator (voice)
2018
Katherine of Alexandria
Gallus
2014
Heavy Weather
Clarence, Earl of Emsworth
1995
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
The Manor
Mr. Ravenscroft
1999
Man and Superman
Jack Tanner
1982
Rogue Male
Sir Robert Thorndyke
1976
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Capt. Monty Fitch
1960
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Global Heresy
Lord Foxley
2002
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
Augustus: The First Emperor
Augustus Caesar
2003
Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor'
Self
1988
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
1983
The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man
2000
Rebecca's Daughters
Lord Sarn
1992
Wind, Sand and Star
1963
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Self (archive footage)
2021
Svengali
Anton Bosnyak
1983
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
Archive
2025
The Dark Angel
Uncle Silas Ruthyn
1987
The Public's Right to Know
Self
1974
Diamond Cartel
Tugboat
2015
Foxtrot
Liviu
1976
Present Laughter
Garry Essendine
1967
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self
2012
Kim
Lama
1984
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Himself
1996
The Seventh Coin
Emil Saber
1993
Crossing to Freedom
John Sidney Howard
1990
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time
Self
1963
Hellraisers
Self
2000The Castiglioni Brothers
Mario
1958
Great Catherine
Capt. Charles Edstaston
1968
Operation Snatch
Producer
1962
Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce
1983
Pygmalion
Professor Henry Higgins
1983Eager to Die
Lord Pelican
2010