Peter O'Toole
Acting
Born: 1932-08-02 · Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: 2013-12-14
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders
2025
Archive
Henry Fonda for President
2025
Self (archive footage)
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
2023
Tiberius
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
Self (archive footage)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hangover in Death Valley
2018
Narrator (voice)
Diamond Cartel
2015
Tugboat
Katherine of Alexandria
2014
Gallus
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
2012
Father Christopher
Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
2012
Self
Eldorado
2012
Narrator (voice)
Eager to Die
2010
Lord Pelican
Iron Road
2009
Relic
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
Dean Spanley
2008
Fisk Senior
Christmas Cottage
2008
Glen
Stardust
2007
King
Ratatouille
2007
Anton Ego (voice)
One Night with the King
2006
Samuel, the Prophet
📺 TV Shows (20)
TFI Unplugged
2026
Self (Archive Footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
Iron Road
2009
Lionel Relic
The Tudors
2007
Pope Paul III
Casanova
2005
Giacomo Casanova
Augustus: The First Emperor
2003
Augustus Caesar
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Self
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
2003
President Paul von Hindenburg
The Early Show
1999
Self
Joan of Arc
1999
Bishop Cauchon
Coming Home
1998
Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
The View
1997
Self
The Daily Show
1996
Self
Gulliver's Travels
1996
King of Lilliput
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
Civvies
1992
Barry Newman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Self
The Dark Angel
1989
Silas Ruthyn
North and South
1985
Sam Trump