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Peter O'Toole
Known for: ActingPeter 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).
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Ratatouille
+2
as Anton Ego (voice) 
Troy
+8
as Priam 
The Last Emperor
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.) 
Stardust
+4
as King 
Lawrence of Arabia
+2
as T.E. Lawrence 
Caligula
as Tiberius 
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
as President Paul von Hindenburg 
Becket
+1
as King Henry II of England 
How to Steal a Million
+4
as Simon Dermott 
Supergirl
+3
as Zaltar 
Joan of Arc
as Bishop Cauchon 
Gulliver's Travels
as King of Lilliput 
The Lion in Winter
+1
as Henry II 
The Bible: In the Beginning...
+2
as The Three Angels 
Dean Spanley
as Fisk Senior 
Murphy's War
+1
as Murphy 
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
as Father Christopher 
High Spirits
+2
as Peter Plunkett 
Coming Home
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis 
Bright Young Things
as Colonel Blount 
Venus
as Maurice 
Casanova
as Giacomo Casanova 
Lassie
as The Duke 
The Night of the Generals
+4
as General Tanz 
Iron Road
as Lionel Relic 
One Night with the King
+4
as Samuel, the Prophet 
Christmas Cottage
+4
as Glen 
Club Paradise
+5
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes 
What's New Pussycat?
+1
as Michael James 
FairyTale: A True Story
+2
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 
Lord Jim
as Lord Jim 
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Augustus Caesar 
The Nutcracker Prince
as Pantaloon (voice) 
King Ralph
as Willingham 
Phantoms
+2
as Dr. Timothy Flyte 
Coming Home
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis 
Zulu Dawn
+4
as Lord Chelmsford 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
+1
as Arthur Chipping 
Creator
as Dr. Harry Wolper 
The Stunt Man
+6
as Eli Cross 
Man of La Mancha
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana 
The Ruling Class
+1
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney 
My Favorite Year
+1
as Alan Swann 
Man Friday
as Robinson Crusoe 
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Maj. Lyautey 
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
+4
as Self (archive footage) 
Wings of Fame
as Cesar Valentin 
Eldorado
+2
as Narrator (voice) 
The Savage Innocents
as First Trooper 
Kidnapped
as Robin MacGregor 
Rosebud
as Larry Martin 
Iron Road
as Relic 
The Rainbow Thief
as Prince Meleagre 
The Party's Over
+2
Producer 
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
+1
as William Williamson 
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self (archive footage) 
Mystic India
as Narrador 
Hangover in Death Valley
+1
as Narrator (voice) 
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Actor (archive footage) 
Rogue Male
as Sir Robert Thorndyke 
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
as Sherlock Holmes (voice) 
Diamond Cartel
as Tugboat 
Augustus: The First Emperor
as Augustus Caesar 
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
as Sherlock Holmes (voice) 
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
as Sherlock Holmes (voice) 
Katherine of Alexandria
as Gallus 
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)