Peter O'Toole

1932-

Biography: life and films

Peter O'Toole is an Irish-English actor whose birth name is Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole. He was born in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland on 2nd August 1932.

His best films as an actor include David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Peter Glenville's Becket (1964), William Wyler's comedy How to Steal a Million (1966), Anthony Harvey's The Lion in Winter (1968) and Salamat Mukhammed-Ali's The Whole World at Our Feet (2013).

Peter O'Toole has so far appeared in 59 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Charles Sturridge (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (30 films), comedy (13), comedy-drama (8), Thriller (8), history (7), romance (6), comedy-romance (6), War (6), Fantasy (5), Horror (4), Biography (4) and Animation (2).

Our average rating for Peter O'Toole over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Kidnapped (1960) [a]

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) [a]

The Savage Innocents (1960) [a]

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) [a]

Becket (1964) [a]

Lord Jim (1965) [a]

What's New, Pussycat? (1965) [a]

How to Steal a Million (1966) [a]

The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) [a]

The Night of the Generals (1967) [a]

Great Catherine (1968) [a]

The Lion in Winter (1968) [a]

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) [a]

The Same Skin (1970) [a]

Murphy's War (1971) [a]

Man of La Mancha (1972) [a]

The Ruling Class (1972) [a]

Under Milk Wood (1972) [a]

Man Friday (1975) [a]

Rosebud (1975) [a]

Foxtrot (1976) [a]

Power Play (1978) [a]

Zulu Dawn (1979) [a]

The Stunt Man (1980) [a]

My Favorite Year (1982) [a]

Supergirl (1984) [a]

Creator (1985) [a]

Club Paradise (1986) [a]

The Last Emperor (1987) [a]

High Spirits (1988) [a]

In una notte di chiaro di luna (1989) [a]

The Nutcracker Prince (1990) [a]

The Rainbow Thief (1990) [a]

Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) [a]

King Ralph (1991) [a]

Rebecca's Daughters (1992) [a]

The Seventh Coin (1993) [a]

FairyTale: A True Story (1997) [a]

Phantoms (1998) [a]

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999) [a]

Global Heresy (2002) [a]

The Final Curtain (2002) [a]

Bright Young Things (2003) [a]

Troy (2004) [a]

Lassie (2005) [a]

One Night with the King (2006) [a]

Venus (2006) [a]

Ratatouille (2007) [a]

Stardust (2007) [a]

Christmas Cottage (2008) [a]

Dean Spanley (2008) [a]

Love and Virtue (2008) [a]

Eager to Die (2010) [a]

Eldorado (2012) [a]

A Belfast Story (2013) [a]

Katherine of Alexandria (2013) [a]

The Whole World at Our Feet (2013) [a]



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