# List of awards and nominations received by Peter O'Toole

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Peter O'Toole.
Peter O'Toole is an Anglo-Irish actor known for his roles on stage and screen. Over his distinguished career he received several accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for eight competitive Academy Awards, a Grammy Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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 Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), a public school teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), a paranoid schizophrenia in The Ruling Class (1972), a ruthless film director in The Stunt Man (1980), a film actor in My Favorite Year (1982), and an elderly man in Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). He was awarded the Academy Honorary Award in 2002.
On television, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of Bishop Pierre Cauchon in the CBS miniseries Joan of Arc (1999). He was Emmy-nominated for his performances as Lucius Flavius Silva in the ABC miniseries Masada (1981), and Paul von Hindenburg in the miniseries Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Winner |
| 1962 | Best Actor | Lawrence of Arabia | Nominated | Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 1964 | Best Actor | Becket | Nominated | Rex Harrison, My Fair Lady |
| 1968 | Best Actor | The Lion in Winter | Nominated | Cliff Robertson, Charly |
| 1969 | Best Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Nominated | John Wayne, True Grit |
| 1972 | Best Actor | The Ruling Class | Nominated | Marlon Brando, The Godfather |
| 1980 | Best Actor | The Stunt Man | Nominated | Robert De Niro, Raging Bull |
| 1982 | Best Actor | My Favorite Year | Nominated | Ben Kingsley, Gandhi |
| 2002 | Honorary Academy Award | Honorary Academy Award | Won | — |
| 2006 | Best Actor | Venus | Nominated | Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1963 | Best British Actor | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1965 | Best British Actor | Becket | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Last Emperor | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Venus | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1981 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Masada | Nominated |
| 1999 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Joan of Arc | Won |
| 2003 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1963 | Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1963 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Lawrence of Arabia | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Becket | Won |
| 1969 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Lion in Winter | Won |
| 1970 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Won |
| 1973 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Man of La Mancha | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Stunt Man | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Masada | Nominated |
| 1983 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | My Favorite Year | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Joan of Arc | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Venus | Nominated |

### Grammy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1965 | Best Spoken Word Album | Dialogue Highlights from Becket | Nominated | |

### Laurence Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Comedy Performance | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | Venus | Nominated | |

## Critics awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2007 | Best Actor | Venus | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2006 | Best Actor | Venus | Nominated |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2006 | Best Actor | Venus | Nominated |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2009 | Best British Supporting Actor of the Year | Dean Spanley | Nominated |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 1982 | Best Actor | My Favorite Year | 2nd Place |
| National Board of Review | 1970 | Best Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Won |
| National Board of Review | 1972 | Best Actor | Man of La Mancha / The Ruling Class | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1970 | Best Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 2nd Place |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1973 | Best Actor | The Ruling Class | 3rd Place |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1981 | Best Actor | The Stunt Man | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 1983 | Best Actor | My Favorite Year | 3rd Place |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2007 | Best Actor | Venus | 2nd Place |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1968 | Best Actor | The Lion in Winter | 3rd Place |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1980 | Best Actor | The Stunt Man | 3rd Place |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 1982 | Best Actor | My Favorite Year | 3rd Place |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2007 | Best Actor | Venus | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2006 | Best Actor in a British Independent Film | Venus | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1987 | Best Actor in a Dramatic Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater (Episode: "Banshee") | Won |
| David di Donatello | 1964 | Best Foreign Actor | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| David di Donatello | 1967 | Best Foreign Actor | The Night of the Generals | Won |
| David di Donatello | 1970 | Best Foreign Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Won |
| David di Donatello | 1988 | Best Supporting Actor | The Last Emperor | Won |
| DVD Exclusive Awards | 2002 | Best Actor | Global Heresy | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 1985 | Worst Actor | Supergirl | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 1987 | Worst Supporting Actor | Club Paradise | Nominated |
| International Antalya Film Festival | 2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2004 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV | Troy | Won |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2009 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Television | The Tudors | Nominated |
| Irish Film & Television Academy | 2009 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Film | Dean Spanley | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1963 | Top Male Dramatic Performance | Lawrence of Arabia | 4th Place |
| Laurel Awards | 1963 | Top New Male Personality | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| Laurel Awards | 1965 | Dramatic Performance – Male | Becket | 4th Place |
| Laurel Awards | 1965 | Male Star | — | 10th Place |
| Laurel Awards | 1970 | Male Star | — | 13th Place |
| Monte-Carlo Television Festival | 2009 | Outstanding Actor – Drama Series | The Tudors | Nominated |
| New Zealand Film and TV Award | 2009 | Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film | Dean Spanley | Won |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 1965 | Best Performance in a Foreign Film | Becket | Won |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 1984 | Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero) | My Favorite Year | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2006 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Venus | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | 2002 | Honorary Academy Award | Honored | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored | |