page_title: Peter O'Toole
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Peter O'Toole / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo of Peter O'Toole for TV film, Present Laughter.
context_page_description: Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole was an Irish movie and stage actor. He was known for his stage plays that were mostly based on that of William Shakespeare.
  O'Toole was born on 2 August 1932 in Connemara, County Galway, Irish Free State.
  O'Toole's career lasted almost 60 years. He became famous for his role as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. He received his first Academy Award nomination for that role. He received seven more Academy Award nominations – for Becket, The Lion in Winter, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, The Ruling Class, The Stunt Man, My Favorite Year, and Venus. O'Toole holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations by an actor without a win.
  O'Toole won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, and an Emmy Award. He also received an honorary Academy Award in 2003.
  O'Toole died on 14 December 2013 in London, England from stomach cancer. He was 81 years old.
context_section_description: O'Toole's career began in 1954 on stage. His movie career began in 1960 in the movie Kidnapped as Robin MacGregor. His became famous when he played T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. He became one of the most famous actors during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1972 O'Toole played both Miguel de Cervantes and Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha.
  In 1980, he received good reviews for playing the director in the behind-the-scenes movie The Stunt Man. He received mixed reviews as John Tanner in Man and Superman and as Henry Higgins in Pygmalion. He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (1989).
  O'Toole played King Priam in the 2004 movie Troy. His last worldwide movie role was as food critic Anton Ego in the 2007 Disney-Pixar movie Ratatouille. On 10 July 2012 O'Toole released a statement that he would be retiring.
caption: Publicity photo for Present Laughter
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