Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole () adalah seorang pemeran kelahiran Irlandia yang dibesarkan di Inggris. Ia kuliah di Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Sebelum memulai debutnya di dunia film pada tahun 1959, O'Toole memulai kariernya sebagai aktor teater dan meraih pengakuan sebagai aktor spesialis pemeran drama Shakespeare untuk grup teater Bristol Old Vic dan English Stage Company.

Ia menjadi terkenal setelah berperan sebagai T. E. Lawrence dalam film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) yang menghasilkan nominasi Academy Award pertama untuk dirinya. Sepanjang kariernya, ia kemudian dicalonkan sebagai pemenang Academy Award untuk film Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), dan Venus (2006), dan membuatnya sebagai pemegang rekor untuk aktor yang tersering dinominasikan sebagai pemenang Piala Oscar, tanpa pernah mendapat Piala Oscar satu pun. Meskipun demikian, ia pernah memenangi empat Golden Globes, sebuah penghargaan BAFTA dan sebuah penghargaan Emmy. Ia juga memperoleh Honorary Academy Award pada tahun 2003.

Filmografi 

 Kidnapped (1960)
 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
 Becket (1964)
 Lord Jim (1965)
 What's New Pussycat? (1965)
 How to Steal a Million (1966)
 The Bible: In The Beginning (1967)
 The Night of the Generals (1967)
 Great Catherine (1968)
 The Lion in Winter (1968)
 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
 Country Dance (aka Brotherly Love) (1970)
 Murphy's War (1971)
 The Ruling Class (1972)
 Man of La Mancha (1972)
 Under Milk Wood (1973)
 Rosebud (1975)
 Rogue Male (1976)
 Power Play (1978)
 Zulu Dawn (1979)
 Caligula (1979)
 The Stunt Man (1980)
 My Favorite Year (1982)
 Supergirl (1984)
 Creator (1985)
 The Last Emperor (1987)
 High Spirits (1988)
 Wings of Fame (1990)
 The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
 King Ralph (1991)
 The Seventh Coin (1992)
 FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
 Phantoms (1998)
 Rock My World (2002)
 The Final Curtain (2002)
 Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)
 Imperium: Augustus (2003)
 Bright Young Things (2003)
 Troy (2004)
 Lassie (2005)
 Casanova (2005, television)
 One Night with the King (2006)
 Venus (2006)
 Ratatouille (2007) (voice of Anton Ego)
 Stardust (2007)
 The Christmas Cottage (2007)
 Iron Road (2008, television)
 The Tudors (2008-)

 Penampilan Panggung 
 1955-58 Bristol Old Vic 

 King Lear (1956) (Cornwall)
 The Recruiting Officer (1956) (Bullock)
 Major Barbara (1956) (Peter Shirley)
 Othello (1956) (Lodovico)
 Pygmalion (1957) (Henry Higgins)
 A Midsummer Night's Dream (1957) (Lysander)
 Look Back in Anger (1957) (Jimmy Porter)
 Man and Superman (1958) (Tanner)
 Hamlet (1958) (Hamlet)
 Amphitryon '38 (1958) (Jupiter)
 Waiting For Godot (1957) (Vladimir)

 1959 Royal Court Theatre 

 The Long and the Short and the Tall (Bamforth)
 1960 Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford 

 The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio)
 The Merchant of Venice (Shylock)
 Troilus and Cressida (Thersites)

 1963 National Theatre 

 Hamlet (title role)

 1963-1965 

 Baal (Phoenix Theatre, 1963) (Baal)
 Ride a Cock Horse (Piccadilly Theatre, 1965)

 1966 Gaiety Theatre, Dublin 

 Juno and the Paycock (Jack Boyle)
 Man and Superman (Tanner)

 1969 Abbey Theatre, Dublin 

 Waiting for Godot (Vladimir)

 1973-74 Bristol Old Vic 

 Uncle Vanya (Vanya)
 Plunder The Apple Cart (King Magnus)
 Judgement (monologue)

 1978 Toronto, Washington, and Chicago 

 Uncle Vanya (Vanya)
 Present Laughter (Gary Essendine)

 1980-1999 

 Macbeth (1980) (Macbeth) (Old Vic Theatre)
 Man and Superman (Theatre Royal, Haymarket)
 Pygmalion (Professor Higgins) (Shaftesbury Theatre, 1984, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and Plymouth Theatre, New York, 1987)
 The Apple Cart (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1986)
 Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell (Apollo Theatre, 1989, Shaftesbury Theatre, 1991 and Old Vic, 1999)
 Our Song'' (Apollo, 1992).

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 
 Profile @ Turner Classic Movies
 The Unofficial Peter O'Toole Pages
 "Peter O'Toole as Casanova" 
 The Unfinished Epic of Peter O’Toole
 University of Bristol Theatre Collection, University of Bristol

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