Profile
Peter O'Toole
Actor
Male
Born
Aug 2, 1932
Age
80
Hometown
Leeds
Nationality
English People
Alma Mater
Royal Academy of ...
Other Names
O'Toole, Lorcan
Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole is an English actor of stage and screen. O'Toole achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, and then went on to become a highly-honoured film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy… Read More
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Karen BrownDated 1982 - 1988
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Karen BrownMarried
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Peter O'Toole
Age 80
parents
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Patrick Joseph O'TooleFather
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Constance Jane FergusonMother
children
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Lorcan O'TooleSon, Age 30
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Patricia O'TooleDaughter
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Robert De Niro Hasn't Won An Oscar In A Long TimeHuffington Post - Jan 30, 2013
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Home Video Review: 'Lawrence Of Arabia' On Blu RayNPR - Dec 04, 2012
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Michael Giltz: Dv Ds: "Lawrence Of Arabia" Still Dazzles With IntelligenceHuffington Post - Nov 30, 2012
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John Oseid: Photos: In Search Of The Real Lawrence Of ArabiaHuffington Post - Nov 14, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
O'Toole himself is not certain of his birthplace or date, noting in his autobiography that, while he accepts 2 August as his birthdate, he has a birth certificate from each country, with the Irish one giving a June 1932 birthdate.
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TEENAGE
1952
19 Years Old
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O'Toole attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1952 to 1954 on a scholarship after being rejected by the Abbey Theatre's drama school in Dublin by the director Ernest Blythe, because he couldn't speak Irish.
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TWENTIES
1954
21 Years Old
O'Toole began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company, before making his television debut in 1954.
He first appeared on film in 1959 in a bit part in The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.
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THIRTIES
1963
30 Years Old
O'Toole played Hamlet under Laurence Olivier's direction in the premiere production of the Royal National Theatre in 1963.
1964
31 Years Old
O'Toole is one of a handful of actors to be Oscar-nominated for playing the same role in two different films; he played King Henry II in both 1964's Becket and 1968's The Lion in Winter.
1970
37 Years Old
He has also appeared in Seán O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock at Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, and fulfilled a lifetime ambition when taking to the stage of the Irish capital's Abbey Theatre in 1970 to perform in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot alongside Donal McCann.
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1972
39 Years Old
In 1972, he played both Miguel de Cervantes and his fictional creation Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, the motion picture adaptation of the 1965 smash hit Broadway musical, opposite Sophia Loren.
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FORTIES
1976
43 Years Old
Owing to his heavy drinking and a digestive defect from birth, he underwent surgery in 1976 to have his pancreas and a large portion of his stomach removed, which resulted in insulin-dependent diabetes.
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1980
47 Years Old
In 1980, O'Toole starred as Tiberius in the Penthouse-funded biographical film Caligula.
1982
49 Years Old
O'Toole was nominated for another Oscar for 1982's My Favorite Year, a light romantic comedy about the behind-the-scenes at a 1950s TV variety-comedy show, much like Your Show of Shows, in which O'Toole plays an ageing swashbuckling film star strongly reminiscent (intentionally) of Errol Flynn.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1996
63 Years Old
O'Toole is a fan of Sunderland A.F.C., as he told Chris Evans on an episode of TFI Friday, dated Friday, 11 October 1996.
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1999
66 Years Old
O'Toole won an Emmy Award for his role in the 1999 mini-series Joan of Arc.
2004
71 Years Old
In 2004, O'Toole played King Priam in the summer blockbuster Troy.
2005
72 Years Old
In 2005, he appeared on television as the older version of legendary 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova in the BBC drama serial Casanova.
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Upon leaving school O'Toole obtained employment as a trainee journalist and photographer on the Yorkshire Evening Post, until he was called up for national service as a signaller in the Royal Navy. As reported in a radio interview in 2006 on NPR, he was asked by an officer whether he had something he had always wanted to do.
In a BBC Radio interview in January 2007, O'Toole said that he had studied women for a very long time, had given it his best try, but knew "nothing."
2012
79 Years Old
On 10 July 2012, O'Toole released a statement that he was retiring from acting.
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