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ABOUT Sir Peter O'Toole Date of Birth: August 2, 1932 (date uncertain) Birth Place: Connemara, County Galway, Ireland or Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (uncertain) Eye Color: Blue Height: 6' 2" Family: Two daughters Pat & Kate O'Toole by Sian Phillips and a son Lorcan by Karen Brown Education: 1952 - 1954 - Royal Academy of Art Religion: Roman Catholic Health factors: diabetes, alcoholism Actor Bio: Born in Ireland, O'Toole made his film debut as Rob Roy in Disney's Kidnapped (1960). One of the new wave of actors to emerge in British theatre in the late 1950s, O'Toole came to critical attention in The Long and the Short and the Tall (1959), though the more bankable Laurence Harvey played the part in the film version. O'Toole leapt to fame in the title role of Lawrence of Arabia (1962), for which he won a British Academy award and an Oscar nomination, followed by starring roles in Becket (1964) and Lord Jim (1965). He has always been attracted to eccentric roles, and the eccentricity began to express itself in the 1970s, outrageously in The Ruling Class (1972), and in a public persona which moved from star acting to scandalous celebrity. He received a US Film Critics award for The Stunt Man (1979), and gave a restrained performance as the tutor in Bertolucci's The Last Emperor (1987). | CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Non-acting careers: Movies: First: Kidnapped 1960 (Robin MacGregor), Becket 1964, Lord Jim 1965, The Bible - in the Beginning 1966, The Night of the Generals 1967, The Lion in Winter 1968, Goodbye Mr. Chips 1969, Murphy's War 1971, Zulu Dawn 1979, Caligula (1979), My Favorite Year 1982, The Last Emperor 1987, Troy 2004, Venus (2006), Ratatouille 2007 (voice), Stardust 2007 TV Shows: Masada 1981, Pygmalion 1983, Svengali 1983, Gulliver's Travels 1996, Hitler - The Rise of Evil 2003, Casanova 2005 Stage: Major Barbara (Bristol Old Vick Theatre, 1956, first appearance) Big break: "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962 Best known for: as being one of the great actors of his generation. Awards: nominated for 8 oscars over the years. Two nominations as King Henry II in "Becket" and "The Lion in Winter". Received the Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 2003. Upcoming projects: Dean Spanley
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 |  with Natalie Dormer & Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
   |  giving JRM the benefit of his advice?  |
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  Peter as "Lawrence of Arabia" & (above right) the real T.E. Lawrence.  |  |
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 The Lion in Winter with Katharine Hepburn |  |
 Goodbye Mr, Chips with Petula Clark |  Receiving his lifetime achievement award at the 75th Oscars from Meryl Streep |
