Acting
Peter O'Toole
- Titles
- 98movies38TV shows
- Career
Active from 1958 to 2025, busiest in 1983 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 68top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
Lawrence of Arabia90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.9average 2.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.9average 3.7
- Wonder4.5average 3.4
- Nostalgia4.8average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Wholesome3.9average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.5average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.4
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Crime3.0, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 10
- Political Intrigue 9
- Historical Drama 9
- Character Study 8
- Social Commentary 7
- Period Piece 4
- Eccentric Characters 4
- Cultural Clash 4
- Historical Setting 3
- Heartwarming 3
- Period Drama 3
- British Period Piece 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Omar SharifActorLawrence of Arabia, The Night of the Generals, Gulliver's Travels, One Night with the King, The Rainbow Thief
Anne V. CoatesEditorLawrence of Arabia, Becket, Man Friday, Great Catherine
John Rhys-DaviesActorOne Night with the King, The Seventh Coin, Kim- EEarle CrossActorSherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
Charlotte RamplingActorAugustus: The First Emperor, Augustus: The First Emperor, Foxtrot
Jack HawkinsActorLawrence of Arabia, Lord Jim, Great Catherine
Harry AndrewsActorMan of La Mancha, The Ruling Class, Brotherly Love
Judy ParfittActorDean Spanley, King Ralph, Heavy Weather
Sam NeillActorDean Spanley, Iron Road, Iron Road
Siân PhillipsActorMurphy's War, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Under Milk Wood
Charles SturridgeDirectorGulliver's Travels, Lassie, FairyTale: A True Story- PPeter CoulsonEditorGulliver's Travels, Lassie, FairyTale: A True Story
Movies and TV shows
1032020s
1 title
2010s
6 titles · average score 32
as Narrator (voice)
as Tugboat
as Gallus
as Narrator (voice)
as Father Christopher
as Lord Pelican
2000s
19 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Lionel Relic
as Glen
as Anton Ego (voice)
as Samuel, the Prophet
as Maurice
TV show · as Giacomo Casanova
as The Duke
TV show · as Augustus Caesar
TV show · as President Paul von Hindenburg
as Augustus Caesar
as JJ Curtis
as Lord Foxley
1990s
20 titles · average score 61
as Jeffrey Bernard
as Dr. Timothy Flyte
TV show · as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
as Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TV show · as King of Lilliput
as Prince Meleagre
as Lord Sarn
as Willingham
as Maj. Lyautey
as Cesar Valentin
as Pantaloon (voice)
1980s
22 titles · average score 61
as Peter Plunkett
as Reginald Johnston (R.J.)
as Anthony Cloyden Hayes
as Dr. Harry Wolper
as Zaltar
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
as Alan Swann
TV show · as General Cornelius Flavius Silva
as Eli Cross
1970s
12 titles · average score 57
as Lord Chelmsford
as Tiberius
as Colonel Zeller
as Sir Robert Thorndyke
as Liviu
as Robinson Crusoe
as Larry Martin
as Jack 14th Earl of Gurney
as Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
as Captain Tom Cat
as Murphy
as Sir Charles Ferguson
1960s
19 titles · average score 63
as Arthur Chipping
as Henry II
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
as General Tanz
as Scottish Piper (uncredited)
as Simon Dermott
as Michael James
as Lord Jim
as King Henry II of England
as T.E. Lawrence
as First Trooper
as Capt. Monty Fitch
1950s
4 titles · average score 60
as Mario
TV show · as Paddy
TV show · as First Soldier
TV show · as Rene Latour