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Peter O'Toole

1932 - 2013

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Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor known for his leading roles on stage and screen. His numerous accolades include the Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. O'Toole started his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959, he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter O'Toole is the 196th most popular actor (down from 111th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 185th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Actor.

Peter O'Toole was a British actor who starred in many films, including Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, and The Lion in Winter.

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Among actors, Peter O'Toole ranks 196 out of 13,578. Before him are Leslie Caron, Eli Wallach, Laurence Olivier, Giulietta Masina, Angelina Jolie, and Simone Signoret. After him are Peter Ustinov, Peter Mayhew, Salman Khan, Oliver Hardy, Michael J. Fox, and Olivia Newton-John.

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Among people born in 1932, Peter O'Toole ranks 18. Before him are John Williams, Cesare Maldini, Luc Montagnier, Roh Tae-woo, Abebe Bikila, and Anouk Aimée. After him are Sylvia Plath, Miriam Makeba, Fernando Botero, François Englert, Glenn Gould, and Raisa Gorbacheva. Among people deceased in 2013, Peter O'Toole ranks 15. Before him are Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Frederick Sanger, Robert Coleman Richardson, and Mohammed Omar. After him are Christian de Duve, J. J. Cale, Giuliano Gemma, François Jacob, Giulio Andreotti, and Paul Walker.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter O'Toole ranks 365 out of 8,785. Before him are Henrietta of England (1644), Laurence Olivier (1907), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Frank Whittle (1907), Richard of Cornwall (1209), and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982). After him are Peter Ustinov (1921), Ken Loach (1936), Rod Stewart (1945), Peter Mayhew (1944), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), and Joe Cocker (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter O'Toole ranks 29. Before him are Robert Shaw (1927), Ben Kingsley (1943), Jeremy Irons (1948), Julie Andrews (1935), Stan Laurel (1890), and Laurence Olivier (1907). After him are Peter Ustinov (1921), Peter Mayhew (1944), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Alec Guinness (1914), David Prowse (1935), and Daniel Day-Lewis (1957).

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