Peter O'Toole: movies and TV shows
Peter O'Toole has 140 credits in the archive: 105 films and 35 TV series, from 1948 to 2026. Highest rated: Lawrence of Arabia (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2026 · busiest year: 1983 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TFI Unplugged | Self (Archive Footage) | TV | — | 93 |
| 2025 | Henry Fonda for President | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2025 | Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders | Archive | Film | 10.0 | 92 |
| 2022 | Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 89 |
| 2021 | Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 88 |
| 2020 | Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2018 | Hangover in Death Valley | Narrator (voice) | Film | 1.0 | 85 |
| 2015 | Diamond Cartel | Tugboat | Film | 5.3 | 82 |
| 2014 | Katherine of Alexandria | Gallus | Film | 2.7 | 81 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 80 |
| 2012 | Outlaws - For Greater Glory | Father Christopher | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2012 | Eldorado | Narrator (voice) | Film | 3.1 | 79 |
| 2012 | Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | Self | Film | — | 79 |
| 2010 | Eager to Die | Lord Pelican | Film | — | 77 |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Lionel Relic | TV | 8.2 | 76 |
| 2009 | Iron Road | Relic | Film | 6.3 | 76 |
| 2009 | Behind The Scenes of Caligula | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Fisk Senior | Film | 7.4 | 75 |
| 2008 | Christmas Cottage | Glen | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Anton Ego (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 74 |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Pope Paul III | TV | 7.8 | 74 |
| 2007 | Stardust | King | Film | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2006 | One Night with the King | Samuel, the Prophet | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2006 | Venus | Maurice | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2005 | Casanova | Giacomo Casanova | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2005 | Mystic India | Narrador | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2005 | Lassie | The Duke | Film | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2004 | Troy | Priam | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 70 |
| 2003 | Hitler: The Rise of Evil | President Paul von Hindenburg | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Colonel Blount | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 2003 | Augustus: The First Emperor | Augustus Caesar | TV | 5.4 | 70 |
| 2003 | Augustus: The First Emperor | Augustus Caesar | Film | — | 70 |
| 2002 | Global Heresy | Lord Foxley | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | JJ Curtis | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 2001 | The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 68 |
| 2000 | Hellraisers | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2000 | The Sinister Saga of Making The Stunt Man | Film | 7.8 | 67 | |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Bishop Cauchon | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Jeffrey Bernard | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 1999 | Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 1999 | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | William Williamson | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1999 | The Manor | Mr. Ravenscroft | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 1998 | Phantoms | Dr. Timothy Flyte | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 1998 | Coming Home | Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis | TV | — | 65 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 64 |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | King of Lilliput | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1996 | An Evening with Spike Milligan | Himself | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Clarence, Earl of Emsworth | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1994 | The Rainbow Thief | Prince Meleagre | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1993 | The Seventh Coin | Emil Saber | Film | 4.5 | 60 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1992 | Civvies | Barry Newman | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 1992 | Rebecca's Daughters | Lord Sarn | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1991 | Isabelle Eberhardt | Maj. Lyautey | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Sir Cedric Charles Willingham | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Cesar Valentin | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Pantaloon (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1990 | Crossing to Freedom | John Sidney Howard | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1989 | On a Moonlit Night | Prof. Yan McShoul | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1989 | The Dark Angel | Silas Ruthyn | TV | — | 56 |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Peter Plunkett | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1988 | Bernardo Bertolucci and the Making of 'The Last Emperor' | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Reginald Johnston (R.J.) | Film | 7.6 | 54 |
| 1987 | The Dark Angel | Uncle Silas Ruthyn | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1986 | Club Paradise | Anthony Cloyden Hayes | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1985 | North and South | Sam Trump | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | John Hampton | TV | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1985 | Creator | Dr. Harry Wolper | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1985 | Supergirl: The Making of the Movie | Self / Zaltar | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1984 | Supergirl | Zaltar | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 1984 | Kim | Lama | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1983 | Svengali | Anton Bosnyak | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1983 | Pygmalion | Professor Henry Higgins | Film | 8.7 | 50 |
| 1983 | Is There One Who Understands Me? The World of James Joyce | Film | 9.0 | 50 | |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four | Sherlock Holmes (voice) | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Alan Swann | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1982 | Man and Superman | Jack Tanner | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self | TV | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1981 | Masada | General Cornelius Flavius Silva | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Eli Cross | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1980 | Strumpet City | Jim Larkin | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1979 | Caligula | Tiberius | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Lord Chelmsford | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1978 | Power Play | Colonel Zeller | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1976 | Foxtrot | Liviu | Film | 4.8 | 43 |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Sir Robert Thorndyke | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1975 | Man Friday | Robinson Crusoe | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Larry Martin | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1974 | The Public's Right to Know | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1972 | Under Milk Wood | Captain Tom Cat | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Jack 14th Earl of Gurney | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | Murphy | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Sir Charles Ferguson | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1970 | Wind, Sand and Star: The Making of a Classic | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Arthur Chipping | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Man at the Premiere (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Henry II | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1968 | Great Catherine | Capt. Charles Edstaston | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Scottish Piper (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General Tanz | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1967 | Present Laughter | Garry Essendine | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1966 | How to Steal a Million | Simon Dermott | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | The Three Angels | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Lord Jim | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Film | 6.8 | 32 | |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1965 | What's New Pussycat? | Michael James | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1965 | The Party's Over | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1964 | Becket | King Henry II of England | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1963 | Wind Sand and Star | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1963 | The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | T.E. Lawrence | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1962 | Operation Snatch | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1960 | The Savage Innocents | First Trooper | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Capt. Monty Fitch | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Robin MacGregor | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1958 | The Castiglioni Brothers | Mario | Film | — | 25 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Paddy | TV | 6.0 | 23 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | First Soldier | TV | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 19 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Rene Latour | TV | 3.5 | 17 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 15 |