Peter O'Toole
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Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole[1] (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013)[1] wis an Irish movie an stage actor.[2] He wis kent for his stage plays that war maistly basit on that o William Shakespeare.[3]
Peter O'Toole | |
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Peter O'Toole in the Lion in Winter trailer in 1968 | |
Born | Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole 2 August 1932(1932-08-02) Connemara, County Galway, Irish Free State |
Dee'd | 14 December 2013(2013-12-14) (aged 81) Lunnon, Ingland |
Thrift | Actor |
Years active | 1954-2012 |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Siân Phillips (m. 1959–1979) (divorced) |
Bairns | Three |
O'Toole wis born on 2 August 1932 in Connemara, County Galway, Irish Free State.[4]
O'Toole's career lastit awmaist 60 years. He became famous for his role as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence o Arabia (1962). He receivit his first Academy Awaird nomination for that role. He receivit seiven mair Academy Awaird nominations – for Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Rulin Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), an Venus (2006). O'Toole holds the record for the maist Academy Awaird nominations bi an actor wioot a win.[5]
O'Toole won fower Golden Globes, a BAFTA Awaird, an an Emmy Awaird. He an aa receivit an honorary Academy Awaird in 2003.[3]
O'Toole deit on 14 December 2013 in London, England frae stomach cancer.[1] He wis 81 year auld.[6]