In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements.

Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his 'hellraiser' lifestyle off it. 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. He attended RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company.

Peter Seamus O'Toole ( / oʊ ˈ t uː l/ 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English stage and film actor.

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