ACTOR

Peter O'Toole

1932 - 2013

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Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English stage and film actor. 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. 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. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter O'Toole has received more than 10,371,063 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter O'Toole is the 111th most popular actor (up from 148th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 234th in 2019) and the 17th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 94

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter O'Tooles by language

Over the past year Peter O'Toole has had the most page views in the with 1,333,191 views, followed by German (149,025), and French (115,531). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (191.43%), Volapük (98.16%), and Ido (89.28%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter O'Toole ranks 111 out of 13,578. Before him are Cameron Diaz, Richard Gere, Rutger Hauer, Jet Li, Charlotte Rampling, and Humphrey Bogart. After him are Giulietta Masina, Keanu Reeves, Roberto Benigni, Monica Bellucci, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Peter Falk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Peter O'Toole ranks 12. Before him are Omar Sharif, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, and Abebe Bikila. After him are Cesare Maldini, Luc Montagnier, Miriam Makeba, Fernando Botero, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, and Víctor Jara. Among people deceased in 2013, Peter O'Toole ranks 5. Before him are Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Kalashnikov, and Hugo Chávez. After him are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Jorge Rafael Videla, Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Djalma Santos, and Giulio Andreotti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter O'Toole ranks 185 out of 8,785. Before him are Aleister Crowley (1875), Humphry Davy (1778), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Elizabeth of York (1466), Henry III of England (1207), and Geoffrey Chaucer (1343). After him are Robert the Bruce (1274), Tony Blair (1953), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Saint Ursula (400), Jason Statham (1967), and Arthur Henderson (1863).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter O'Toole ranks 17. Before him are Roger Moore (1927), Michael Caine (1933), Jane Birkin (1946), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), and Charlotte Rampling (1946). After him are Jason Statham (1967), Judi Dench (1934), Ben Kingsley (1943), Richard Madden (1986), Laurence Olivier (1907), and Stan Laurel (1890).

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Television and Movie Roles

Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Dec 11o 19628 / 10
Troy
Priam
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
May 13o 20047.152 / 10
Ratatouille
Anton Ego (voice)
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.
Jun 28o 20077.812 / 10