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AKA: Seamus Peter O'Toole
Nationality: Irish
Birthdate: 08/02/1932
Birthplace: Connemara, County Galway, Ireland
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One of filmdom’s greatest living leading men, Irish actor Peter O’Toole first came to international superstardom at age 30 for his eponymous role in Sir David Lean’s epic masterpiece, “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962). Named in 2006 by Premiere magazine as the #1 ranked performance of all time, O’Toole’s unforgettable turn as the British expatriate T.E. Lawrence, kicked off a film career that spanned over four decades and garnered a record seven Academy Award nominations for Best Actor (tied only by his friend, Richard Burton.) Though, amazingly enough, he never won, the Academy of Motion Picture
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Raised in Leeds; family subsequently moved to London
First job was wrapping cartons in a warehouse
At 14, joined the Yorkshire Evening News, working first as messenger and copy boy, then reporter
1949
Made amateur stage debut with Leeds Civic Theatre at age 17
Spent two years with Royal Navy as a seaman and decoder on a submarine
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