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Peter James O'Toole was born on the 2nd of August 1932 at St James's University Hospital in Leeds, Yorkshire. His family lived in the south Leeds suburb of Hunslet before moving to racecourse towns across Northern England when he turned one year old.
Peter O'Toole worked as a trainee journalist and photographer for the Yorkshire Evening Post before joining the Royal Navy as a signaller during national service. He later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1952 to 1954 after being rejected by the Abbey Theatre's drama school in Dublin.
Peter O'Toole received his first Academy Award nomination for portraying T.E. Lawrence in the historical epic Lawrence of Arabia released in 1962. This performance also earned him the BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and introduced him to a global audience.
Peter O'Toole held the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win tied with Glenn Close across eight total nominations spanning from 1962 to 2006. The Academy honoured him with an Academy Honorary Award in 2002 for his entire body of work and lifelong contribution to film.
On the 14th of December 2013 he died at the Wellington Hospital in St John's Wood, London at the age of 81. His funeral was held at Golders Green Crematorium in London on the 21st of December 2013 where his body was cremated in a wicker coffin.