Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{main|Peter O'Toole on screen and stage|List of awards and nominations received by Peter O'Toole}}
O'Toole was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards. He was offered a [[knighthood]] but rejected it in objection to Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s policies.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |title=Peter O'Toole: Lawrence of Always |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/16/peter-otoole-lawrence-of-always/ |access-date=5 February 2020 |magazine=Time |date=16 December 2013}}</ref> He received four [[Golden Globe Award]]s, one [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award for Best British Actor]] (for ''Lawrence of Arabia'') and one [[Primetime Emmy Award]].

'''Academy Award nominations'''

O'Toole was nominated eight times for the Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]  but was never able to win a competitive Oscar. In 2002,<ref name=oscars /> the Academy honoured him with an [[Academy Honorary Award]] for his entire body of work and his lifelong contribution to film. O'Toole initially balked about accepting and wrote the Academy a letter saying that he was "still in the game" and would like more time to "win the lovely bugger outright". The Academy informed him that they would bestow the award whether he wanted it or not. He told [[Charlie Rose]] in January 2007 that his children admonished him, saying that it was the highest honour one could receive in the filmmaking industry. O'Toole agreed to appear at the ceremony and receive his Honorary Oscar. It was presented to him by [[Meryl Streep]]. He joked with [[Robert Osborne]] during an interview at [[Turner Classic Movies]]' film festival that he was the "Biggest Loser of All Time" due to failure to win an Academy Award after multiple nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyE2rDuyxRg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/xyE2rDuyxRg| archive-date=29 October 2021|title=Interview de Peter O'Toole| date=16 December 2013|via=YouTube|access-date=3 November 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Winner
! Also Nominated
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s|1962]]
| ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''
| [[Gregory Peck]] – ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (film)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
| [[Burt Lancaster]] – ''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]''<br />[[Jack Lemmon]] – ''[[Days of Wine and Roses (film)|Days of Wine and Roses]]''<br />[[Marcello Mastroianni]] – ''[[Divorce Italian Style]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s|1964]]
| ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''
| [[Rex Harrison]] – ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''
| [[Richard Burton]] – ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''<br />[[Anthony Quinn]] – ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]''<br />[[Peter Sellers]] – ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s|1968]]
| ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]''
| [[Cliff Robertson]] – ''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]''
| [[Alan Arkin]] – ''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)|The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]''<br />[[Alan Bates]] – ''[[The Fixer (1968 film)|The Fixer]]''<br />[[Ron Moody]] – ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s|1969]]
| ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''
| [[John Wayne]] – ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''
| [[Richard Burton]] – ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]''<br />[[Dustin Hoffman]] – ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''<br />[[Jon Voight]] – ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1970s|1972]]
| ''[[The Ruling Class (film)|The Ruling Class]]''
| [[Marlon Brando]] – ''[[The Godfather]]'' (declined)
| [[Michael Caine]] – ''[[Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth]]''<br />[[Laurence Olivier]] – ''[[Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth]]''<br />[[Paul Winfield]] – ''[[Sounder (film)|Sounder]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1980s|1980]]
| ''[[The Stunt Man]]''
| [[Robert De Niro]] – ''[[Raging Bull]]''
| [[Robert Duvall]] – ''[[The Great Santini]]''<br />[[John Hurt]] – ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]''<br />[[Jack Lemmon]] – ''[[Tribute (1980 film)|Tribute]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#1980s|1982]]
| ''[[My Favorite Year]]''
| [[Ben Kingsley]] – ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''
| [[Dustin Hoffman]] – ''[[Tootsie]]''<br />[[Jack Lemmon]] – ''[[Missing (1982 film)|Missing]]''<br />[[Paul Newman]] – ''[[The Verdict]]''
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor#2000s|2006]]
| ''[[Venus (2006 film)|Venus]]''
| [[Forest Whitaker]] – ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]''
| [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] – ''[[Blood Diamond (film)|Blood Diamond]]''<br />[[Ryan Gosling]] – ''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]''<br />[[Will Smith]] – ''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]''
|}