Editing Peter O'Toole (section)

=== 2000–2013: Resurgence and final roles ===
O'Toole's work in the next decade included ''[[Global Heresy]]'' (2002); ''[[The Final Curtain (film)|The Final Curtain]]'' (2003); ''[[Bright Young Things (film)|Bright Young Things]]'' (2003); ''[[Hitler: The Rise of Evil]]'' (2003) for TV, as [[Paul von Hindenburg]]; and ''[[Imperium: Augustus]]'' (2004) as [[Augustus Caesar]]. In 2004, he played [[Priam|King Priam]] in ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]''. In 2005, he appeared on television as the older version of legendary 18th century Italian adventurer [[Giacomo Casanova]] in the [[BBC]] drama serial ''[[Casanova (2005 TV serial)|Casanova]]''. The younger Casanova, on screen for most of the action, was played by [[David Tennant]], who had to wear contact lenses to match his brown eyes to O'Toole's blue. He followed it with a role in ''[[Lassie (2005 film)|Lassie]]'' (2005).

O'Toole was once again nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Maurice in the 2006 film ''[[Venus (2006 film)|Venus]]'', directed by [[Roger Michell]], his eighth such nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/12/15/peter-o-toole-interview/4032597/|title=A Peter O'Toole interview with USA TODAY|website=USA Today|access-date=14 October 2019}}</ref> He was in ''[[One Night with the King]]'' (2007) and co-starred in the [[Pixar]] animated film ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'' (2007), an animated film about a rat with dreams of becoming the greatest chef in Paris, as Anton Ego, a food critic. He had a small role in ''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]'' (2007). O'Toole also appeared in the second season of [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s drama series ''[[The Tudors]]'' (2008), portraying [[Pope Paul III]], who [[excommunicate]]s [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]] from the church, an act which leads to a confrontation between the two men in seven of the ten episodes. Also in 2008, he starred with [[Jeremy Northam]] and [[Sam Neill]] in the New Zealand/British film ''[[Dean Spanley]]'', based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's short novel, ''My Talks with Dean Spanley''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dean Spanley|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/dec/14/dean-spanley-review|access-date=18 December 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 December 2008|first=Philip |last=French}}</ref>

O'Toole was in ''[[Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage]]'' (2008) and ''[[Iron Road (film)|Iron Road]]'' (2009), a Canadian-Chinese miniseries. O'Toole's final performances were in ''[[Eldorado (2012 film)|Eldorado]]'' (2012) and ''[[For Greater Glory]]: The True Story of Cristiada'' (2012). On 10 July 2012, O'Toole released a statement announcing his retirement from acting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/peter-o-toole-announces-retirement-from-show-biz-1.1145972|title=Peter O'Toole announces retirement from show biz|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]|access-date=10 July 2012|date=10 July 2012}}</ref> A number of films were released after his retirement and death: ''[[Decline of an Empire]]'' (2013), as [[Cornelius Gallus|Gallus]], and ''[[Diamond Cartel]]'' (2017).