Academy Award Nominations
O'Toole has been nominated eight times for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, making him the most-nominated actor never to win the award.
| Year | Film | Winner | Also Nominated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird | Burt Lancaster – Birdman of Alcatraz Jack Lemmon – Days of Wine and Roses Marcello Mastroianni – Divorce, Italian Style |
| 1964 | Becket | Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady | Richard Burton – Becket Anthony Quinn – Zorba the Greek Peter Sellers – Dr. Strangelove |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Cliff Robertson – Charly | Alan Arkin – The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Alan Bates – The Fixer Ron Moody – Oliver! |
| 1969 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | John Wayne – True Grit | Richard Burton – Anne of the Thousand Days Dustin Hoffman – Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight – Midnight Cowboy |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Marlon Brando – The Godfather (declined) | Michael Caine – Sleuth Laurence Olivier – Sleuth Paul Winfield – Sounder |
| 1980 | The Stunt Man | Robert De Niro – Raging Bull | Robert Duvall – The Great Santini John Hurt – The Elephant Man Jack Lemmon – Tribute |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Ben Kingsley – Gandhi | Dustin Hoffman – Tootsie Jack Lemmon – Missing Paul Newman – The Verdict |
| 2006 | Venus | Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland | Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness |
In 2003, 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. Further, as he related on The Charlie Rose Show in January 2007, 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, who has the most Oscar nominations of any actress (17).
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