Pete Postlethwaite
Known for Acting · 113 credits
- Born
- 1946-02-07
- Died
- 2011-01-02
- Place of birth
- Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter William Postlethwaite · Peter Postlethwaite · Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE · Пит Постлетуэйт · 彼得·威廉·波斯尔思韦特 · 皮特·波斯尔思韦特
Biography
Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in The Usual Suspects, and he appeared in Alien 3, In the Name of the Father, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, Inception, The Town, Romeo + Juliet, and Æon Flux. In television, Postlethwaite's most notable performance was as the villain Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in the Sharpe television series and television movies opposite actor Sean Bean's character of Richard Sharpe. Postlethwaite was born in Warrington, England in 1946. He trained as a teacher and taught drama before training as an actor. Steven Spielberg called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world" after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List. He died of pancreatic cancer.
Known For
TV Shows (24)
Casualty
1986
as Ralph Peters / Hank
Play for Today
1970
as Danny Duggan
Minder
1979
as Jack Wragg / Logie
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Man in Cafe
Richard & Judy
2001
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Panter / Kecks McGuinness / The Dipper / Mitch
Lovejoy
1986
as Terence Sullivan
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Kevin Tasker
Between the Lines
1992
as Ch. Supt. Jameson
Sharpe
1993
as Obadiah Hakeswill
ScreenPlay
1986
as Paula's Father
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
Zorro
1990
as Bandit
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Quince (voice)
Criminal Justice
2008
as Hooch
The Sins
2000
as Len Green
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Montague Tigg
Mitch
1984
as Jack Frost
El C.I.D.
1990
as Vince
Going Straight
1978
as Thomas Clifford Crowther
Tales of Sherwood Forest
1989
as Eric
Plays for Britain
1976
as Soldier
Butterfly Collectors
1999
as DI John McKeown
Movies (89)
Inception
2010
as Maurice Fischer
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Kobayashi
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Spyros
The Town
2010
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Alien³
1992
as David
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Father Laurence
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Captain Beams
Æon Flux
2005
as Keeper
Solomon Kane
2009
as William Crowthorn
DragonHeart
1996
as Gilbert
The Omen
2006
as Father Brennan
The Constant Gardener
2005
as Lorbeer
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Giuseppe Conlon
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as The Magic Man
Dark Water
2005
as Veeck
The Shipping News
2001
as Tert Card
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Carpenter
The Duellists
1977
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
Split Second
1992
as Paulsen
Brassed Off
1996
as Danny
Animal Farm
1999
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
Hamlet
1990
as Player King
Treasure Island
1990
as George Merry
Closing the Ring
2007
as Quinlan
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Hakeswill
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
Between Strangers
2002
as John
A Private Function
1984
as Nuttol
Killing Bono
2011
as Karl
Waterland
1992
as Henry Crick
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self
When Saturday Comes
1996
as Ken Jackson
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Cowboy Up
2002
as Reid Braxton
Brute
1997
as Sincai
Amistad
1997
as Holabird
The Limit
2004
as Gale
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
as Father
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
as Thomas Smith
Rat
2000
as Hubert Flynn
Tumbledown
1988
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Triggermen
2002
as Ben Cutler
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Josef
Wayward Son
1999
as Ben Alexander
Among Giants
1998
as Ray
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Ragueneau
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
Crimetime
1996
as Sidney
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Arthur (voice)
Suite 16
1994
as Glover
Ghost Son
2007
as Doc
The Dressmaker
1988
as Jack
Red Mercury
2005
as Gold Commander
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
as Ireneusz Lesniak
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
Strange Bedfellows
2004
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
as Self
Coast to Coast
1987
as Kecks McGuinness
Afternoon Off
1979
as Attendant in Art Gallery
Doris and Doreen
1978
as Mr. Lomax
The Grass Arena
1992
as The Dipper
Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Roland Tembo
Needle
1990
as Paula's Father
The Age of Stupid
2009
as The Archivist
The Divine Ryans
1999
as Uncle Reg Ryan
When the Sky Falls
2000
as Martin Shaughnessy
They Never Slept
1991
as Panter
Lost for Words
1999
as Deric Longden
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin
1994
as Mitch
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005
as Self
Anchoress
1993
as William Carpenter
Player
2008
as Colin
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999
as Self
The Muscle Market
1981
as Danny Duggan
Kingdom Come
1990
as Keef
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006
as Albion Munson
Fords on Water
1983
as Winston's Boss
Number 27
1988
as Becket
The Paradise Run
1976
as Soldier
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
as Quince (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Thwum
1975
as Duffy
Waving at Trains
2009
as Douglas Warren
The Racer
1975
as Ecco
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Painter
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
2009
as Narrator
A Box of Swan
1990
as Tony
About Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in The Usual Suspects, and he appeared in Alien 3, In the Name of the Father, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, Inception, The Town, Romeo + Juliet, and Æon Flux. In television, Postlethwaite's mo… With 113 credits spanning from 1949 to 2011, Pete Postlethwaite has appeared in 89 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Pete Postlethwaite Movies
- Inception (2010) — as Maurice Fischer
- The Usual Suspects (1995) — as Kobayashi
- Clash of the Titans (2010) — as Spyros
- The Town (2010) — as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- Alien³ (1992) — as David
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