Pete Postlethwaite
83 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 7, 1946
- Died
- Jan 2, 2011 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter William Postlethwaite · Peter Postlethwaite
Biography
Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE (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.
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Known for
Pete Postlethwaite: movies and TV shows
Acting (108)
- 2011 Killing Bono
as Karl
- 2010 The Town
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- 2010 Inception
as Maurice Fischer
- 2010 Clash of the Titans
as Spyros
- 2009 Solomon Kane
as William Crowthorn
- 2009 The Age of Stupid
as The Archivist
- 2009 Clough: The Brian Clough Story
as Narrator
- 2009 Waving at Trains
as Douglas Warren
- 2008 Player
as Colin
- 2008
- 2007 Closing the Ring
as Quinlan
- 2007 Ghost Son
as Doc
- 2006 The Omen
as Father Brennan
- 2006 Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Albion Munson
- 2005 Æon Flux
as Keeper
- 2005 The Constant Gardener
as Lorbeer
- 2005 Dark Water
as Veeck
- 2005 Red Mercury
as Gold Commander
- 2004 The Limit
as Gale
- 2004 Strange Bedfellows
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- 2003 Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Arthur (voice)
- 2003 Thora Hird Tribute
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2002 Cowboy Up
as Reid Braxton
- 2002 Between Strangers
as John
- 2002 Triggermen
as Ben Cutler
- 2001 The Shipping News
as Tert Card
- 2000 Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
- 2000
- 2000 Rat
as Hubert Flynn
- 2000 When the Sky Falls
as Martin Shaughnessy
- 1999 Animal Farm
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
- 1999 Wayward Son
as Ben Alexander
- 1999
- 1999 Alice in Wonderland
as Carpenter
- 1999 Lost for Words
as Deric Longden
- 1999 The Divine Ryans
as Uncle Reg Ryan
- 1998 Among Giants
as Ray
- 1997 Amistad
as Holabird
- 1997 Brute
as Sincai
- 1997 Sharpe: The Legend
as Hakeswill
- 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as Roland Tembo
- 1997 The Serpent's Kiss
as Thomas Smith
- 1996 Romeo + Juliet
as Father Laurence
- 1996 Brassed Off
as Danny
- 1996 Crimetime
as Sidney
- 1996 DragonHeart
as Gilbert
- 1996 James and the Giant Peach
as The Magic Man
- 1996 When Saturday Comes
as Ken Jackson
- 1996
- 1995 The Usual Suspects
as Kobayashi
- 1994 Suite 16
as Glover
- 1994
- 1994 Sharpe's Enemy
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994 Sharpe's Company
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994 Sin Bin
as Mitch
- 1994
- 1993 In the Name of the Father
as Giuseppe Conlon
- 1993 Anchoress
as William Carpenter
- 1993
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Beams
- 1992 Waterland
as Henry Crick
- 1992 Alien³
as David
- 1992 Split Second
as Paulsen
- 1992 A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince (voice)
- 1991 The Grass Arena
as The Dipper
- 1991 They Never Slept
as Panter
- 1990 Hamlet
as Player King
- 1990 A Box of Swan
as Tony
- 1990 Kingdom Come
as Keef
- 1990 Needle
as Paula's Father
- 1990
- 1990 Treasure Island
as George Merry
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 The Dressmaker
as Jack
- 1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Father
- 1988 Number 27
as Becket
- 1988 To Kill a Priest
as Josef
- 1988 Tumbledown
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- 1987 Coast to Coast
as Kecks McGuinness
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985 A Crack in the Ice
as Painter
- 1985 Cyrano de Bergerac
as Ragueneau
- 1985
- 1984 A Private Function
as Nuttol
- 1984
- 1983 Fords on Water
as Winston's Boss
- 1981 Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Ireneusz Lesniak
- 1981 The Muscle Market
as Danny Duggan
- 1979
- 1979 Afternoon Off
as Attendant in Art Gallery
- 1978 Doris and Doreen
as Mr. Lomax
- 1978
- 1977 The Duellists
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
- 1976
- 1976 The Paradise Run
as Soldier
- 1976 Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
- 1975 Thwum
as Duffy
- 1975 The Racer
as Ecco
- 1973
- 1973
- 1970
Talk shows and appearances (9)
- 2011
- 2009
- 2006
- 2005
- 2001 Richard & Judy
1 episode
- 1999
- 1997
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode
- 1949 The BAFTA Awards
1 episode