Pete Postlethwaite

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 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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
    Birthday
    2/7/1946
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
6.5
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
6.8
Bandyta
Bandyta
5.8
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
8.2
When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes
5.7
The Omen
The Omen
5.6
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
5.7
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
6.6
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
7
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
6.4
Thwum
Thwum
0
The Town
The Town
7.2
Triggermen
Triggermen
4.8
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
7.9
Amistad
Amistad
7
Alien³
Alien³
6.4
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
5.6
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid
6.5
DragonHeart
DragonHeart
6.5
Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows
5.8
Dark Water
Dark Water
5.7
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
7
Split Second
Split Second
5.9
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
7.4
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
4
Inception
Inception
8.4
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
6
Closing the Ring
Closing the Ring
6.1
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives
6.9
Fords on Water
Fords on Water
0
Between Strangers
Between Strangers
6.3
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
6
Red Mercury
Red Mercury
4
Suite 16
Suite 16
6
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
5.9
Ghost Son
Ghost Son
4.9
Cyrano de Bergerac
5.5
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
6.3
Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up
6.2
Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Company
6.8
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Enemy
6.9
A Private Function
A Private Function
6.3
Among Giants
Among Giants
5
Crimetime
Crimetime
4.1
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker
4
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
0
Waterland
Waterland
6.2
The Limit
The Limit
3.7
Anchoress
Anchoress
5.9
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Valley of the Heart's Delight
7
Rat
Rat
6.2
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
8
The Divine Ryans
The Divine Ryans
0
Coast to Coast
6
Lost for Words
Lost for Words
7
They Never Slept
They Never Slept
0
The Grass Arena
The Grass Arena
8
The Muscle Market
The Muscle Market
7
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
0
Sin Bin
Sin Bin
0
The Paradise Run
0
Needle
Needle
10
Occupy!
Occupy!
0
Doris and Doreen
0
Afternoon Off
Afternoon Off
0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7
Kingdom Come
0
A Box of Swan
0
Hamlet
Hamlet
6.6
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend
6
Waving at Trains
0
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
0
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
6.3
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
5.9
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
6.5
Player
0
When the Sky Falls
When the Sky Falls
5
Wayward Son
Wayward Son
4
The Making of 'The Lost World'
The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.8
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
7
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
0
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park
6.6
The Duellists
The Duellists
7.3
The Serpent's Kiss
The Serpent's Kiss
5.4
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
0
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