Pete Postlethwaite
Born: 1946-02-07 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: 2011-01-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2011
- Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- Killing Bono as Karl
2010
- Inception as Maurice Fischer
- Clash of the Titans as Spyros
- The Town as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
2009
- Solomon Kane as William Crowthorn
- Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- The Age of Stupid as The Archivist
- Clough: The Brian Clough Story as Narrator
- Waving at Trains as Douglas Warren
2008
- Criminal Justice as Hooch
- Player as Colin
2007
- Closing the Ring as Quinlan
- Ghost Son as Doc
2006
- The Omen as Father Brennan
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- Valley of the Heart's Delight as Albion Munson
2005
- Æon Flux as Keeper
- The Constant Gardener as Lorbeer
- Dark Water as Veeck
- Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' as Self
- Red Mercury as Gold Commander
2004
- Strange Bedfellows as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- The Limit as Gale
2003
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Arthur (voice)
- Thora Hird Tribute as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
2002
- Triggermen as Ben Cutler
- Between Strangers as John
- Cowboy Up as Reid Braxton
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- The Shipping News as Tert Card
2000
- The Sins as Len Green
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
- When the Sky Falls as Martin Shaughnessy
- Rat as Hubert Flynn
1999
- Alice in Wonderland as Carpenter
- Animal Farm as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
- Butterfly Collectors as DI John McKeown
- The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. as Self
- Wayward Son as Ben Alexander
- Lost for Words as Deric Longden
- The Divine Ryans as Uncle Reg Ryan
1998
- Among Giants as Ray
1997
- The Serpent's Kiss as Thomas Smith
- Sharpe: The Legend as Hakeswill
- The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- Brute as Sincai
- Amistad as Holabird
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Roland Tembo
1996
- TFI Friday
- Romeo + Juliet as Father Laurence
- DragonHeart as Gilbert
- James and the Giant Peach as The Magic Man
- Brassed Off as Danny
- When Saturday Comes as Ken Jackson
- Crimetime as Sidney
1995
- The Usual Suspects as Kobayashi
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Kevin Tasker
- Martin Chuzzlewit as Montague Tigg
- Sharpe's Company as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Sharpe's Enemy as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Suite 16 as Glover
- Sin Bin as Mitch
1993
- Sharpe as Obadiah Hakeswill
- In the Name of the Father as Giuseppe Conlon
- Anchoress as William Carpenter
1992
- Between the Lines as Ch. Supt. Jameson
- Alien³ as David
- The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Beams
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Quince (voice)
- Split Second as Paulsen
- Waterland as Henry Crick
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince (voice)
- The Grass Arena as The Dipper
1991
- They Never Slept as Panter
1990
- Zorro as Bandit
- Treasure Island as George Merry
- El C.I.D. as Vince
- Hamlet as Player King
- Debut on Two as Keef
- Kingdom Come as Keef
- A Box of Swan as Tony
- Needle as Paula's Father
1989
- Tales of Sherwood Forest as Eric
1988
- To Kill a Priest as Josef
- Distant Voices, Still Lives as Father
- The Dressmaker as Jack
- Tumbledown as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- Number 27 as Becket
1987
- Coast to Coast as Kecks McGuinness
1986
- Casualty as Ralph Peters
- ScreenPlay as Paula's Father
- Lovejoy as Terence Sullivan
1985
- Screen Two as Panter
- A Crack in the Ice as Painter
- Cyrano de Bergerac as Ragueneau
1984
- Mitch as Jack Frost
- A Private Function as Nuttol
1983
- Fords on Water as Winston's Boss
1981
- Strike: The Birth of Solidarity as Ireneusz Lesniak
- The Muscle Market as Danny Duggan
1979
- Minder as Jack Wragg
- Afternoon Off as Attendant in Art Gallery
1978
- Going Straight as Thomas Clifford Crowther
- Doris and Doreen as Mr. Lomax
1977
- The Duellists as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
1976
- Plays for Britain as Soldier
- Occupy! as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
- The Paradise Run as Soldier
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Man in Cafe
- Second City Firsts as Duffy
1970
- Play for Today as Danny Duggan
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1949
- The BAFTA Awards as Self