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