Pete Postlethwaite
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Died
- January 2, 2011 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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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Filmography
Killing Bono
Movie · as Karl
Return to Jurassic Park
Movie · as Self
The Town
Movie · as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Inception
Movie · as Maurice Fischer
Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Spyros
The Age of Stupid
Movie · as The Archivist
Solomon Kane
Movie · as William Crowthorn
Waving at Trains
Movie · as Douglas Warren
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Movie · as Narrator
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Movie · as Self
Player
Movie · as Colin
Criminal Justice
TV · as Hooch · 5 eps
Closing the Ring
Movie · as Quinlan
Ghost Son
Movie · as Doc
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Self
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Movie · as Albion Munson
The Omen
Movie · as Father Brennan
The Constant Gardener
Movie · as Lorbeer
Æon Flux
Movie · as Keeper
Dark Water
Movie · as Veeck
Red Mercury
Movie · as Gold Commander
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Movie · as Self
Strange Bedfellows
Movie · as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
The Limit
Movie · as Gale
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Movie · as Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
Movie · as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Triggermen
Movie · as Ben Cutler
Between Strangers
Movie · as John
Cowboy Up
Movie · as Reid Braxton
The Shipping News
Movie · as Tert Card
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rat
Movie · as Hubert Flynn
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Movie · as Various Characters
When the Sky Falls
Movie · as Martin Shaughnessy
The Sins
TV · as Len Green · 7 eps
Animal Farm
Movie · as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
The Divine Ryans
Movie · as Uncle Reg Ryan
Lost for Words
Movie · as Deric Longden
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Movie · as Self
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Carpenter
Wayward Son
Movie · as Ben Alexander
Butterfly Collectors
TV · as DI John McKeown · 2 eps
Among Giants
Movie · as Ray
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Movie · as Roland Tembo
Brute
Movie · as Sincai
Amistad
Movie · as Holabird
Sharpe: The Legend
Movie · as Hakeswill
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Movie · as Self
The Serpent's Kiss
Movie · as Thomas Smith
Romeo + Juliet
Movie · as Father Laurence
When Saturday Comes
Movie · as Ken Jackson
James and the Giant Peach
Movie · as The Magic Man
DragonHeart
Movie · as Gilbert
Brassed Off
Movie · as Danny
Crimetime
Movie · as Sidney
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
The Usual Suspects
Movie · as Kobayashi
Suite 16
Movie · as Glover
Sharpe's Company
Movie · as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe's Enemy
Movie · as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin
Movie · as Mitch
Pie in the Sky
TV · as Kevin Tasker · 1 ep
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV · as Montague Tigg · 5 eps
In the Name of the Father
Movie · as Giuseppe Conlon
Anchoress
Movie · as William Carpenter
Sharpe
TV · as Obadiah Hakeswill · 2 eps
Alien³
Movie · as David
Split Second
Movie · as Paulsen
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Captain Beams
Waterland
Movie · as Henry Crick
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Quince (voice)
Between the Lines
TV · as Ch. Supt. Jameson · 1 ep
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV · as Quince (voice) · 1 ep
They Never Slept
Movie · as Panter
The Grass Arena
Movie · as The Dipper
Needle
Movie · as Paula's Father
Kingdom Come
Movie · as Keef
A Box of Swan
Movie · as Tony
Hamlet
Movie · as Player King
Treasure Island
Movie · as George Merry
El C.I.D.
TV · as Vince · 1 ep
Zorro
TV · as Bandit · 1 ep
Debut on Two
TV · as Keef, Tony · 1 ep
Tales of Sherwood Forest
TV · as Eric · 7 eps
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Movie · as Father
To Kill a Priest
Movie · as Josef
The Dressmaker
Movie · as Jack
Tumbledown
Movie · as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Number 27
Movie · as Becket
Coast to Coast
Movie · as Kecks McGuinness
Lovejoy
TV · as Terence Sullivan · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Ralph Peters, Hank · 1 ep
ScreenPlay
TV · as Paula's Father · 1 ep
Boon
TV · as Steve McLaughlin · 1 ep
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · as Ragueneau
A Crack in the Ice
Movie · as Painter
Screen Two
TV · as Panter, Kecks McGuinness, The Dipper, Mitch · 1 ep
A Private Function
Movie · as Nuttol
Mitch
TV · as Jack Frost · 1 ep
Fords on Water
Movie · as Winston's Boss
The Muscle Market
Movie · as Danny Duggan
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Movie · as Ireneusz Lesniak
Afternoon Off
Movie · as Attendant in Art Gallery
Minder
TV · as Jack Wragg, Logie · 1 ep
Doris and Doreen
Movie · as Mr. Lomax
Going Straight
TV · as Thomas Clifford Crowther · 1 ep
The Duellists
Movie · as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
The Paradise Run
Movie · as Soldier
Occupy!
Movie · as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Plays for Britain
TV · as Soldier · 1 ep
Thwum
Movie · as Duffy
The Racer
Movie · as Ecco
Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as Man in Cafe · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Duffy · 1 ep
Play for Today
TV · as Danny Duggan · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The BAFTA Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep