Pete Postlethwaite

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-02-07

Day of death

2011-01-02 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Pete Postlethwaite

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.

Known For

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Inception

    Inception

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Clash of the Titans

    Clash of the Titans

  • The Constant Gardener

    The Constant Gardener

  • The Town

    The Town

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

  • Zorro

    Zorro

  • Æon Flux

    Æon Flux

  • Alien³

    Alien³

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • Romeo + Juliet

    Romeo + Juliet

  • The Omen

    The Omen

  • The BAFTA Awards

    The BAFTA Awards

  • In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

  • Solomon Kane

    Solomon Kane

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • Strange Bedfellows

    Strange Bedfellows

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • Sharpe's Enemy

    Sharpe's Enemy

  • Killing Bono

    Killing Bono

  • The Divine Ryans

    The Divine Ryans

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

  • The Making of 'The Lost World'

    The Making of 'The Lost World'

  • Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

  • Rat

    Rat

  • Cowboy Up

    Cowboy Up

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • Bandyta

    Bandyta

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Waving at Trains

    Waving at Trains

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Return to Jurassic Park

  • A Box of Swan

    A Box of Swan

  • Sins

    Sins

  • Occupy!

    Occupy!

  • The Muscle Market

    The Muscle Market

  • When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

  • The Serpent's Kiss

    The Serpent's Kiss

  • The Limit

    The Limit

  • Brassed Off

    Brassed Off

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • A Private Function

    A Private Function

  • Mitch

    Mitch

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • Needle

    Needle

  • Suite 16

    Suite 16

  • The Grass Arena

    The Grass Arena

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

  • Dark Water

    Dark Water

  • Valley of the Heart's Delight

    Valley of the Heart's Delight

  • El C.I.D.

    El C.I.D.

  • The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

  • Among Giants

    Among Giants

  • Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

    Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

  • Going Straight

    Going Straight

  • Anchoress

    Anchoress

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • Triggermen

    Triggermen

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • Thwum

    Thwum

  • The Shipping News

    The Shipping News

  • Crimetime

    Crimetime

  • To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

  • When the Sky Falls

    When the Sky Falls

  • Sharpe's Company

    Sharpe's Company

  • Wayward Son

    Wayward Son

  • Ghost Son

    Ghost Son

  • Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

    Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

  • Tumbledown

    Tumbledown

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

  • They Never Slept

    They Never Slept

  • Tattoos: A Scarred History

    Tattoos: A Scarred History

  • Tales of Sherwood Forest

    Tales of Sherwood Forest

  • Butterfly Collectors

    Butterfly Collectors

  • The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

  • Player

    Player

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

  • Between Strangers

    Between Strangers

  • The Age of Stupid

    The Age of Stupid

  • Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

  • Fords on Water

    Fords on Water

  • Clough: The Brian Clough Story

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story

  • Sin Bin

    Sin Bin

  • Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

    Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

  • The Racer

    The Racer