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

  • Inception

    Inception

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

  • Solomon Kane

    Solomon Kane

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Brute

    Brute

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • The Town

    The Town

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Rat

    Rat

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • Crimetime

    Crimetime

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

  • Romeo + Juliet

    Romeo + Juliet

  • Alien³

    Alien³

  • Occupy!

    Occupy!

  • Needle

    Needle

  • Clash of the Titans

    Clash of the Titans

  • Wayward Son

    Wayward Son

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Zorro

    Zorro

  • Thwum

    Thwum

  • Anchoress

    Anchoress

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • The BAFTA Awards

    The BAFTA Awards

  • Sharpe's Company

    Sharpe's Company

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • Triggermen

    Triggermen

  • The Constant Gardener

    The Constant Gardener

  • In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

  • Æon Flux

    Æon Flux

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Clough: The Brian Clough Story

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • Killing Bono

    Killing Bono

  • The Omen

    The Omen

  • Valley of the Heart's Delight

    Valley of the Heart's Delight

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • Brassed Off

    Brassed Off

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • Dark Water

    Dark Water

  • Waving at Trains

    Waving at Trains

  • Player

    Player

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • They Never Slept

    They Never Slept

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • The Sins

    The Sins

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

  • Mitch

    Mitch

  • The Shipping News

    The Shipping News

  • Tales of Sherwood Forest

    Tales of Sherwood Forest

  • The Racer

    The Racer

  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Return to Jurassic Park

  • The Limit

    The Limit

  • The Grass Arena

    The Grass Arena

  • A Private Function

    A Private Function

  • Tattoos: A Scarred History

    Tattoos: A Scarred History

  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

  • El C.I.D.

    El C.I.D.

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • Ghost Son

    Ghost Son

  • When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

  • Sharpe's Enemy

    Sharpe's Enemy

  • Going Straight

    Going Straight

  • When the Sky Falls

    When the Sky Falls

  • Strange Bedfellows

    Strange Bedfellows

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

    Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

  • Cowboy Up

    Cowboy Up

  • Among Giants

    Among Giants

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • The Age of Stupid

    The Age of Stupid

  • To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

  • Tumbledown

    Tumbledown

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

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

  • Between Strangers

    Between Strangers

  • The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

  • The Serpent's Kiss

    The Serpent's Kiss

  • Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

  • Butterfly Collectors

    Butterfly Collectors

  • Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

  • A Box of Swan

    A Box of Swan

  • Sin Bin

    Sin Bin

  • The Making of 'The Lost World'

    The Making of 'The Lost World'

  • Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

  • The Divine Ryans

    The Divine Ryans

  • The Muscle Market

    The Muscle Market

  • Suite 16

    Suite 16

  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

    Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

  • Fords on Water

    Fords on Water

  • The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.