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

  • Last of the Summer Wine

    Last of the Summer Wine

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • The Usual Suspects

    The Usual Suspects

  • Clash of the Titans

    Clash of the Titans

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Town

    The Town

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

  • Return to Jurassic Park

    Return to Jurassic Park

  • Alien³

    Alien³

  • Romeo + Juliet

    Romeo + Juliet

  • Zorro

    Zorro

  • Sharpe

    Sharpe

  • Pie in the Sky

    Pie in the Sky

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Brute

    Brute

  • Æon Flux

    Æon Flux

  • Cowboy Up

    Cowboy Up

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

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

  • The Omen

    The Omen

  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

  • Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

  • DragonHeart

    DragonHeart

  • James and the Giant Peach

    James and the Giant Peach

  • Solomon Kane

    Solomon Kane

  • In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Needle

    Needle

  • Killing Bono

    Killing Bono

  • Occupy!

    Occupy!

  • The Constant Gardener

    The Constant Gardener

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Thwum

    Thwum

  • The BAFTA Awards

    The BAFTA Awards

  • Rat

    Rat

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Triggermen

    Triggermen

  • Crimetime

    Crimetime

  • The Dressmaker

    The Dressmaker

  • The Limit

    The Limit

  • Number 27

    Number 27

  • Brassed Off

    Brassed Off

  • Suite 16

    Suite 16

  • Waterland

    Waterland

  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

  • A Private Function

    A Private Function

  • Wayward Son

    Wayward Son

  • Anchoress

    Anchoress

  • The Duellists

    The Duellists

  • Ghost Son

    Ghost Son

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

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

    Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

  • Sharpe's Enemy

    Sharpe's Enemy

  • The Divine Ryans

    The Divine Ryans

  • Player

    Player

  • Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

    Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

  • The Making of 'The Lost World'

    The Making of 'The Lost World'

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • When Saturday Comes

    When Saturday Comes

  • Sharpe: The Legend

    Sharpe: The Legend

  • When the Sky Falls

    When the Sky Falls

  • Going Straight

    Going Straight

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • The Serpent's Kiss

    The Serpent's Kiss

  • Dark Water

    Dark Water

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • The Grass Arena

    The Grass Arena

  • Sharpe's Company

    Sharpe's Company

  • Mitch

    Mitch

  • Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast

  • The Muscle Market

    The Muscle Market

  • A Box of Swan

    A Box of Swan

  • The Paradise Run

    The Paradise Run

  • The Shipping News

    The Shipping News

  • To Kill a Priest

    To Kill a Priest

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • Lost for Words

    Lost for Words

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • They Never Slept

    They Never Slept

  • Tattoos: A Scarred History

    Tattoos: A Scarred History

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • El C.I.D.

    El C.I.D.

  • Sins

    Sins

  • Red Mercury

    Red Mercury

  • Valley of the Heart's Delight

    Valley of the Heart's Delight

  • Waving at Trains

    Waving at Trains

  • Distant Voices, Still Lives

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

  • Doris and Doreen

    Doris and Doreen

  • Tales of Sherwood Forest

    Tales of Sherwood Forest

  • Tumbledown

    Tumbledown

  • Between Strangers

    Between Strangers

  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

  • Kingdom Come

    Kingdom Come

  • The Age of Stupid

    The Age of Stupid

  • Butterfly Collectors

    Butterfly Collectors

  • Among Giants

    Among Giants

  • The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

    The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

  • The Racer

    The Racer

  • Strange Bedfellows

    Strange Bedfellows

  • Sin Bin

    Sin Bin

  • Fords on Water

    Fords on Water

  • Thora Hird Tribute

    Thora Hird Tribute

  • Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

    Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

  • Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

    Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

  • Clough: The Brian Clough Story

    Clough: The Brian Clough Story