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Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Acting February 7, 1946 (64 years old) January 2, 2011 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.

Movies 89

Inception 8.4

Inception

as Maurice Fischer

2010
The Town 7.2

The Town

as Fergus "Fergie" Colm

2010
The Usual Suspects 8.2

The Usual Suspects

as Kobayashi

1995
Romeo + Juliet 6.8

Romeo + Juliet

as Father Laurence

1996
Alien³ 6.4

Alien³

as David

1992
Clash of the Titans 5.9

Clash of the Titans

as Spyros

2010
The Last of the Mohicans 7.4

The Last of the Mohicans

as Captain Beams

1992
DragonHeart 6.6

DragonHeart

as Gilbert

1996
James and the Giant Peach 6.6

James and the Giant Peach

as The Magic Man

1996
Æon Flux 5.6

Æon Flux

as Keeper

2005
In the Name of the Father 7.9

In the Name of the Father

as Giuseppe Conlon

1993
The Constant Gardener 7.0

The Constant Gardener

as Lorbeer

2005
Solomon Kane 6.0

Solomon Kane

as William Crowthorn

2009
The Omen 5.6

The Omen

as Father Brennan

2006
Alice in Wonderland 6.2

Alice in Wonderland

as Carpenter

1999
Dark Water 5.7

Dark Water

as Veeck

2005
Brassed Off 7.0

Brassed Off

as Danny

1996
Split Second 6.0

Split Second

as Paulsen

1992
The Duellists 7.3

The Duellists

as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

1977
Treasure Island 6.7

Treasure Island

as George Merry

1990
Hamlet 6.6

Hamlet

as Player King

1990
The Shipping News 6.4

The Shipping News

as Tert Card

2001
Animal Farm 5.7

Animal Farm

as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones

1999
Return to Jurassic Park 6.6

Return to Jurassic Park

as Self

2011
Distant Voices, Still Lives 6.9

Distant Voices, Still Lives

as Father

1988
Triggermen 4.8

Triggermen

as Ben Cutler

2002
Closing the Ring 6.1

Closing the Ring

as Quinlan

2007
To Kill a Priest 6.2

To Kill a Priest

as Josef

1988
Killing Bono 6.2

Killing Bono

as Karl

2011
A Private Function 6.4

A Private Function

as Nuttol

1984
The Serpent's Kiss 5.4

The Serpent's Kiss

as Thomas Smith

1997
Rat 6.0

Rat

as Hubert Flynn

2000
Sharpe: The Legend 6.1

Sharpe: The Legend

as Hakeswill

1997
Sharpe's Company 6.7

Sharpe's Company

as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill

1994
Coast to Coast 7.0

Coast to Coast

as Kecks McGuinness

1987
Ghost Son 4.5

Ghost Son

as Doc

2007
When the Sky Falls 5.0

When the Sky Falls

as Martin Shaughnessy

2000
Waterland 6.3

Waterland

as Henry Crick

1992
Anchoress 6.1

Anchoress

as William Carpenter

1993
The Dressmaker 4.6

The Dressmaker

as Jack

1988
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

as Self

1999
Amistad 7.0

Amistad

as Holabird

1997
The Age of Stupid 6.6

The Age of Stupid

as The Archivist

2009
Sharpe's Enemy 6.8

Sharpe's Enemy

as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill

1994
Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History

as Self

2009
Suite 16 5.8

Suite 16

as Glover

1994
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Quince (voice)

1992
Between Strangers 5.6

Between Strangers

as John

2002
Cowboy Up 5.9

Cowboy Up

as Reid Braxton

2002
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 7.0

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Various Characters

2000
Strange Bedfellows 5.8

Strange Bedfellows

as Russell McKenzie (taxman)

2004
Tumbledown 5.7

Tumbledown

as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)

1988
The Limit 5.9

The Limit

as Gale

2004
Crimetime 4.3

Crimetime

as Sidney

1996
Lost for Words 6.5

Lost for Words

as Deric Longden

1999
Clough: The Brian Clough Story

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

as Narrator

2009
The Making of 'The Lost World' 6.9

The Making of 'The Lost World'

as Self

1997
Brute 5.7

Brute

as Sincai

1997
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

as Ireneusz Lesniak

1981
The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run

as Soldier

1976
Occupy! 10.0

Occupy!

as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

1976
Number 27 9.0

Number 27

as Becket

1988
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 6.6

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

as Roland Tembo

1997
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener 4.0

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

as Self

2006
Player

Player

as Colin

2008
Fords on Water 9.0

Fords on Water

as Winston's Boss

1983
A Crack in the Ice

A Crack in the Ice

as Painter

1985
Valley of the Heart's Delight 7.3

Valley of the Heart's Delight

as Albion Munson

2006
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

as Arthur (voice)

2003
Red Mercury 5.3

Red Mercury

as Gold Commander

2005
Needle 10.0

Needle

as Paula's Father

1990
When Saturday Comes 5.8

When Saturday Comes

as Ken Jackson

1996
Among Giants 5.3

Among Giants

as Ray

1998
The Muscle Market 7.0

The Muscle Market

as Danny Duggan

1981
Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

as Keef

1990
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' 8.3

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

as Self

2005
Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

as Attendant in Art Gallery

1979
The Divine Ryans 10.0

The Divine Ryans

as Uncle Reg Ryan

1999
The Grass Arena 8.5

The Grass Arena

as The Dipper

1991
A Box of Swan

A Box of Swan

as Tony

1990
Thora Hird Tribute

Thora Hird Tribute

as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)

2003
The Racer

The Racer

as Ecco

1975
Cyrano de Bergerac 6.6

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Ragueneau

1985
Thwum

Thwum

as Duffy

1975
Doris and Doreen 6.5

Doris and Doreen

as Mr. Lomax

1978
Wayward Son 4.4

Wayward Son

as Ben Alexander

1999
Sin Bin 9.0

Sin Bin

as Mitch

1994
They Never Slept

They Never Slept

as Panter

1991
Waving at Trains

Waving at Trains

as Douglas Warren

2009

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