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Pete Postlethwaite
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Pete Postlethwaite
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-02-07,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

6.568

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997-05-23

6.8

Romeo + Juliet
1996-11-01

5.707

Brute
1997-11-07

The Usual Suspects

8.2

The Usual Suspects
1995-07-19

When Saturday Comes

5.707

When Saturday Comes
1996-03-01

5.7

Animal Farm
1999-10-03

James and the Giant Peach

6.595

James and the Giant Peach
1996-04-12

The Constant Gardener

7

The Constant Gardener
2005-08-31

The Shipping News

6.393

The Shipping News
2001-12-18

0

Thwum
1975-11-22

7.226

The Town
2010-09-15

4.789

Triggermen
2002-07-26

In the Name of the Father

7.889

In the Name of the Father
1993-12-27

7.017

Amistad
1997-12-10

6.389

Alien³
1992-05-22

5.639

Æon Flux
2005-11-30

The Age of Stupid

6.62

The Age of Stupid
2009-09-21

Strange Bedfellows

5.727

Strange Bedfellows
2004-04-22

6.559

DragonHeart
1996-05-31

5.665

Dark Water
2005-07-08

7

Brassed Off
1996-11-01

5.955

Split Second
1992-05-01

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

4

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006-01-10

The Last of the Mohicans

7.387

The Last of the Mohicans
1992-08-26

8.4

Inception
2010-07-15

6.039

Solomon Kane
2009-12-23

Closing the Ring

6.151

Closing the Ring
2007-09-14

Distant Voices, Still Lives

6.8

Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988-11-16

9

Fords on Water
1983-01-01

Between Strangers

5.632

Between Strangers
2002-08-30

To Kill a Priest

6.133

To Kill a Priest
1988-09-07

5.333

Red Mercury
2005-05-13

5.75

Suite 16
1994-11-24

Clash of the Titans

5.924

Clash of the Titans
2010-03-26

4.519

Ghost Son
2007-04-05

Cyrano de Bergerac

6.625

Cyrano de Bergerac
1985-07-26

6.232

Killing Bono
2011-04-01

5.891

Cowboy Up
2002-09-03

Sharpe's Company

6.77

Sharpe's Company
1994-05-25

6.797

Sharpe's Enemy
1994-06-01

A Private Function

6.432

A Private Function
1984-11-09

5.125

Among Giants
1998-06-24

4.308

Crimetime
1996-08-01

4.6

The Dressmaker
1988-12-16

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

0

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003-12-26

6.288

Waterland
1992-08-21

5.857

The Limit
2004-12-28

5.933

Anchoress
1993-09-10

Valley of the Heart's Delight

7.333

Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006-04-24

6.019

Rat
2000-10-06

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

8.333

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005-12-26

The Divine Ryans

10

The Divine Ryans
1999-01-01

7

Coast to Coast
1987-01-04

6.5

Lost for Words
1999-01-03

They Never Slept

0

They Never Slept
1991-01-20

The Grass Arena

8.5

The Grass Arena
1992-01-19

The Muscle Market

7

The Muscle Market
1981-01-13

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

0

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999-01-01

9

Sin Bin
1994-05-18

The Paradise Run

0

The Paradise Run
1976-04-05

10

Needle
1990-09-12

10

Occupy!
1976-01-01

Doris and Doreen

6.5

Doris and Doreen
1978-12-16

0

Afternoon Off
1979-02-03

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

7

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25

0

Kingdom Come
1990-10-02

0

A Box of Swan
1990-10-09

6.583

Hamlet
1990-12-19

Sharpe: The Legend

6.125

Sharpe: The Legend
1997-10-13

Waving at Trains

0

Waving at Trains
2009-01-01

Alice in Wonderland

6.226

Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28

5.735

Tumbledown
1988-05-29

Treasure Island

6.6

Treasure Island
1990-06-07

0

Player
2008-10-03

When the Sky Falls

4.7

When the Sky Falls
2000-06-26

4.4

Wayward Son
1999-09-20

The Making of 'The Lost World'

6.9

The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997-05-08

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

0

Clough: The Brian Clough Story
2009-03-25

Return to Jurassic Park

6.586

Return to Jurassic Park
2011-02-05

7.25

The Duellists
1977-08-31

The Serpent's Kiss

5.477

The Serpent's Kiss
1997-05-14

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

0

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981-12-18

5.7

The Omen
2006-06-06

Tattoos: A Scarred History

0

Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009-06-21

9

Number 27
1988-10-23

Thora Hird Tribute

0

Thora Hird Tribute
2003-03-30

A Crack in the Ice

0

A Crack in the Ice
1985-08-06

0

The Racer
1975-01-01

A Midsummer Night's Dream

0

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992-05-01

8.014

Sharpe
1993-05-05

7.719

Going Straight
1978-02-24

7.2

Minder
1979-10-29

Between the Lines

5.462

Between the Lines
1992-09-04

3.385

Richard & Judy
2001-11-26

Last of the Summer Wine

7.159

Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04

7.425

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

Criminal Justice

7.6

Criminal Justice
2008-06-30

6.988

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Tales of Sherwood Forest

0

Tales of Sherwood Forest
1989-06-11

5.25

The Sins
2000-10-24

Butterfly Collectors

7

Butterfly Collectors
1999-04-19

5

Mitch
1984-08-31

6.2

Casualty
1986-09-06

6.2

Casualty
1986-09-06

7.2

Minder
1979-10-29

8.333

Pie in the Sky
1994-03-13

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

6.375

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992-11-09

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

10

El C.I.D.
1990-02-07

7.122

Zorro
1990-01-05

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

7.143

Screen Two
1985-01-06

6.6

Play for Today
1970-10-15

The BAFTA Awards

10

The BAFTA Awards
1949-05-29

Martin Chuzzlewit

8.4

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994-11-07

Plays for Britain

6

Plays for Britain
1976-04-06

6

ScreenPlay
1986-07-09

Second City Firsts

0

Second City Firsts
1973-10-15

7.1

TFI Friday
1996-02-09

0

Debut on Two
1990-09-04

0

Debut on Two
1990-09-04