10.0
10.0
Needle
1990
as Paula's Father
Pete Postlethwaite
Also known as: Peter William Postlethwaite
Acting
Born:February 7, 1946
Died:January 2, 2011(aged 64)
Birthplace:Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, St Mary's University, Twickenham
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (84 movies)
8.4
8.4
Inception
2010
as Maurice Fischer
8.2
8.2
The Usual Suspects
1995
as Kobayashi
8.0
8.0
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Grass Arena
1992
as The Dipper
7.9
7.9
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Giuseppe Conlon
7.4
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Captain Beams
7.2
7.2
The Town
2010
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
7.0
7.0
Amistad
1997
as Holabird
7.0
7.0
The Muscle Market
1981
as Danny Duggan
7.0
7.0
Lost for Words
1999
as Deric Longden
7.0
7.0
The Constant Gardener
2005
as Lorbeer
7.0
7.0
Brassed Off
1996
as Danny
6.8
6.8
Distant Voices, Still Lives
1988
as Father
6.8
6.8
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Father Laurence
6.8
6.8
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
as Self
6.8
6.8
Sharpe's Enemy
1994
as Obadiah Hakeswill
6.7
6.7
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Obadiah Hakeswill
6.6
6.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
6.6
6.6
Hamlet
1990
as Player King
6.6
6.6
Treasure Island
1990
as George Merry
6.6
6.6
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as The Magic Man
6.6
6.6
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Roland Tembo
6.5
6.5
DragonHeart
1996
as Gilbert
6.5
6.5
The Age of Stupid
2009
as The Archivist
6.4
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
as Tert Card
6.4
6.4
Alien³
1992
as David
6.4
6.4
A Private Function
1984
as Nuttol
6.3
6.3
Waterland
1992
as Henry Crick
6.2
6.2
Killing Bono
2011
as Karl
6.2
6.2
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Carpenter
6.1
6.1
Closing the Ring
2007
as Quinlan
6.0
6.0
Solomon Kane
2009
as William Crowthorn
6.0
6.0
Coast to Coast
1987
as Kecks McGuinness
6.0
6.0
Doris and Doreen
1978
as Mr. Lomax
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006
as Albion Munson
5.9
5.9
Rat
2000
as Hubert Flynn
5.9
5.9
Split Second
1992
as Paulsen
5.9
5.9
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Spyros
5.9
5.9
Cowboy Up
2002
as Reid Braxton
5.9
5.9
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Josef
5.9
5.9
Between Strangers
2002
as John
5.7
5.7
Suite 16
1994
as Glover
5.7
5.7
Dark Water
2005
as Veeck
5.7
5.7
The Omen
2006
as Father Brennan
5.6
5.6
Animal Farm
1999
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
5.6
5.6
Strange Bedfellows
2004
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
5.6
5.6
Anchoress
1993
as William Carpenter
5.6
5.6
Bandyta
1997
as Sincai
5.6
5.6
Tumbledown
1988
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
5.6
5.6
Æon Flux
2005
as Keeper
5.6
5.6
When Saturday Comes
1996
as Ken Jackson
5.5
5.5
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Ragueneau
5.4
5.4
The Serpent's Kiss
1997
as Thomas Smith
5.2
5.2
The Limit
2004
as Gale
4.6
4.6
Triggermen
2002
as Ben Cutler
4.6
4.6
When the Sky Falls
2000
as Martin Shaughnessy
4.6
4.6
Among Giants
1998
as Ray
4.4
4.4
Ghost Son
2007
as Doc
4.0
4.0
Red Mercury
2005
as Gold Commander
4.0
4.0
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
3.8
3.8
Crimetime
1996
as Sidney
3.3
3.3
The Dressmaker
1988
as Jack
3.0
3.0
Wayward Son
1999
as Ben Alexander
Occupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Player
2008
as Colin
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
2009
as Narrator
Fords on Water
1983
as Winston's Boss
Thwum
1975
as Duffy
Afternoon Off
1979
as Attendant in Art Gallery
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999
as Self
Number 27
1988
as Becket
Sin Bin
1994
as Mitch
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Arthur (voice)
Kingdom Come
1990
as Keef
A Box of Swan
1990
as Tony
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
as Ireneusz Lesniak
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
A Crack in the Ice
1985
as Painter
The Racer
1975
as Ecco
The Divine Ryans
1999
as Uncle Reg Ryan
They Never Slept
1991
as Panter
The Paradise Run
1976
as Soldier
Waving at Trains
2009
as Douglas Warren
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