Pete Postlethwaite
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 February 1946 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2 January 2011
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.
Known for
Acting 89
- 2011Killing Bono as Karl
- 2011Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2010The Town as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- 2010Inception as Maurice Fischer
- 2010Clash of the Titans as Spyros
- 2009Solomon Kane as William Crowthorn
- 2009The Age of Stupid as The Archivist
- 2009Tattoos: A Scarred History as Self
- 2009Clough: The Brian Clough Story as Narrator
- 2009Waving at Trains as Douglas Warren
- 2008Player as Colin
- 2007Closing the Ring as Quinlan
- 2007Ghost Son as Doc
- 2006The Omen as Father Brennan
- 2006Valley of the Heart's Delight as Albion Munson
- 2006Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- 2005Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' as Self
- 2005Æon Flux as Keeper
- 2005The Constant Gardener as Lorbeer
- 2005Dark Water as Veeck
- 2005Red Mercury as Gold Commander
- 2004The Limit as Gale
- 2004Strange Bedfellows as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- 2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Arthur (voice)
- 2003Thora Hird Tribute as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2002Cowboy Up as Reid Braxton
- 2002Between Strangers as John
- 2002Triggermen as Ben Cutler
- 2001The Shipping News as Tert Card
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
- 2000Rat as Hubert Flynn
- 2000When the Sky Falls as Martin Shaughnessy
- 1999Animal Farm as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
- 1999Wayward Son as Ben Alexander
- 1999Alice in Wonderland as Carpenter
- 1999Lost for Words as Deric Longden
- 1999The Divine Ryans as Uncle Reg Ryan
- 1999The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. as Self
- 1998Among Giants as Ray
- 1997Amistad as Holabird
- 1997Brute as Sincai
- 1997Sharpe: The Legend as Hakeswill
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Roland Tembo
- 1997The Serpent's Kiss as Thomas Smith
- 1997The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1996Brassed Off as Danny
- 1996Romeo + Juliet as Father Laurence
- 1996Crimetime as Sidney
- 1996DragonHeart as Gilbert
- 1996James and the Giant Peach as The Magic Man
- 1996When Saturday Comes as Ken Jackson
- 1995The Usual Suspects as Kobayashi
- 1994Suite 16 as Glover
- 1994Sharpe's Enemy as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994Sharpe's Company as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994Sin Bin as Mitch
- 1993In the Name of the Father as Giuseppe Conlon
- 1993Anchoress as William Carpenter
- 1992The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Beams
- 1992Waterland as Henry Crick
- 1992Alien³ as David
- 1992Split Second as Paulsen
- 1992A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince (voice)
- 1992The Grass Arena as The Dipper
- 1991They Never Slept as Panter
- 1990Hamlet as Player King
- 1990A Box of Swan as Tony
- 1990Kingdom Come as Keef
- 1990Needle as Paula's Father
- 1990Treasure Island as George Merry
- 1988The Dressmaker as Jack
- 1988Distant Voices, Still Lives as Father
- 1988Number 27 as Becket
- 1988To Kill a Priest as Josef
- 1988Tumbledown as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- 1987Coast to Coast as Kecks McGuinness
- 1985A Crack in the Ice as Painter
- 1985Cyrano de Bergerac as Ragueneau
- 1984A Private Function as Nuttol
- 1983Fords on Water as Winston's Boss
- 1981Strike: The Birth of Solidarity as Ireneusz Lesniak
- 1981The Muscle Market as Danny Duggan
- 1979Afternoon Off as Attendant in Art Gallery
- 1978Doris and Doreen as Mr. Lomax
- 1977The Duellists as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
- 1976The Paradise Run as Soldier
- 1976Occupy! as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
- 1975Thwum as Duffy
- 1975The Racer as Ecco