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  • BIRTH 07/02/1946
  • DEATH 02/01/2011
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 12
  • MOVIES 41

Pete Postlethwaite

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.

Pete Postlethwaite

Shows (12)

The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
Zorro
Zorro
Bandit
Casualty
Casualty
Hank / Ralph Peters
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Hooch
The BAFTA Film Awards
The BAFTA Film Awards
Self
Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine
Man in Cafe
Minder
Minder
Jack Wragg / Logie
Sharpe
Sharpe
Obadiah Hakeswill
Pie in the Sky
Pie in the Sky
Kevin Tasker
Screen Two
Screen Two
Kecks McGuinness / Mitch / Panter / The Dipper
Play for Today
Play for Today
Danny Duggan
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Tigg Montague

Movies (41)

Inception
Inception
Maurice Fischer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Roland Tembo
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
Kobayashi
Alien³
Alien³
David
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
Father Laurence
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
Captain Beams
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
Spyros
The Town
The Town
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
DragonHeart
DragonHeart
Gilbert
Amistad
Amistad
Holabird
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
Giuseppe Conlon
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
William Crowthorn
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
Keeper
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
The Magic Man
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
Lorbeer
The Omen
The Omen
Father Brennan
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
A Private Function
A Private Function
Nuttol
Dark Water
Dark Water
Veeck
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
Tert Card
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid
The Archivist
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
Karl
Split Second
Split Second
Paulsen
Closing the Ring
Closing the Ring
Quinlan
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
Carpenter
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Enemy
Obadiah Hakeswill
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Father
Hamlet
Hamlet
Player King
Waterland
Waterland
Henry Crick
Between Strangers
Between Strangers
John
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
Danny
Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
Bandyta
Bandyta
Sincai
When the Sky Falls
When the Sky Falls
Martin Shaughnessy
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
Josef
Suite 16
Suite 16
Glover
Among Giants
Among Giants
Ray
Rat
Rat
Hubert Flynn
The Serpent's Kiss
The Serpent's Kiss
Thomas Smith
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
George Merry