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Pete Postlethwaite‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-02-07

Popularity

star12.8

Pete Postlethwaite

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Pete Postlethwaite

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-02-07

Popularity

star12.8

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet‌
star6.8
calendar 1996

Bandyta

Bandyta‌
star5.8
calendar 1997

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects‌
star8.2
calendar 1995

When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes‌
star5.9
calendar 1996

Animal Farm

Animal Farm‌
star5.7
calendar 1999

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach‌
star6.6
calendar 1996

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener‌
star7.0
calendar 2005

The Shipping News

The Shipping News‌
star6.4
calendar 2001

Thwum

Thwum‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

The Town

The Town‌
star7.2
calendar 2010

Triggermen

Triggermen‌
star4.9
calendar 2002

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father‌
star7.9
calendar 1993

Amistad

Amistad‌
star7.0
calendar 1997

Alien³

Alien³‌
star6.4
calendar 1992

Æon Flux

Æon Flux‌
star5.6
calendar 2005

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid‌
star6.4
calendar 2009

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows‌
star5.8
calendar 2004

DragonHeart

DragonHeart‌
star6.5
calendar 1996

Dark Water

Dark Water‌
star5.7
calendar 2005

Brassed Off

Brassed Off‌
star7.0
calendar 1996

Split Second

Split Second‌
star5.9
calendar 1992

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

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener‌
star4.0
calendar 2006

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans‌
star7.4
calendar 1992

Inception

Inception‌
star8.4
calendar 2010

Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane‌
star6.0
calendar 2009

Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring‌
star6.1
calendar 2007

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Distant Voices, Still Lives‌
star6.9
calendar 1988

Fords on Water

Fords on Water‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

Between Strangers

Between Strangers‌
star6.3
calendar 2002

To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Red Mercury

Red Mercury‌
star4.0
calendar 2005

Suite 16

Suite 16‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans‌
star5.9
calendar 2010

Ghost Son

Ghost Son‌
star4.9
calendar 2007

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac‌
star5.5
calendar 1985

Killing Bono

Killing Bono‌
star6.3
calendar 2011

Cowboy Up

Cowboy Up‌
star6.2
calendar 2002

Sharpe's Company

Sharpe's Company‌
star6.8
calendar 1994

Sharpe's Enemy

Sharpe's Enemy‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

A Private Function

A Private Function‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Among Giants

Among Giants‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Crimetime

Crimetime‌
star4.1
calendar 1996

The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker‌
star4.0
calendar 1988

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Waterland

Waterland‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

The Limit

The Limit‌
star3.7
calendar 2004

Anchoress

Anchoress‌
star6.0
calendar 1993

Valley of the Heart's Delight

Valley of the Heart's Delight‌
star7.0
calendar 2006

Rat

Rat‌
star6.1
calendar 2001

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'‌
star8.0
calendar 2005

The Divine Ryans

The Divine Ryans‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Lost for Words

Lost for Words‌
star7.0
calendar 1999

They Never Slept

They Never Slept‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

The Grass Arena

The Grass Arena‌
star8.0
calendar 1992

The Muscle Market

The Muscle Market‌
star7.0
calendar 1981

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Sin Bin

Sin Bin‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Needle

Needle‌
star10.0
calendar 1990

Occupy!

Occupy!‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings‌
star6.5
calendar 2000

Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

A Box of Swan

A Box of Swan‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Hamlet

Hamlet‌
star6.6
calendar 1990

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend‌
star6.0
calendar 1997

Waving at Trains

Waving at Trains‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland‌
star6.3
calendar 1999

Tumbledown

Tumbledown‌
star5.9
calendar 1988

Treasure Island

Treasure Island‌
star6.5
calendar 1990

Player

Player‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

When the Sky Falls

When the Sky Falls‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Wayward Son

Wayward Son‌
star4.0
calendar 1999

The Making of 'The Lost World'

The Making of 'The Lost World'‌
star6.8
calendar 1997

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'

Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'‌
star7.0
calendar 2002

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

Clough: The Brian Clough Story‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Return to Jurassic Park

Return to Jurassic Park‌
star6.6
calendar 2011

The Duellists

The Duellists‌
star7.3
calendar 1977

The Serpent's Kiss

The Serpent's Kiss‌
star5.4
calendar 1997

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

The Omen

The Omen‌
star5.6
calendar 2006

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

Sharpe

Sharpe‌
star7.8
calendar 1993

The One Show

The One Show‌
star4.6
calendar 2006

Going Straight

Going Straight‌
star7.7
calendar 1978

Minder

Minder‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Between the Lines

Between the Lines‌
star5.6
calendar 1992

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy‌
star2.9
calendar 2001

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Lovejoy

Lovejoy‌
star7.3
calendar 1986

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice‌
star7.6
calendar 2008

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

Tales of Sherwood Forest

Tales of Sherwood Forest‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Sins

Sins‌
star0.5
calendar 2000

Butterfly Collectors

Butterfly Collectors‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Mitch

Mitch‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Casualty

Casualty‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

Casualty

Casualty‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

Minder

Minder‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky‌
star8.4
calendar 1994

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit‌
star7.5
calendar 1994

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales‌
star6.8
calendar 1992

Screen Two

Screen Two‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

El C.I.D.

El C.I.D.‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Zorro

Zorro‌
star7.1
calendar 1990

Screen Two

Screen Two‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Screen Two

Screen Two‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Screen Two

Screen Two‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

Play for Today

Play for Today‌
star6.1
calendar 1970

The BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Awards‌
star10.0
calendar 1949