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.
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · Killing Bono as Karl
- 2011 · Return to Jurassic Park as Self
- 2010 · The Town as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- 2010 · Inception as Maurice Fischer
- 2010 · Clash of the Titans as Spyros
- 2009 · The Age of Stupid as The Archivist
- 2009 · Solomon Kane as William Crowthorn
- 2009 · Clough: The Brian Clough Story as Narrator
- 2009 · Waving at Trains as Douglas Warren
- 2008 · Player as Colin
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Hooch
- 2007 · Closing the Ring as Quinlan
- 2007 · Ghost Son as Doc
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Omen as Father Brennan
- 2006 · Valley of the Heart's Delight as Albion Munson
- 2006 · Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener as Self
- 2005 · Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' as Self
- 2005 · Æon Flux as Keeper
- 2005 · The Constant Gardener as Lorbeer
- 2005 · Dark Water as Veeck
- 2005 · Red Mercury as Gold Commander
- 2004 · The Limit as Gale
- 2004 · Strange Bedfellows as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- 2003 · Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose as Arthur (voice)
- 2002 · Cowboy Up as Reid Braxton
- 2002 · Between Strangers as John
- 2002 · Triggermen as Ben Cutler
- 2002 · Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' as Kobayashi (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Shipping News as Tert Card
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · Rat as Hubert Flynn
- 2000 · Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings as Various Characters
- 2000 · Sins as Len Green
- 2000 · When the Sky Falls as Martin Shaughnessy
- 1999 · Animal Farm as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
- 1999 · Wayward Son as Ben Alexander
- 1999 · Butterfly Collectors as John McKeown
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Carpenter
- 1999 · Lost for Words as Deric Longden
- 1999 · The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. as Self
- 1999 · The Divine Ryans as Uncle Reg Ryan
- 1998 · Among Giants as Ray
- 1997 · Amistad as Holabird
- 1997 · Bandyta as Sincai
- 1997 · Sharpe: The Legend as Hakeswill
- 1997 · The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Roland Tembo
- 1997 · The Serpent's Kiss as Thomas Smith
- 1997 · The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
- 1996 · Romeo + Juliet as Father Laurence
- 1996 · Brassed Off as Danny
- 1996 · Crimetime as Sidney
- 1996 · DragonHeart as Gilbert
- 1996 · James and the Giant Peach as The Magic Man
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as Ken Jackson
- 1995 · The Usual Suspects as Kobayashi
- 1994 · Suite 16 as Glover
- 1994 · Martin Chuzzlewit as Tigg Montague
- 1994 · Sharpe's Enemy as Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994 · Sharpe's Company as Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1994 · Sin Bin as Mitch
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Kevin Tasker
- 1993 · In the Name of the Father as Giuseppe Conlon
- 1993 · Anchoress as William Carpenter
- 1993 · Sharpe as Obadiah Hakeswill
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Quince (voice)
- 1992 · Between the Lines as Ch. Supt. Jameson
- 1992 · The Last of the Mohicans as Captain Beams
- 1992 · Waterland as Henry Crick
- 1992 · Alien³ as David
- 1992 · Split Second as Paulsen
- 1992 · The Grass Arena as The Dipper
- 1991 · They Never Slept as Panter
- 1991 · Mel Gibson Goes Back to School as Player King (archive footage)
- 1990 · Hamlet as Player King
- 1990 · A Box of Swan as Tony
- 1990 · Kingdom Come as Keef
- 1990 · Needle as Paula's Father
- 1990 · El C.I.D. as Vince
- 1990 · Treasure Island as George Merry
- 1990 · Zorro as Bandit
- 1989 · Tales of Sherwood Forest as Eric
- 1988 · The Dressmaker as Jack
- 1988 · Distant Voices, Still Lives as Father
- 1988 · To Kill a Priest as Josef
- 1988 · Tumbledown as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- 1987 · Coast to Coast as Kecks McGuinness
- 1986 · Casualty as Ralph Peters
- 1986 · Casualty as Hank
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Terence Sullivan
- 1985 · Cyrano de Bergerac as Ragueneau
- 1985 · Screen Two as Panter
- 1985 · Screen Two as Kecks McGuinness
- 1985 · Screen Two as The Dipper
- 1985 · Screen Two as Mitch
- 1984 · A Private Function as Nuttol
- 1984 · Mitch as
- 1983 · Fords on Water as Winston's Boss
- 1981 · Strike: The Birth of Solidarity as Ireneusz Lesniak
- 1981 · The Muscle Market as Danny Duggan
- 1979 · Minder as Jack Wragg
- 1979 · Minder as Logie
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Attendant in Art Gallery
- 1978 · Doris and Doreen as Mr. Lomax
- 1978 · Going Straight as
- 1977 · The Duellists as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
- 1976 · The Paradise Run as Soldier
- 1976 · Occupy! as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
- 1975 · Thwum as Duffy
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Man in Cafe
- 1970 · Play for Today as Danny Duggan
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1949 · The BAFTA Awards as Self