Pete Postlethwaite

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
    Birthday
    2/7/1946
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The Age of Stupid
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Brassed Off
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7.029
Among Giants
Among Giants
4.4
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Valley of the Heart's Delight
7
The Muscle Market
The Muscle Market
7
Waving at Trains
0
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Suite 16
6
Red Mercury
Red Mercury
4
Sin Bin
Sin Bin
0
Player
0
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
7.896
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
6
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Distant Voices, Still Lives
6.862
Crimetime
Crimetime
4.1
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Lost for Words
0
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The Grass Arena
8
Wayward Son
Wayward Son
3
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Clough: The Brian Clough Story
0
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Thwum
0
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
6.5
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Strange Bedfellows
5.76
Closing the Ring
Closing the Ring
6.11
Ghost Son
Ghost Son
4.824
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
6.172
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The Dressmaker
5.7
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The Divine Ryans
0
Needle
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10
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0
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When the Sky Falls
4.8
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When Saturday Comes
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James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
6.555
Between Strangers
Between Strangers
6.3
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5.2
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Sharpe's Enemy
7.14
The Limit
The Limit
3
Anchoress
Anchoress
5.7
The Omen
The Omen
5.577
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
6.979
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
6.3
DragonHeart
DragonHeart
6.52
Dark Water
Dark Water
5.629
Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Company
6.865
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
5.718
The Serpent's Kiss
The Serpent's Kiss
5.263
They Never Slept
They Never Slept
0
Bandyta
Bandyta
6.2
Triggermen
Triggermen
4.5
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
5.593
Split Second
Split Second
5.908
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
6.091
Rat
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5.154
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6
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
8
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2
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The Usual Suspects
8.195
The Town
The Town
7.2
Amistad
Amistad
7.006
Waterland
Waterland
6.2
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Afternoon Off
0
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Clash of the Titans
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Occupy!
Occupy!
0
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
0
The Paradise Run
0
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
6.478
The Making of 'The Lost World'
The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.8
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
6.795
Inception
Inception
8.364
Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up
6.3
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park
6.6
A Private Function
A Private Function
6.171
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
0
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
0
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
5.9
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'
7
Fords on Water
Fords on Water
0
Alien³
Alien³
6.357
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
7.391
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
6.3
Hamlet
Hamlet
6.618
The Duellists
The Duellists
7.292
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
6.5
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