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