Acting
Pete Postlethwaite
EN, PL cinema · 89 credits
Born
7 February 1946
Died
2 January 2011 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Also known as Peter William Postlethwaite · Peter Postlethwaite
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
Filmography
Killing Bono
as Karl
The Town
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Inception
as Maurice Fischer
Clash of the Titans
as Spyros
The Age of Stupid
as The Archivist
Solomon Kane
as William Crowthorn
Waving at Trains
2009
Waving at Trains
as Douglas Warren
Closing the Ring
as Quinlan
Ghost Son
as Doc
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Albion Munson
The Omen
as Father Brennan
The Constant Gardener
as Lorbeer
Æon Flux
as Keeper
Dark Water
as Veeck
Red Mercury
as Gold Commander
Strange Bedfellows
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
The Limit
as Gale
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Triggermen
as Ben Cutler
Cowboy Up
as Reid Braxton
The Shipping News
as Tert Card
Rat
as Hubert Flynn
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
When the Sky Falls
as Martin Shaughnessy
Animal Farm
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
The Divine Ryans
as Uncle Reg Ryan
Lost for Words
as Deric Longden
Alice in Wonderland
as Carpenter
Wayward Son
as Ben Alexander
Among Giants
as Ray
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
as Roland Tembo
Brute
as Sincai
Amistad
as Holabird
Sharpe: The Legend
as Hakeswill
The Serpent's Kiss
as Thomas Smith
Romeo + Juliet
as Father Laurence
When Saturday Comes
as Ken Jackson
James and the Giant Peach
as The Magic Man
DragonHeart
as Gilbert
Brassed Off
as Danny
Crimetime
as Sidney
The Usual Suspects
as Kobayashi
Suite 16
as Glover
Sharpe's Company
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe's Enemy
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin
as Mitch
In the Name of the Father
as Giuseppe Conlon
Anchoress
as William Carpenter
Alien³
as David
Split Second
as Paulsen
The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Beams
Waterland
as Henry Crick
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince (voice)
They Never Slept
as Panter
The Grass Arena
as The Dipper
Needle
as Paula's Father
Hamlet
as Player King
Treasure Island
as George Merry
To Kill a Priest
as Josef
The Dressmaker
as Jack
Tumbledown
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Number 27
as Becket
Coast to Coast
as Kecks McGuinness
A Crack in the Ice
as Painter
A Private Function
as Nuttol
Fords on Water
as Winston's Boss
The Muscle Market
as Danny Duggan
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Ireneusz Lesniak
Afternoon Off
as Attendant in Art Gallery
Doris and Doreen
as Mr. Lomax
The Duellists
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
The Paradise Run
as Soldier
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Thwum
as Duffy
The Racer
as Ecco