Pete Postlethwaite
Acting
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
Acting114
movieThe Town
2010
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
movieInception
2010
Maurice Fischer
movieSolomon Kane
2009
William Crowthorn
movieThe Age of Stupid
2009
The Archivist
Waving at Trains
2009
Douglas Warren
movieClosing the Ring
2007
Quinlan
movieThe Omen
2006
Father Brennan
movieValley of the Heart's Delight
2006
Albion Munson
movieÆon Flux
2005
Keeper
movieDark Water
2005
Veeck
movieRed Mercury
2005
Gold Commander
movieStrange Bedfellows
2004
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
movieWilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
Arthur (voice)
movieThora Hird Tribute
2003
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
movieCowboy Up
2002
Reid Braxton
movieTriggermen
2002
Ben Cutler
movieThe Shipping News
2001
Tert Card
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Various Characters
tvThe Sins
2000
Len Green
movieRat
2000
Hubert Flynn
movieWhen the Sky Falls
2000
Martin Shaughnessy
movieAnimal Farm
1999
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
movieWayward Son
1999
Ben Alexander
tvButterfly Collectors
1999
DI John McKeown
movieAlice in Wonderland
1999
Carpenter
movieLost for Words
1999
Deric Longden
movieThe Divine Ryans
1999
Uncle Reg Ryan
movieAmistad
1997
Holabird
movieBrute
1997
Sincai
movieSharpe: The Legend
1997
Hakeswill
movieThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Roland Tembo
movieThe Serpent's Kiss
1997
Thomas Smith
movieRomeo + Juliet
1996
Father Laurence
movieBrassed Off
1996
Danny
movieCrimetime
1996
Sidney
movieDragonHeart
1996
Gilbert
movieJames and the Giant Peach
1996
The Magic Man
movieWhen Saturday Comes
1996
Ken Jackson
movieThe Usual Suspects
1995
Kobayashi
movieSuite 16
1994
Glover
tvMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
Montague Tigg
movieSharpe's Enemy
1994
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
movieSharpe's Company
1994
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
movieSin Bin
1994
Mitch
tvPie in the Sky
1994
Kevin Tasker
movieIn the Name of the Father
1993
Giuseppe Conlon
movieAnchoress
1993
William Carpenter
tvSharpe
1993
Obadiah Hakeswill
tvShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
Quince (voice)
tvBetween the Lines
1992
Ch. Supt. Jameson
movieThe Last of the Mohicans
1992
Captain Beams
movieWaterland
1992
Henry Crick
movieAlien³
1992
David
movieSplit Second
1992
Paulsen
movieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
Quince (voice)
movieThe Grass Arena
1992
The Dipper
movieHamlet
1990
Player King
movieNeedle
1990
Paula's Father
movieTreasure Island
1990
George Merry
tvZorro
1990
Bandit
movieNumber 27
1988
Becket
movieTumbledown
1988
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
movieCoast to Coast
1987
Kecks McGuinness
tvCasualty
1986
Ralph Peters / Hank
tvScreenPlay
1986
Paula's Father
tvLovejoy
1986
Terence Sullivan
movieA Crack in the Ice
1985
Painter
tvScreen Two
1985
Panter / Kecks McGuinness / The Dipper / Mitch
tvMitch
1984
Jack Frost
movieFords on Water
1983
Winston's Boss
movieStrike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
Ireneusz Lesniak
movieThe Muscle Market
1981
Danny Duggan
tvMinder
1979
Jack Wragg / Logie
movieAfternoon Off
1979
Attendant in Art Gallery
movieDoris and Doreen
1978
Mr. Lomax
tvGoing Straight
1978
Thomas Clifford Crowther
movieThe Duellists
1977
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
tvPlays for Britain
1976
Soldier
movieThe Paradise Run
1976
Soldier
movieOccupy!
1976
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
movieThwum
1975
Duffy
tvLast of the Summer Wine
1973
Man in Cafe
tvPlay for Today
1970
Danny Duggan
tvThe Oscars
1953
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