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Pete Postlethwaite

Date of birth: 1946-02-07

Place of birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Peter William Postlethwaite, Peter Postlethwaite, Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE, Пит Постлетуэйт, 彼得·威廉·波斯尔思韦特, 皮特·波斯尔思韦特

Pete Postlethwaite

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
3.3

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997-05-23

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond

Romeo + Juliet
3.4

Romeo + Juliet

1996-11-01

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues

Bandyta
2.9

Bandyta

1997-11-07

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but als

The Usual Suspects
4.1

The Usual Suspects

1995-07-19

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lo

When Saturday Comes
2.9

When Saturday Comes

1996-03-01

Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down

Animal Farm
2.8

Animal Farm

1999-10-03

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How

James and the Giant Peach
3.3

James and the Giant Peach

1996-04-12

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possess

The Constant Gardener
3.5

The Constant Gardener

2005-08-31

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not c

The Shipping News
3.2

The Shipping News

2001-12-18

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to rec

Thwum
0

Thwum

1975-11-22

Presumed lost after its initial broadcast in 1975, Thwum features a young Pete Postlethwaite in his

The Town
3.6

The Town

2010-09-15

Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance t

Triggermen
2.3

Triggermen

2002-07-26

Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival g

In the Name of the Father
3.9

In the Name of the Father

1993-12-12

A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along wi

Amistad
3.5

Amistad

1997-12-10

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th

Alien³
3.2

Alien³

1992-05-22

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a priso

Æon Flux
2.8

Æon Flux

2005-11-30

400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one

The Age of Stupid
3.3

The Age of Stupid

2009-09-21

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at ol

Strange Bedfellows
2.9

Strange Bedfellows

2004-04-22

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claimi

DragonHeart
3.3

DragonHeart

1996-05-31

In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes

Dark Water
2.8

Dark Water

2005-07-08

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Islan

Brassed Off
3.5

Brassed Off

1996-11-01

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Gri

Split Second
3

Split Second

1992-05-01

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner an

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

2006-01-10

The Constant Gardener featurette.

The Last of the Mohicans
3.7

The Last of the Mohicans

1992-08-26

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native

Inception
4.2

Inception

2010-07-15

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his target

Solomon Kane
3

Solomon Kane

2009-12-23

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncin

Closing the Ring
3.1

Closing the Ring

2007-09-14

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with

Distant Voices, Still Lives
3.4

Distant Voices, Still Lives

1988-11-16

Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a

Fords on Water
0

Fords on Water

1983-01-01

Influential, cult classic, UK buddy road movie about two friends, one white and one black, who bond

Between Strangers
3

Between Strangers

2002-08-30

Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.

To Kill a Priest
3

To Kill a Priest

1988-09-07

A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.

Red Mercury
2

Red Mercury

2005-05-13

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a c

Suite 16
3

Suite 16

1994-11-24

After an argument and fight with a wealthy one night stand in a posh hotel, young hustler Chris find

Clash of the Titans
3

Clash of the Titans

2010-03-26

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god o

Ghost Son
2.3

Ghost Son

2007-04-05

A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems

Cyrano de Bergerac
2.8

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985-07-26

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyran

Killing Bono
3.1

Killing Bono

2011-04-01

The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but c

Cowboy Up
3

Cowboy Up

2002-09-03

"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the wor

Sharpe's Company
3.4

Sharpe's Company

1994-05-25

Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's pa

Sharpe's Enemy
3.5

Sharpe's Enemy

1994-06-01

Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured t

A Private Function
3.2

A Private Function

1984-11-09

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince

Among Giants
2.5

Among Giants

1998-06-24

A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tensi

Crimetime
2

Crimetime

1996-08-01

The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.

The Dressmaker
2

The Dressmaker

1988-12-16

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after their 1

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
0

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003-12-26

A nightingale sings for a lovesick student. The student is pining for a girl who will only dance wit

Waterland
3.2

Waterland

1992-08-21

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment

The Limit
2

The Limit

2004-12-28

An undercover drug agent (Claire Forlani) has been "in" too long. the line between her job and her a

Anchoress
3

Anchoress

1993-09-10

A 16th-century peasant becomes transfixed by a statue of the Virgin Mary, and petitions to be walled

Valley of the Heart's Delight
3

Valley of the Heart's Delight

2006-04-24

When a fatal kidnapping ignites a firestorm of suspicion and rage in idyllic 1933 San Jose, Californ

Rat
3

Rat

2000-10-06

After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
4

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

2005-12-26

The Divine Ryans
0

The Divine Ryans

1999-01-01

When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memor

Coast to Coast
3

Coast to Coast

1987-01-04

Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by t

Lost for Words
3.5

Lost for Words

1999-01-03

Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting t

They Never Slept
0

They Never Slept

1991-01-20

When plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors Monk and Bob for driving duty, she finds

The Grass Arena
4

The Grass Arena

1992-01-19

The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family,

The Muscle Market
3.5

The Muscle Market

1981-01-13

Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the b

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
0

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

1999-01-01

Narrated by Connick himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interv

Sin Bin
0

Sin Bin

1994-05-18

A male nurse in a mental hospital witnesses one patient killing another, but struggles with his loya

The Paradise Run
0

The Paradise Run

1976-04-05

Johnny has joined the army because he likes canoeing, but ends up in a war-torn city and is compromi

Needle
5

Needle

1990-09-12

Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmaris

Occupy!
0

Occupy!

1976-01-01

Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company,

Doris and Doreen
0

Doris and Doreen

1978-12-16

A series of pink forms has Doris and Doreen fearing for their cushy jobs.

Afternoon Off
0

Afternoon Off

1979-02-03

Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. T

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
3.3

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000-12-25

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

Kingdom Come
0

Kingdom Come

1990-10-02

Keef owns a small seaside café. His comfortable routine with regular customer Wayne is disrupted by

A Box of Swan
0

A Box of Swan

1990-10-09

A moving and unusual film about a young man who returns to his Liverpool roots for his father's fune

Hamlet
3.3

Hamlet

1990-12-19

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne,

Sharpe: The Legend
2.5

Sharpe: The Legend

1997-10-13

Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn r

Waving at Trains
0

Waving at Trains

2009-01-01

Some summer days last forever… A poignant short film starring Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwai

Alice in Wonderland
3.1

Alice in Wonderland

1999-02-28

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets charact

Tumbledown
2.8

Tumbledown

1988-05-29

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the

Treasure Island
3.3

Treasure Island

1990-01-22

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies

Player
0

Player

2008-10-03

The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son. Arrivi

When the Sky Falls
2.5

When the Sky Falls

2000-06-26

Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish und

Wayward Son
1.5

Wayward Son

1999-09-20

Former fashion photographer Randall Harris debuts with this gritty drama about justice and redemptio

The Making of 'The Lost World'
3.4

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997-05-08

Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost Wo

Clough: The Brian Clough Story
0

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

2009-03-25

30 years since his first European Cup success, 15 years since his retirement and 5 years after his d

Return to Jurassic Park
3.3

Return to Jurassic Park

2011-02-05

A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the

The Duellists
3.6

The Duellists

1977-08-31

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel

The Serpent's Kiss
2.7

The Serpent's Kiss

1997-05-14

A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the woman he

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
0

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981-12-18

British TV Movie drama/documentary detailing the birth of Poland's Solidarity union

The Omen
2.8

The Omen

2006-06-06

A diplomatic couple adopts the son of the devil without knowing it. A remake of the classic horror f

Tattoos: A Scarred History
0

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009-06-21

An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

Number 27
0

Number 27

1988-10-23

Miss Barwick is 90 years old. She has lived peacefully in the same house all her life - until a youn

Thora Hird Tribute
0

Thora Hird Tribute

2003-03-30

Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron an

A Crack in the Ice
0

A Crack in the Ice

1985-08-06

A comedy about injustice set in St Petersburg in 1839. The Tsar has tightened up security and mounte