Pete Postlethwaite
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Pete Postlethwaite
Karl
... 2011
... 2011
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
... 2010
Maurice Fischer
... 2010
Spyros
... 2010
William Crowthorn
... 2009
The Archivist
... 2009
... 2009
Narrator
... 2009
Douglas Warren
... 2009
Colin
... 2008
Quinlan
... 2007
Doc
... 2007
Father Brennan
... 2006
Albion Munson
... 2006
... 2005
Keeper
... 2005
Lorbeer
... 2005
Veeck
... 2005
Gold Commander
... 2005
Gale
... 2004
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
... 2004
Arthur (voice)
... 2003
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
... 2003
Reid Braxton
... 2002
John
... 2002
Ben Cutler
... 2002
Tert Card
... 2001
Various Characters
... 2000
Hubert Flynn
... 2000
Martin Shaughnessy
... 2000
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
... 1999
Ben Alexander
... 1999
Carpenter
... 1999
Deric Longden
... 1999
Uncle Reg Ryan
... 1999
... 1999
Ray
... 1998
Holabird
... 1997
Sincai
... 1997
Hakeswill
... 1997
Roland Tembo
... 1997
Thomas Smith
... 1997
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Father Laurence
... 1996
Danny
... 1996
Sidney
... 1996
Gilbert
... 1996
The Magic Man
... 1996
Ken Jackson
... 1996
Kobayashi
... 1995
Glover
... 1994
Obadiah Hakeswill
... 1994
Obadiah Hakeswill
... 1994
Mitch
... 1994
Giuseppe Conlon
... 1993
William Carpenter
... 1993
Captain Beams
... 1992
Henry Crick
... 1992
David
... 1992
Paulsen
... 1992
The Dipper
... 1992
Panter
... 1991
Player King
... 1990
Tony
... 1990
Keef
... 1990
Paula's Father
... 1990
George Merry
... 1990
Jack
... 1988
Father
... 1988
Becket
... 1988
Josef
... 1988
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
... 1988
Kecks McGuinness
... 1987
Painter
... 1985
Ragueneau
... 1985
Nuttol
... 1984
Winston's Boss
... 1983
Ireneusz Lesniak
... 1981
Danny Duggan
... 1981
Attendant in Art Gallery
... 1979
Mr. Lomax
... 1978
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
... 1977
Soldier
... 1976
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
... 1976
Duffy
... 1975