Pete Postlethwaite
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Died
- January 2, 2011
- Birthplace
- Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Killing Bono 2011
as Karl
Return to Jurassic Park 2011
as Self
The Town 2010
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Inception 2010
as Maurice Fischer
Clash of the Titans 2010
as Spyros
Solomon Kane 2009
as William Crowthorn
The Age of Stupid 2009
as The Archivist
Tattoos: A Scarred History 2009
as Self
Clough: The Brian Clough Story 2009
as Narrator
- Waving at Trains
Waving at Trains 2009
as Douglas Warren
- Player
Player 2008
as Colin
Closing the Ring 2007
as Quinlan
Ghost Son 2007
as Doc
The Omen 2006
as Father Brennan
Valley of the Heart's Delight 2006
as Albion Munson
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener 2006
as Self
- Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' 2005
as Self
Æon Flux 2005
as Keeper
The Constant Gardener 2005
as Lorbeer
Dark Water 2005
as Veeck
Red Mercury 2005
as Gold Commander
The Limit 2004
as Gale
Strange Bedfellows 2004
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose 2003
as Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute 2003
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Cowboy Up 2002
as Reid Braxton
Between Strangers 2002
as John
Triggermen 2002
as Ben Cutler
The Shipping News 2001
as Tert Card
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 2000
as Various Characters
Rat 2000
as Hubert Flynn
When the Sky Falls 2000
as Martin Shaughnessy
Animal Farm 1999
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
Wayward Son 1999
as Ben Alexander
Alice in Wonderland 1999
as Carpenter
Lost for Words 1999
as Deric Longden
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. 1999
as Self
The Divine Ryans 1999
as Uncle Reg Ryan
Among Giants 1998
as Ray
Amistad 1997
as Holabird
Brute 1997
as Sincai
Sharpe: The Legend 1997
as Hakeswill
The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997
as Roland Tembo
The Serpent's Kiss 1997
as Thomas Smith
The Making of 'The Lost World' 1997
as Self
Brassed Off 1996
as Danny
Romeo + Juliet 1996
as Father Laurence
Crimetime 1996
as Sidney
DragonHeart 1996
as Gilbert
James and the Giant Peach 1996
as The Magic Man
When Saturday Comes 1996
as Ken Jackson
The Usual Suspects 1995
as Kobayashi
Suite 16 1994
as Glover
Sharpe's Enemy 1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe's Company 1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin 1994
as Mitch
In the Name of the Father 1993
as Giuseppe Conlon
Anchoress 1993
as William Carpenter
The Last of the Mohicans 1992
as Captain Beams
Waterland 1992
as Henry Crick
Alien³ 1992
as David
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1992
as Quince (voice)
Split Second 1992
as Paulsen
The Grass Arena 1991
as The Dipper
They Never Slept 1991
as Panter
Hamlet 1990
as Player King
- A Box of Swan
A Box of Swan 1990
as Tony
- Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come 1990
as Keef
Needle 1990
as Paula's Father
Treasure Island 1990
as George Merry
The Dressmaker 1988
as Jack
Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988
as Father
Number 27 1988
as Becket
To Kill a Priest 1988
as Josef
Tumbledown 1988
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Coast to Coast 1987
as Kecks McGuinness
A Crack in the Ice 1985
as Painter
- Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac 1985
as Ragueneau
A Private Function 1984
as Nuttol
Fords on Water 1983
as Winston's Boss
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity 1981
as Ireneusz Lesniak
The Muscle Market 1981
as Danny Duggan
Afternoon Off 1979
as Attendant in Art Gallery
Doris and Doreen 1978
as Mr. Lomax
The Duellists 1977
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
The Paradise Run 1976
as Soldier
Occupy! 1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Thwum 1975
as Duffy
The Racer 1975
as Ecco
Credits from TMDB.