Pete Postlethwaite
Acting
Born: February 7, 1946 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: January 2, 2011 (aged 64)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Inception
2010
The Usual Suspects
1995
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Clash of the Titans
2010
Alien³
1992
The Town
2010
Romeo + Juliet
1996
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Æon Flux
2005
DragonHeart
1996
In the Name of the Father
1993
The Constant Gardener
2005
Photos (2)
Movies (78)
Inception
Maurice Fischer
The Usual Suspects
Kobayashi
The Town
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Clash of the Titans
Spyros
The Last of the Mohicans
Captain Beams
Romeo + Juliet
Father Laurence
Alien³
David
Æon Flux
Keeper
James and the Giant Peach
The Magic Man
In the Name of the Father
Giuseppe Conlon
DragonHeart
Gilbert
Solomon Kane
William Crowthorn
The Omen
Father Brennan
The Constant Gardener
Lorbeer
Dark Water
Veeck
Alice in Wonderland
Carpenter
Split Second
Paulsen
Treasure Island
George Merry
The Duellists
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
Hamlet
Player King
The Shipping News
Tert Card
Brassed Off
Danny
Closing the Ring
Quinlan
Animal Farm
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
Sharpe: The Legend
Hakeswill
Sharpe's Enemy
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Strange Bedfellows
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Triggermen
Ben Cutler
Between Strangers
John
Sharpe's Company
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Waterland
Henry Crick
When Saturday Comes
Ken Jackson
Among Giants
Ray
The Age of Stupid
The Archivist
Anchoress
William Carpenter
A Private Function
Nuttol
Rat
Hubert Flynn
To Kill a Priest
Josef
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Killing Bono
Karl
Brute
Sincai
The Serpent's Kiss
Thomas Smith
Thwum
Duffy
The Limit
Gale
Amistad
Holabird
Tumbledown
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Crimetime
Sidney
The Dressmaker
Jack
Wayward Son
Ben Alexander
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Father
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
Lost for Words
Deric Longden
Ghost Son
Doc
The Paradise Run
Soldier
Coast to Coast
Kecks McGuinness
Red Mercury
Gold Commander
Cowboy Up
Reid Braxton
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Arthur (voice)
Afternoon Off
Attendant in Art Gallery
Number 27
Becket
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince (voice)
Fords on Water
Winston's Boss
Suite 16
Glover
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Roland Tembo
They Never Slept
Panter
The Muscle Market
Danny Duggan
When the Sky Falls
Martin Shaughnessy
The Grass Arena
The Dipper
Doris and Doreen
Mr. Lomax
A Crack in the Ice
Painter
The Divine Ryans
Uncle Reg Ryan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Albion Munson
Sin Bin
Mitch
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Ireneusz Lesniak
Needle
Paula's Father
Thora Hird Tribute
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
The Racer
Ecco
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Narrator
TV Shows (25)
Play for Today
Danny Duggan · 1 eps
Casualty
Ralph Peters · 1 eps
Casualty
Hank · 1 eps
Minder
Jack Wragg · 1 eps
Minder
Logie · 1 eps
Last of the Summer Wine
Man in Cafe · 1 eps
Screen Two
Panter · 1 eps
Screen Two
Kecks McGuinness · 1 eps
Screen Two
The Dipper · 1 eps
Screen Two
Mitch · 1 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
Pie in the Sky
Kevin Tasker · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Paula's Father · 1 eps
Between the Lines
Ch. Supt. Jameson · 1 eps
Sharpe
Obadiah Hakeswill · 2 eps
Zorro
Bandit · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Terence Sullivan · 1 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Quince (voice) · 1 eps
Criminal Justice
Hooch · 5 eps
Plays for Britain
Soldier · 1 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
Montague Tigg · 5 eps
Mitch
Jack Frost · 1 eps
Going Straight
Thomas Clifford Crowther · 1 eps
Butterfly Collectors
DI John McKeown · 2 eps
The Sins
Len Green · 7 eps
Self / Appearances (8)
Richard & Judy
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Self · 1 eps
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Self