Pete Postlethwaite
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
All Movies (89)
- Killing Bono2011 · as Karl
- Return to Jurassic Park2011 · as Self
- The Town2010 · as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- Inception2010 · as Maurice Fischer
- Clash of the Titans2010 · as Spyros
- Solomon Kane2009 · as William Crowthorn
- The Age of Stupid2009 · as The Archivist
- Tattoos: A Scarred History2009 · as Self
- Clough: The Brian Clough Story2009 · as Narrator
- Waving at Trains2009 · as Douglas Warren
- Player2008 · as Colin
- Closing the Ring2007 · as Quinlan
- Ghost Son2007 · as Doc
- The Omen2006 · as Father Brennan
- Valley of the Heart's Delight2006 · as Albion Munson
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener2006 · as Self
- Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'2005 · as Self
- Æon Flux2005 · as Keeper
- The Constant Gardener2005 · as Lorbeer
- Dark Water2005 · as Veeck
- Red Mercury2005 · as Gold Commander
- The Limit2004 · as Gale
- Strange Bedfellows2004 · as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose2003 · as Arthur (voice)
- Thora Hird Tribute2003 · as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
- Cowboy Up2002 · as Reid Braxton
- Between Strangers2002 · as John
- Triggermen2002 · as Ben Cutler
- The Shipping News2001 · as Tert Card
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000 · as Various Characters
- Rat2000 · as Hubert Flynn
- When the Sky Falls2000 · as Martin Shaughnessy
- Animal Farm1999 · as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
- Wayward Son1999 · as Ben Alexander
- Alice in Wonderland1999 · as Carpenter
- Lost for Words1999 · as Deric Longden
- The Divine Ryans1999 · as Uncle Reg Ryan
- The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.1999 · as Self
- Among Giants1998 · as Ray
- Amistad1997 · as Holabird
- Brute1997 · as Sincai
- Sharpe: The Legend1997 · as Hakeswill
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997 · as Roland Tembo
- The Serpent's Kiss1997 · as Thomas Smith
- The Making of 'The Lost World'1997 · as Self
- Romeo + Juliet1996 · as Father Laurence
- Brassed Off1996 · as Danny
- Crimetime1996 · as Sidney
- DragonHeart1996 · as Gilbert
- James and the Giant Peach1996 · as The Magic Man
- When Saturday Comes1996 · as Ken Jackson
- The Usual Suspects1995 · as Kobayashi
- Suite 161994 · as Glover
- Sharpe's Enemy1994 · as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Sharpe's Company1994 · as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Sin Bin1994 · as Mitch
- In the Name of the Father1993 · as Giuseppe Conlon
- Anchoress1993 · as William Carpenter
- The Last of the Mohicans1992 · as Captain Beams
- Waterland1992 · as Henry Crick
- Alien³1992 · as David
- Split Second1992 · as Paulsen
- A Midsummer Night's Dream1992 · as Quince (voice)
- The Grass Arena1992 · as The Dipper
- They Never Slept1991 · as Panter
- Hamlet1990 · as Player King
- A Box of Swan1990 · as Tony
- Kingdom Come1990 · as Keef
- Needle1990 · as Paula's Father
- Treasure Island1990 · as George Merry
- The Dressmaker1988 · as Jack
- Distant Voices, Still Lives1988 · as Father
- Number 271988 · as Becket
- To Kill a Priest1988 · as Josef
- Tumbledown1988 · as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- Coast to Coast1987 · as Kecks McGuinness
- A Crack in the Ice1985 · as Painter
- Cyrano de Bergerac1985 · as Ragueneau
- A Private Function1984 · as Nuttol
- Fords on Water1983 · as Winston's Boss
- Strike: The Birth of Solidarity1981 · as Ireneusz Lesniak
- The Muscle Market1981 · as Danny Duggan
- Afternoon Off1979 · as Attendant in Art Gallery
- Doris and Doreen1978 · as Mr. Lomax
- The Duellists1977 · as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
- The Paradise Run1976 · as Soldier
- Occupy!1976 · as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
- Thwum1975 · as Duffy
- The Racer1975 · as Ecco
All TV Shows (30)
- Criminal Justice2008 · as Hooch
- Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
- The Sins2000 · as Len Green
- Butterfly Collectors1999 · as DI John McKeown
- Martin Chuzzlewit1994 · as Montague Tigg
- Pie in the Sky1994 · as Kevin Tasker
- Sharpe1993 · as Obadiah Hakeswill
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Quince (voice)
- Between the Lines1992 · as Ch. Supt. Jameson
- El C.I.D.1990 · as Vince
- Zorro1990 · as Bandit
- Tales of Sherwood Forest1989 · as Eric
- Casualty1986 · as Ralph Peters
- Casualty1986 · as Hank
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Paula's Father
- Lovejoy1986 · as Terence Sullivan
- Screen Two1985 · as Panter
- Screen Two1985 · as Kecks McGuinness
- Screen Two1985 · as The Dipper
- Screen Two1985 · as Mitch
- Mitch1984 · as Jack Frost
- Minder1979 · as Jack Wragg
- Minder1979 · as Logie
- Going Straight1978 · as Thomas Clifford Crowther
- Plays for Britain1976 · as Soldier
- Second City Firsts1973 · as Duffy
- Last of the Summer Wine1973 · as Man in Cafe
- Play for Today1970 · as Danny Duggan
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- The BAFTA Awards1949 · as Self