Pete Postlethwaite

Actor | Producer

Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 - January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor ...

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The Shipping News

The Shipping News

... 2001

Æon Flux

Æon Flux

... 2005

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

... 2005

The Town

The Town

... 2010

Dark Water

Dark Water

... 2005

Fullname:

Pete Postlethwaite

Date of Birth:

1946-02-07

Country:

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Biography of

Pete Postlethwaite

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.

Biography of

Pete Postlethwaite

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Biography of

Pete Postlethwaite

Found movies in total

Flesh and Bone

Flesh and Bone

... 1993

Little Fish

Little Fish

... 2005

Soulmate

Soulmate

... 2020

The Mystery of Her

The Mystery of Her

... 2022

The Idea of You

The Idea of You

... 2024

Tatsulok: Tatlo Magkasalo

Tatsulok: Tatlo Magkasalo

... 2024

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

... 2011

Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters

... 2022

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

... 1994