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.
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 (Movies)
Killing Bono
Character:Karl
Release Date:01/04/2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/2011
The Town
Character:Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Release Date:15/09/2010
Inception
Character:Maurice Fischer
Release Date:15/07/2010
Clash of the Titans
Character:Spyros
Release Date:26/03/2010
Solomon Kane
Character:William Crowthorn
Release Date:23/12/2009
The Age of Stupid
Character:The Archivist
Release Date:21/09/2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Character:Self
Release Date:21/06/2009
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/03/2009
Waving at Trains
Character:Douglas Warren
Release Date:01/01/2009
Player
Character:Colin
Release Date:03/10/2008
Closing the Ring
Character:Quinlan
Release Date:14/09/2007
Ghost Son
Character:Doc
Release Date:05/04/2007
The Omen
Character:Father Brennan
Release Date:06/06/2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Character:Albion Munson
Release Date:24/04/2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2006
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2005
Æon Flux
Character:Keeper
Release Date:30/11/2005
The Constant Gardener
Character:Lorbeer
Release Date:31/08/2005
Dark Water
Character:Veeck
Release Date:08/07/2005
Red Mercury
Character:Gold Commander
Release Date:13/05/2005
The Limit
Character:Gale
Release Date:28/12/2004
Strange Bedfellows
Character:Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Release Date:22/04/2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Character:Arthur (voice)
Release Date:26/12/2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Character:Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Release Date:30/03/2003
Cowboy Up
Character:Reid Braxton
Release Date:03/09/2002
Between Strangers
Character:John
Release Date:30/08/2002
Triggermen
Character:Ben Cutler
Release Date:26/07/2002
The Shipping News
Character:Tert Card
Release Date:18/12/2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Character:Various Characters
Release Date:25/12/2000
Rat
Character:Hubert Flynn
Release Date:06/10/2000
When the Sky Falls
Character:Martin Shaughnessy
Release Date:26/06/2000
Animal Farm
Character:Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
Release Date:03/10/1999
Wayward Son
Character:Ben Alexander
Release Date:20/09/1999
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Carpenter
Release Date:28/02/1999
Lost for Words
Character:Deric Longden
Release Date:03/01/1999
The Divine Ryans
Character:Uncle Reg Ryan
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Among Giants
Character:Ray
Release Date:24/06/1998
Amistad
Character:Holabird
Release Date:10/12/1997
Brute
Character:Sincai
Release Date:07/11/1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Character:Hakeswill
Release Date:13/10/1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Character:Roland Tembo
Release Date:23/05/1997
The Serpent's Kiss
Character:Thomas Smith
Release Date:14/05/1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Character:Self
Release Date:08/05/1997
Romeo + Juliet
Character:Father Laurence
Release Date:01/11/1996
Brassed Off
Character:Danny
Release Date:01/11/1996
Crimetime
Character:Sidney
Release Date:01/08/1996
DragonHeart
Character:Gilbert
Release Date:31/05/1996
James and the Giant Peach
Character:The Magic Man
Release Date:12/04/1996
When Saturday Comes
Character:Ken Jackson
Release Date:01/03/1996
The Usual Suspects
Character:Kobayashi
Release Date:19/07/1995
Suite 16
Character:Glover
Release Date:24/11/1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Character:Obadiah Hakeswill
Release Date:01/06/1994
Sharpe's Company
Character:Obadiah Hakeswill
Release Date:25/05/1994
Sin Bin
Character:Mitch
Release Date:18/05/1994
In the Name of the Father
Character:Giuseppe Conlon
Release Date:12/12/1993
Anchoress
Character:William Carpenter
Release Date:10/09/1993
The Last of the Mohicans
Character:Captain Beams
Release Date:26/08/1992
Waterland
Character:Henry Crick
Release Date:21/08/1992
Alien³
Character:David
Release Date:22/05/1992
Split Second
Character:Paulsen
Release Date:01/05/1992
The Grass Arena
Character:The Dipper
Release Date:19/01/1992
They Never Slept
Character:Panter
Release Date:20/01/1991
Hamlet
Character:Player King
Release Date:19/12/1990
A Box of Swan
Character:Tony
Release Date:09/10/1990
Kingdom Come
Character:Keef
Release Date:02/10/1990
Needle
Character:Paula's Father
Release Date:12/09/1990
Treasure Island
Character:George Merry
Release Date:22/01/1990
The Dressmaker
Character:Jack
Release Date:16/12/1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Character:Father
Release Date:16/11/1988
Number 27
Character:Becket
Release Date:23/10/1988
To Kill a Priest
Character:Josef
Release Date:07/09/1988
Tumbledown
Character:Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Release Date:29/05/1988
Coast to Coast
Character:Kecks McGuinness
Release Date:04/01/1987
A Crack in the Ice
Character:Painter
Release Date:06/08/1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
Character:Ragueneau
Release Date:26/07/1985
A Private Function
Character:Nuttol
Release Date:09/11/1984
Fords on Water
Character:Winston's Boss
Release Date:01/01/1983
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Character:Ireneusz Lesniak
Release Date:18/12/1981
The Muscle Market
Character:Danny Duggan
Release Date:13/01/1981
Afternoon Off
Character:Attendant in Art Gallery
Release Date:03/02/1979
Doris and Doreen
Character:Mr. Lomax
Release Date:16/12/1978
The Duellists
Character:Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
Release Date:31/08/1977
The Paradise Run
Character:Soldier
Release Date:05/04/1976
Occupy!
Character:Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Release Date:01/01/1976
Thwum
Character:Duffy
Release Date:22/11/1975
The Racer
Character:Ecco
Release Date:01/01/1975
Television Appearances
Criminal Justice
Character:Hooch
Richard & Judy
Character:Self
Sins
Character:Len Green
Butterfly Collectors
Character:John McKeown
Martin Chuzzlewit
Character:Tigg Montague
Pie in the Sky
Character:Kevin Tasker
Sharpe
Character:Obadiah Hakeswill
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Character:Quince (voice)
Between the Lines
Character:Ch. Supt. Jameson
El C.I.D.
Character:Vince
Zorro
Character:Bandit
Tales of Sherwood Forest
Character:Eric
Casualty
Character:Ralph Peters
Casualty
Character:Hank
Lovejoy
Character:Terence Sullivan
Screen Two
Character:Panter
Screen Two
Character:Kecks McGuinness
Screen Two
Character:The Dipper
Screen Two
Character:Mitch
Mitch
Character:Jack Frost
Minder
Character:Jack Wragg
Minder
Character:Logie
Going Straight
Character:Thomas Clifford Crowther
Last of the Summer Wine
Character:Man in Cafe
Play for Today
Character:Danny Duggan
The Oscars
Character:Self
The BAFTA Awards
Character:Self
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