Pete Postlethwaite
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Nick Hamm
Writers: Simon Maxwell,
Cast: Ben Barnes, Hugh O'Conor, Justine Waddell, Krysten Ritter, Luke Treadaway, Martin McCann, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Serafinowicz, Ralph Brown, Robert Sheehan,
Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Peter Craig,
Cast: Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper, George Carroll, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, Owen Burke, Pete Postlethwaite, Rebecca Hall, Titus Welliver,
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan,
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Elliot Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Tom Berenger, Tom Hardy,
Director: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Phil Hay,
Cast: Alexa Davalos, Ashraf Barhom, Gemma Arterton, Jason Flemyng, Liam Neeson, Mads Mikkelsen, Pete Postlethwaite, Polly Walker, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Worthington,
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writers: Jeffrey Caine,
Cast: Archie Panjabi, Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Donald Sumpter, Hubert Koundé, Juliet Aubrey, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Richard McCabe,
Director: Lasse Hallström
Writers: Robert Nelson Jacobs,
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, Katherine Moennig, Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Rhys Ifans, Scott Glenn,
Director: Mark Herman
Writers: Mark Herman,
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Jim Carter, Mary Healey, Melanie Hill, Pete Postlethwaite, Peter Martin, Philip Jackson, Stephen Tompkinson, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald,
Director: Tony Maylam
Writers: Gary Scott Thompson,
Cast: Alastair Duncan, Alun Armstrong, Ian Dury, Kim Cattrall, Michael J. Pollard, Pete Postlethwaite, Roberta Eaton, Rutger Hauer, Steven Hartley, Tony Steedman,
