Pete Postlethwaite
Biography
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.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Pete Postlethwaite
Scales of Justice: The Unyielding Spirit of "In the Name of the Father"
Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father (1993) is a cinematic crucible, forging raw human resilience from the embers of injustice. Anchored by Daniel Day-Lewis’s incandescent performance as Gerry Con... Read more
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist." This iconic quote hints at the masterful deception at the heart of "The Usual Suspects."
Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects isn’t merely a crime thriller; it’s a brilliantly constructed and endlessly debated puzzle box of a film that culminates in one of the most iconic twist endings in ci... Read more
"What is real? What is dream?" This fundamental question lies at the heart of the mind-bending and visually stunning "Inception."
Christopher Nolan’s Inception is not just a heist movie; it’s a meticulously crafted and intellectually stimulating journey into the complex and often surreal world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCap... Read more
Acted Movies
Director: Nick Hamm
Director: Ben Affleck
Director: Christopher Nolan
Director: Louis Leterrier
Director: Lasse Hallström
Director: Steven Spielberg
Director: Mark Herman
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Director: Bryan Singer
Director: Jim Sheridan
Director: Tony Maylam
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
