1946-02-07 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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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Killing Bono | Karl | 2011-04-01 |
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Return to Jurassic Park | Self | 2011-02-05 |
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The Town | Fergus "Fergie" Colm | 2010-09-15 |
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Clash of the Titans | Spyros | 2010-03-26 |
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Inception | Maurice Fischer | 2010-07-15 |
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Waving at Trains | Douglas Warren | 2009-01-01 |
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Clough: The Brian Clough Story | Narrator | 2009-03-25 |
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Solomon Kane | William Crowthorn | 2009-12-23 |
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Tattoos: A Scarred History | Self | 2009-06-21 |
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The Age of Stupid | The Archivist | 2009-09-21 |
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Player | Colin | 2008-10-03 |
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Closing the Ring | Quinlan | 2007-09-14 |
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Ghost Son | Doc | 2007-04-05 |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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Valley of the Heart's Delight | Albion Munson | 2006-04-24 |
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The Omen | Father Brennan | 2006-06-06 |
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Red Mercury | Gold Commander | 2005-05-13 |
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The Constant Gardener | Lorbeer | 2005-08-31 |
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Æon Flux | Keeper | 2005-11-30 |
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Dark Water | Veeck | 2005-07-08 |
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Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' | Self | 2005-12-26 |
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Strange Bedfellows | Russell McKenzie (taxman) | 2004-04-22 |
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The Limit | Gale | 2004-12-28 |
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Thora Hird Tribute | Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited) | 2003-03-30 |
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Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose | Arthur (voice) | 2003-12-26 |
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Cowboy Up | Reid Braxton | 2002-09-03 |
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Triggermen | Ben Cutler | 2002-07-26 |
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Between Strangers | John | 2002-08-30 |
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The Shipping News | Tert Card | 2001-12-18 |
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When the Sky Falls | Martin Shaughnessy | 2000-06-26 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Various Characters | 2000-12-25 |
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Rat | Hubert Flynn | 2000-10-06 |
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The Divine Ryans | Uncle Reg Ryan | 1999-01-01 |
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Animal Farm | Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice) | 1999-10-03 |
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The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carpenter | 1999-02-28 |
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Wayward Son | Ben Alexander | 1999-09-20 |
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Lost for Words | Deric Longden | 1999-01-03 |
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Among Giants | Ray | 1998-06-24 |
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Roland Tembo | 1997-05-23 |
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Sharpe: The Legend | Hakeswill | 1997-10-13 |
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Amistad | Holabird | 1997-12-10 |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Thomas Smith | 1997-05-14 |
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The Making of 'The Lost World' | Self | 1997-05-08 |
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Bandyta | Sincai | 1997-11-07 |
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Brassed Off | Danny | 1996-11-01 |
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Romeo + Juliet | Father Laurence | 1996-11-01 |
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DragonHeart | Gilbert | 1996-05-31 |
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When Saturday Comes | Ken Jackson | 1996-03-01 |
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James and the Giant Peach | The Magic Man | 1996-04-12 |
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Crimetime | Sidney | 1996-08-01 |
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The Usual Suspects | Kobayashi | 1995-07-19 |
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Sharpe's Company | Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill | 1994-05-25 |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill | 1994-06-01 |
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Sin Bin | Mitch | 1994-05-18 |
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Suite 16 | Glover | 1994-11-24 |
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Anchoress | William Carpenter | 1993-09-10 |
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In the Name of the Father | Giuseppe Conlon | 1993-12-27 |
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Split Second | Paulsen | 1992-05-01 |
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The Last of the Mohicans | Captain Beams | 1992-08-26 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince (voice) | 1992-05-01 |
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Waterland | Henry Crick | 1992-08-21 |
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The Grass Arena | The Dipper | 1992-01-19 |
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Alien³ | David | 1992-05-22 |
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They Never Slept | Panter | 1991-01-20 |
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Needle | Paula's Father | 1990-09-12 |
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Treasure Island | George Merry | 1990-06-07 |
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Hamlet | Player King | 1990-12-19 |
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Kingdom Come | Keef | 1990-10-02 |
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A Box of Swan | Tony | 1990-10-09 |
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The Dressmaker | Jack | 1988-12-16 |
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Number 27 | Becket | 1988-10-23 |
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Tumbledown | Major (Rehabilitation Centre) | 1988-05-29 |
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Distant Voices, Still Lives | Father | 1988-11-16 |
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To Kill a Priest | Josef | 1988-09-07 |
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Coast to Coast | Kecks McGuinness | 1987-01-04 |
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Cyrano de Bergerac | Ragueneau | 1985-07-26 |
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A Crack in the Ice | Painter | 1985-08-06 |
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A Private Function | Nuttol | 1984-11-09 |
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Fords on Water | Winston's Boss | 1983-01-01 |
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Strike: The Birth of Solidarity | Ireneusz Lesniak | 1981-12-18 |
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The Muscle Market | Danny Duggan | 1981-01-13 |
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Afternoon Off | Attendant in Art Gallery | 1979-02-03 |
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Doris and Doreen | Mr. Lomax | 1978-12-16 |
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The Duellists | Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard | 1977-08-31 |
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The Paradise Run | Soldier | 1976-04-05 |
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Occupy! | Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool | 1976-01-01 |
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Thwum | Duffy | 1975-11-22 |
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The Racer | Ecco | 1975-01-01 |
