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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Inception | Maurice Fischer | 2010-07-15 |
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Clash of the Titans | Spyros | 2010-03-26 |
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The Town | Fergus "Fergie" Colm | 2010-09-15 |
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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 | 2009-09-16 |
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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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Ghost Son | Doc | 2007-04-05 |
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Closing the Ring | Quinlan | 2007-09-14 |
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Valley of the Heart's Delight | Albion Munson | 2006-04-24 |
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Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener | Self | 2006-01-10 |
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The Omen | Father Brennan | 2006-06-06 |
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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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The Constant Gardener | Lorbeer | 2005-08-31 |
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Æon Flux | Keeper | 2005-11-30 |
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Red Mercury | Gold Commander | 2005-05-13 |
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The Limit | Gale | 2004-12-28 |
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Strange Bedfellows | Russell McKenzie (taxman) | 2004-04-22 |
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Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose | Arthur (voice) | 2003-12-26 |
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Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects' | Kobayashi (archive footage) | 2002-04-02 |
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Cowboy Up | Reid Braxton | 2002-09-03 |
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Between Strangers | John | 2002-08-30 |
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Triggermen | Ben Cutler | 2002-07-26 |
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Rat | Hubert Flynn | 2001-04-01 |
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The Shipping News | Tert Card | 2001-12-18 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | 2000-12-25 | |
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When the Sky Falls | Martin Shaughnessy | 2000-06-26 |
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Lost for Words | Deric Longden | 1999-01-03 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carpenter | 1999-02-28 |
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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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Wayward Son | Ben Alexander | 1999-09-20 |
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The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Among Giants | Ray | 1998-06-24 |
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The Making of 'The Lost World' | Self | 1997-05-08 |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Thomas Smith | 1997-05-14 |
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Bandyta | Sincai | 1997-11-07 |
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Roland Tembo | 1997-05-23 |
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Amistad | Holabird | 1997-12-10 |
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When Saturday Comes | Ken Jackson | 1996-03-01 |
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Romeo + Juliet | Father Laurence | 1996-11-01 |
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Crimetime | Sidney | 1996-08-01 |
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James and the Giant Peach | The Magic Man | 1996-04-12 |
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Brassed Off | Danny | 1996-11-01 |
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DragonHeart | Gilbert | 1996-05-31 |
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The Usual Suspects | Kobayashi | 1995-07-19 |
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Suite 16 | Glover | 1994-11-24 |
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Sharpe's Company | Obadiah Hakeswill | 1994-05-25 |
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Sin Bin | Mitch | 1994-05-18 |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Obadiah Hakeswill | 1994-06-01 |
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In the Name of the Father | Giuseppe Conlon | 1993-12-12 |
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Anchoress | William Carpenter | 1993-09-10 |
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Waterland | Henry Crick | 1992-08-21 |
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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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Alien³ | David | 1992-05-22 |
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The Grass Arena | The Dipper | 1992-01-19 |
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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 | 1990-01-22 |
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Hamlet | Player King | 1990-12-19 |
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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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The Dressmaker | Jack | 1988-12-16 |
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Tumbledown | Major (Rehabilitation Centre) | 1988-05-29 |
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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 Private Function | Nuttol | 1984-11-09 |
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Fords on Water | Winston's Boss | 1983-01-01 |
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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 |
