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