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