Pete Postlethwaite
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Country: United Kingdom
Gender: M
Birthday: 1945-02-07
Died: 2011-01-02
Biography
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 on 2 January 2011.
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Actor:
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1. The Duellists (1977), film...Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
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2. Fords On Water (1983), film...Winston's Boss (as Peter Postlethwaite)
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3. A Private Function (1984), film...Nuttal
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4. To Kill a Priest (1988), film...Josef
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5. Tumbledown (1988), film...Major - Rehabilitation Centre
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6. The Dressmaker (1988), film...Jack
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7. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), film...Father
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8. Hamlet (1990), film...Player King
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9. Treasure Island (1990), film...George Merry
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10. Alien 3 (1992), film...David
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11. The Last of the Mohicans (1992), film...Capt. Beams
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12. Split Second (1992), film...Paulsen
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13. In the Name of the Father (1993), film...Giuseppe Conlon
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14. Anchoress (1993), film...William Carpenter
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15. Sharpe (1993), series...Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill
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16. The Usual Suspects (1995), film...Kobayashi
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17. DragonHeart (1996), film...Gilbert
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...Father Laurence
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19. Brassed Off (1996), film...Danny
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20. James and the Giant Peach (1996), film...Old Man
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21. When Saturday Comes (1996), film...Ken Jackson
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22. Crimetime (1996), film...Sidney
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23. Amistad (1997), film...Holabird
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24. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), film...Roland Tembo
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25. The Serpent's Kiss (1997), film...Thomas Smithers
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26. Bandyta (1997), film...Sincai
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27. Among Giants (1998), film...Raymond 'Ray'
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28. Alice in Wonderland (1999), film...Carpenter
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29. When the Sky Falls (2000), film...Martin Shaughnessy
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30. When the Sky Falls (2000), film...Martin Shaughnessy
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31. Rat (2000), film...Hubert Flynn
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32. The Shipping News (2001), film...Tert Card
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33. Cowboy Up (2001), film...Reid Braxton
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34. Triggermen (2002), film...Ben Cutler
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35. Between Strangers (2002), film...John
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36. The Limit (2004), film...Gale
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37. Dark Water (2005), film...Veeck
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38. The Constant Gardener (2005), film...Lorbeer
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39. Aeon Flux (2005), film...Keeper
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40. Red Mercury (2005), film...Gold Commander
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41. The Omen (2006), film...Father Brennan
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42. Closing the Ring (2007), film...Quinlan
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43. Ghost Son (2007), film...Doc
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44. Solomon Kane (2009), film...William Crowthorn
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45. The Age of Stupid (2009), film
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46. Clash of the Titans (2010), film...Spyros
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47. Inception (2010), film...Maurice Fischer
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48. The Town (2010), film...Fergus 'Fergie' Colm
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49. Killing Bono (2011), film...Karl
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...Self (archive footage)
Voice:
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1. Animal Farm (1999), film...Benjamin