Acting
Pete Postlethwaite
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.
Filmography
Killing Bono
Film · 2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Film · 2011
The Town
Film · 2010
Inception
Film · 2010
Clash of the Titans
Film · 2010
The Age of Stupid
Film · 2009
Solomon Kane
Film · 2009
Waving at Trains
Film · 2009
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Film · 2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Film · 2009
Player
Film · 2008
Criminal Justice
Series · 2008
Closing the Ring
Film · 2007
Ghost Son
Film · 2007
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Film · 2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Film · 2006
The Omen
Film · 2006
The Constant Gardener
Film · 2005
Æon Flux
Film · 2005
Dark Water
Film · 2005
Red Mercury
Film · 2005
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Film · 2005
Strange Bedfellows
Film · 2004
The Limit
Film · 2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Film · 2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Film · 2003
Triggermen
Film · 2002
Between Strangers
Film · 2002
Cowboy Up
Film · 2002
The Shipping News
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
Rat
Film · 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Film · 2000
When the Sky Falls
Film · 2000
The Sins
Series · 2000
Animal Farm
Film · 1999
The Divine Ryans
Film · 1999
Lost for Words
Film · 1999
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Film · 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1999
Wayward Son
Film · 1999
Butterfly Collectors
Series · 1999
Among Giants
Film · 1998
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Film · 1997
Brute
Film · 1997
Amistad
Film · 1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Film · 1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Film · 1997
The Serpent's Kiss
Film · 1997
Romeo + Juliet
Film · 1996
When Saturday Comes
Film · 1996
James and the Giant Peach
Film · 1996
DragonHeart
Film · 1996
Brassed Off
Film · 1996
Crimetime
Film · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
The Usual Suspects
Film · 1995
Suite 16
Film · 1994
Sharpe's Company
Film · 1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Film · 1994
Sin Bin
Film · 1994
Pie in the Sky
Series · 1994
Martin Chuzzlewit
Series · 1994
In the Name of the Father
Film · 1993
Anchoress
Film · 1993
Sharpe
Series · 1993
Alien³
Film · 1992
Split Second
Film · 1992
The Last of the Mohicans
Film · 1992
Waterland
Film · 1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film · 1992
Between the Lines
Series · 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Series · 1992
They Never Slept
Film · 1991
The Grass Arena
Film · 1991
Needle
Film · 1990
Kingdom Come
Film · 1990
A Box of Swan
Film · 1990
Hamlet
Film · 1990
Treasure Island
Film · 1990
El C.I.D.
Series · 1990
Zorro
Series · 1990
Debut on Two
Series · 1990
Debut on Two
Series · 1990
Tales of Sherwood Forest
Series · 1989
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Film · 1988
To Kill a Priest
Film · 1988
The Dressmaker
Film · 1988
Tumbledown
Film · 1988
Number 27
Film · 1988
Coast to Coast
Film · 1987
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
ScreenPlay
Series · 1986
Boon
Series · 1986
Cyrano de Bergerac
Film · 1985
A Crack in the Ice
Film · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
Screen Two
Series · 1985
A Private Function
Film · 1984
Mitch
Series · 1984
Fords on Water
Film · 1983
The Muscle Market
Film · 1981
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Film · 1981
Afternoon Off
Film · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Minder
Series · 1979
Doris and Doreen
Film · 1978
Going Straight
Series · 1978
The Duellists
Film · 1977
The Paradise Run
Film · 1976
Occupy!
Film · 1976
Plays for Britain
Series · 1976
Thwum
Film · 1975
The Racer
Film · 1975
Last of the Summer Wine
Series · 1973
Second City Firsts
Series · 1973
Play for Today
Series · 1970
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The BAFTA Awards
Series · 1949