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.
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Killing Bono
as Karl
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
The Town
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Clash of the Titans
as Spyros
Solomon Kane
as William Crowthorn
The Age of Stupid
as The Archivist
Tattoos: A Scarred History
as Self
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
as Narrator
Criminal Justice
as Hooch
Closing the Ring
as Quinlan
Ghost Son
as Doc
The Omen
as Father Brennan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Albion Munson
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
as Self
Æon Flux
as Keeper
The Constant Gardener
as Lorbeer
Dark Water
as Veeck
Red Mercury
as Gold Commander
The Limit
as Gale
Strange Bedfellows
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
as Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Cowboy Up
as Reid Braxton
Between Strangers
as John
Triggermen
as Ben Cutler
The Shipping News
as Tert Card
Richard & Judy
as Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
The Sins
as Len Green
Rat
as Hubert Flynn
When the Sky Falls
as Martin Shaughnessy
Animal Farm
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
Wayward Son
as Ben Alexander
Butterfly Collectors
as DI John McKeown
Alice in Wonderland
as Carpenter
Lost for Words
as Deric Longden
The Divine Ryans
as Uncle Reg Ryan
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
as Self
Among Giants
as Ray
Amistad
as Holabird
Brute
as Sincai
Sharpe: The Legend
as Hakeswill
The Serpent's Kiss
as Thomas Smith
The Making of 'The Lost World'
as Self
Romeo + Juliet
as Father Laurence
Brassed Off
as Danny
Crimetime
as Sidney
DragonHeart
as Gilbert
James and the Giant Peach
as The Magic Man
When Saturday Comes
as Ken Jackson
TFI Friday
as Unknown
The Usual Suspects
as Kobayashi
Suite 16
as Glover
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Montague Tigg
Sharpe's Enemy
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe's Company
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin
as Mitch
Pie in the Sky
as Kevin Tasker
In the Name of the Father
as Giuseppe Conlon
Anchoress
as William Carpenter
Sharpe
as Obadiah Hakeswill
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Quince (voice)
Between the Lines
as Ch. Supt. Jameson
The Last of the Mohicans
as Captain Beams
Waterland
as Henry Crick
Alien³
as David
Split Second
as Paulsen
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince (voice)
The Grass Arena
as The Dipper
They Never Slept
as Panter
Hamlet
as Player King
Needle
as Paula's Father
Treasure Island
as George Merry
Zorro
as Bandit
The Dressmaker
as Jack
Distant Voices, Still Lives
as Father
Number 27
as Becket
To Kill a Priest
as Josef
Tumbledown
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
Coast to Coast
as Kecks McGuinness
Casualty
as Ralph Peters
Casualty
as Hank
ScreenPlay
as Paula's Father
Lovejoy
as Terence Sullivan
A Crack in the Ice
as Painter
Screen Two
as Panter
Screen Two
as Kecks McGuinness
Screen Two
as The Dipper
Screen Two
as Mitch
A Private Function
as Nuttol
Mitch
as Jack Frost
Fords on Water
as Winston's Boss
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Ireneusz Lesniak
The Muscle Market
as Danny Duggan
Minder
as Jack Wragg
Minder
as Logie
Afternoon Off
as Attendant in Art Gallery
Doris and Doreen
as Mr. Lomax
Going Straight
as Thomas Clifford Crowther
The Duellists
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
Plays for Britain
as Soldier
The Paradise Run
as Soldier
Occupy!
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Thwum
as Duffy
The Racer
as Ecco
Last of the Summer Wine
as Man in Cafe
Play for Today
as Danny Duggan
The Oscars
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
as Self