Acting · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK · Born February 7, 1946
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.
MovieKilling Bono
2011
as Karl
MovieReturn to Jurassic Park
2011
as Self
MovieThe Town
2010
as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
MovieInception
2010
as Maurice Fischer
MovieClash of the Titans
2010
as Spyros
MovieSolomon Kane
2009
as William Crowthorn
MovieThe Age of Stupid
2009
as The Archivist
MovieTattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self
MovieClough: The Brian Clough Story
2009
as Narrator
Waving at Trains
2009
as Douglas Warren
Player
2008
as Colin
TVCriminal Justice
2008
as Hooch
MovieClosing the Ring
2007
as Quinlan
MovieGhost Son
2007
as Doc
MovieThe Omen
2006
as Father Brennan
MovieValley of the Heart's Delight
2006
as Albion Munson
MovieAnatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006
as Self
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005
as Self
MovieÆon Flux
2005
as Keeper
MovieThe Constant Gardener
2005
as Lorbeer
MovieDark Water
2005
as Veeck
MovieRed Mercury
2005
as Gold Commander
MovieThe Limit
2004
as Gale
MovieStrange Bedfellows
2004
as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
MovieWilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003
as Arthur (voice)
MovieThora Hird Tribute
2003
as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieCowboy Up
2002
as Reid Braxton
MovieBetween Strangers
2002
as John
MovieTriggermen
2002
as Ben Cutler
MovieThe Shipping News
2001
as Tert Card
TVRichard & Judy
2001
as Self
MovieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
as Various Characters
TVThe Sins
2000
as Len Green
MovieRat
2000
as Hubert Flynn
MovieWhen the Sky Falls
2000
as Martin Shaughnessy
MovieAnimal Farm
1999
as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
MovieWayward Son
1999
as Ben Alexander
TVButterfly Collectors
1999
as DI John McKeown
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Carpenter
MovieLost for Words
1999
as Deric Longden
MovieThe Divine Ryans
1999
as Uncle Reg Ryan
MovieThe Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999
as Self
MovieAmong Giants
1998
as Ray
MovieAmistad
1997
as Holabird
MovieBrute
1997
as Sincai
MovieSharpe: The Legend
1997
as Hakeswill
MovieThe Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Roland Tembo
MovieThe Serpent's Kiss
1997
as Thomas Smith
MovieThe Making of 'The Lost World'
1997
as Self
MovieRomeo + Juliet
1996
as Father Laurence
MovieBrassed Off
1996
as Danny
MovieCrimetime
1996
as Sidney
MovieDragonHeart
1996
as Gilbert
MovieJames and the Giant Peach
1996
as The Magic Man
MovieWhen Saturday Comes
1996
as Ken Jackson
MovieThe Usual Suspects
1995
as Kobayashi
MovieSuite 16
1994
as Glover
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Montague Tigg
MovieSharpe's Enemy
1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
MovieSharpe's Company
1994
as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
MovieSin Bin
1994
as Mitch
TVPie in the Sky
1994
as Kevin Tasker
MovieIn the Name of the Father
1993
as Giuseppe Conlon
MovieAnchoress
1993
as William Carpenter
TVSharpe
1993
as Obadiah Hakeswill
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Quince (voice)
TVBetween the Lines
1992
as Ch. Supt. Jameson
MovieThe Last of the Mohicans
1992
as Captain Beams
MovieWaterland
1992
as Henry Crick
MovieAlien³
1992
as David
MovieSplit Second
1992
as Paulsen
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1992
as Quince (voice)
MovieThe Grass Arena
1992
as The Dipper
MovieThey Never Slept
1991
as Panter
MovieHamlet
1990
as Player King
A Box of Swan
1990
as Tony
Kingdom Come
1990
as Keef
MovieNeedle
1990
as Paula's Father
MovieTreasure Island
1990
as George Merry
El C.I.D.
1990
as Vince
TVZorro
1990
as Bandit
Tales of Sherwood Forest
1989
as Eric
MovieThe Dressmaker
1988
as Jack
MovieDistant Voices, Still Lives
1988
as Father
MovieNumber 27
1988
as Becket
MovieTo Kill a Priest
1988
as Josef
MovieTumbledown
1988
as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
MovieCoast to Coast
1987
as Kecks McGuinness
TVCasualty
1986
as Ralph Peters
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Paula's Father
TVLovejoy
1986
as Terence Sullivan
MovieA Crack in the Ice
1985
as Painter
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
as Ragueneau
TVScreen Two
1985
as Panter
MovieA Private Function
1984
as Nuttol
TVMitch
1984
as Jack Frost
MovieFords on Water
1983
as Winston's Boss
MovieStrike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981
as Ireneusz Lesniak
MovieThe Muscle Market
1981
as Danny Duggan
TVMinder
1979
as Jack Wragg
MovieAfternoon Off
1979
as Attendant in Art Gallery
MovieDoris and Doreen
1978
as Mr. Lomax
TVGoing Straight
1978
as Thomas Clifford Crowther
MovieThe Duellists
1977
as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
TVPlays for Britain
1976
as Soldier
MovieThe Paradise Run
1976
as Soldier
MovieOccupy!
1976
as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
MovieThwum
1975
as Duffy
MovieThe Racer
1975
as Ecco
Second City Firsts
1973
as Duffy
TVLast of the Summer Wine
1973
as Man in Cafe
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Danny Duggan
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVThe BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
