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Pete Postlethwaite

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, T

Born

Feb 07, 1946

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Died

Jan 02, 2011

Known For

Acting

Movies

89 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.3

Known For

Inception
Inception
2010 • as Maurice Fischer
★ 8.4
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
1995 • as Kobayashi
★ 8.2
The Town
The Town
2010 • as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
★ 7.2
Alien³
Alien³
1992 • as David
★ 6.4
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 • as Father Laurence
★ 6.8
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
2010 • as Spyros
★ 5.9
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 • as Captain Beams
★ 7.4
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
1996 • as The Magic Man
★ 6.6
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
2005 • as Keeper
★ 5.6
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
1993 • as Giuseppe Conlon
★ 7.9
DragonHeart
DragonHeart
1996 • as Gilbert
★ 6.6
The Omen
The Omen
2006 • as Father Brennan
★ 5.6
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
2005 • as Lorbeer
★ 7.0
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
2009 • as William Crowthorn
★ 6.0
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1999 • as Carpenter
★ 6.2
Dark Water
Dark Water
2005 • as Veeck
★ 5.7
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
1996 • as Danny
★ 7.0
The Duellists
The Duellists
1977 • as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
★ 7.3
Split Second
Split Second
1992 • as Paulsen
★ 6.0
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1990 • as George Merry
★ 6.7
Hamlet
Hamlet
1990 • as Player King
★ 6.6
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
1999 • as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
★ 5.7
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
2001 • as Tert Card
★ 6.4
Closing the Ring
Closing the Ring
2007 • as Quinlan
★ 6.1
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 • as Self
★ 6.6
Triggermen
Triggermen
2002 • as Ben Cutler
★ 4.8
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
1988 • as Josef
★ 6.2
Distant Voices, Still Lives
★ 6.9
A Private Function
A Private Function
1984 • as Nuttol
★ 6.4
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 • as Hakeswill
★ 6.1
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker
1988 • as Jack
★ 4.6
Rat
Rat
2000 • as Hubert Flynn
★ 6.0
Ghost Son
Ghost Son
2007 • as Doc
★ 4.5
Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Company
1994 • as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
★ 6.7
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Enemy
1994 • as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
★ 6.8
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid
2009 • as The Archivist
★ 6.6
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
2011 • as Karl
★ 6.2
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 • as Various Characters
★ 7.0
Crimetime
Crimetime
1996 • as Sidney
★ 4.3
When the Sky Falls
When the Sky Falls
2000 • as Martin Shaughnessy
★ 5.0
The Making of 'The Lost World'
★ 6.9
Amistad
Amistad
1997 • as Holabird
★ 7.0
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
1988 • as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
★ 5.7
Anchoress
Anchoress
1993 • as William Carpenter
★ 6.1
The Serpent's Kiss
The Serpent's Kiss
1997 • as Thomas Smith
★ 5.4
Between Strangers
Between Strangers
2002 • as John
★ 5.6
Waterland
Waterland
1992 • as Henry Crick
★ 6.3
When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes
1996 • as Ken Jackson
★ 5.8
Suite 16
Suite 16
1994 • as Glover
★ 5.8
Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up
2002 • as Reid Braxton
★ 5.9
Among Giants
Among Giants
1998 • as Ray
★ 5.3
movie
Player
2008 • as Colin
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 • as Roland Tembo
★ 6.6
Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
1987 • as Kecks McGuinness
★ 7.0
Brute
Brute
1997 • as Sincai
★ 5.7
Needle
Needle
1990 • as Paula's Father
★ 10.0
Red Mercury
Red Mercury
2005 • as Gold Commander
★ 5.3
Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows
2004 • as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
★ 5.8
movie
A Box of Swan
1990 • as Tony
Thora Hird Tribute
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 • as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 • as Ireneusz Lesniak
The Paradise Run
The Paradise Run
1976 • as Soldier
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006 • as Albion Munson
★ 7.3
The Limit
The Limit
2004 • as Gale
★ 5.9
Thwum
Thwum
1975 • as Duffy
Wayward Son
Wayward Son
1999 • as Ben Alexander
★ 4.4
Occupy!
Occupy!
1976 • as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
★ 10.0
Fords on Water
Fords on Water
1983 • as Winston's Boss
★ 9.0
Afternoon Off
Afternoon Off
1979 • as Attendant in Art Gallery
The Divine Ryans
The Divine Ryans
1999 • as Uncle Reg Ryan
★ 10.0
Lost for Words
Lost for Words
1999 • as Deric Longden
★ 6.5
A Crack in the Ice
A Crack in the Ice
1985 • as Painter
movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985 • as Ragueneau
★ 6.6
Number 27
Number 27
1988 • as Becket
★ 9.0
Sin Bin
Sin Bin
1994 • as Mitch
★ 9.0
Doris and Doreen
Doris and Doreen
1978 • as Mr. Lomax
★ 6.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992 • as Quince (voice)
They Never Slept
They Never Slept
1991 • as Panter
The Muscle Market
The Muscle Market
1981 • as Danny Duggan
★ 7.0
The Grass Arena
The Grass Arena
1991 • as The Dipper
★ 8.5
movie
Kingdom Come
1990 • as Keef
The Racer
The Racer
1975 • as Ecco
movie
Waving at Trains
2009 • as Douglas Warren