Pete Postlethwaite
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Casualty
Ralph Peters
1986
Series
Casualty
Hank
1986
Series
Play for Today
Danny Duggan
1970
Film
Inception
Maurice Fischer
2010
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Man in Cafe
1973
Series
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Series
Screen Two
Panter
1985
Series
Screen Two
Kecks McGuinness
1985
Series
Screen Two
The Dipper
1985
Series
Screen Two
Mitch
1985
Series
Minder
Jack Wragg
1979
Series
Minder
Logie
1979
Series
TFI Friday
1996
Series
ScreenPlay
Paula's Father
1986
Series
Pie in the Sky
Kevin Tasker
1994
Series
Sharpe
Obadiah Hakeswill
1993
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Lovejoy
Terence Sullivan
1986
Film
The Town
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
2010
Series
The BAFTA Awards
Self
1949
Film
The Usual Suspects
Kobayashi
1995
Series
Boon
Steve McLaughlin
1986
Series
Between the Lines
Ch. Supt. Jameson
1992
Series
Zorro
Bandit
1990
Film
Romeo + Juliet
Father Laurence
1996
Film
DragonHeart
Gilbert
1996
Film
Alien³
David
1992
Film
The Last of the Mohicans
Captain Beams
1992
Film
Clash of the Titans
Spyros
2010
Second City Firsts
Duffy
1973
Film
James and the Giant Peach
The Magic Man
1996
Film
Æon Flux
Keeper
2005
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Quince (voice)
1992
Series
Criminal Justice
Hooch
2008
Film
In the Name of the Father
Giuseppe Conlon
1993
Film
The Constant Gardener
Lorbeer
2005
Film
Solomon Kane
William Crowthorn
2009
Film
The Omen
Father Brennan
2006
Series
Martin Chuzzlewit
Montague Tigg
1994
Film
Dark Water
Veeck
2005
Series
Going Straight
Thomas Clifford Crowther
1978
Series
The Sins
Len Green
2000
El C.I.D.
Vince
1990
Film
The Duellists
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
1977
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Carpenter
1999
Film
Split Second
Paulsen
1992
Series
Plays for Britain
Soldier
1976
Film
Treasure Island
George Merry
1990
Series
Mitch
Jack Frost
1984
Film
Hamlet
Player King
1990
Film
The Shipping News
Tert Card
2001
Player
Colin
2008
Film
Brassed Off
Danny
1996
Film
Sharpe's Company
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
1994
Film
Triggermen
Ben Cutler
2002
Series
Butterfly Collectors
DI John McKeown
1999
Tales of Sherwood Forest
Eric
1989
Film
Closing the Ring
Quinlan
2007
Film
Animal Farm
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
1999
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince (voice)
1992
Film
Rat
Hubert Flynn
2000
Film
To Kill a Priest
Josef
1988
Film
The Serpent's Kiss
Thomas Smith
1997
Film
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Father
1988
Film
Sharpe: The Legend
Hakeswill
1997
Film
Waterland
Henry Crick
1992
Film
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Albion Munson
2006
Film
A Private Function
Nuttol
1984
Film
The Age of Stupid
The Archivist
2009
Film
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
Film
Anchoress
William Carpenter
1993
Debut on Two
Keef
1990
Debut on Two
Tony
1990
Film
Strange Bedfellows
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
2004
Film
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
2009
Film
Amistad
Holabird
1997
Film
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
Film
Tumbledown
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
1988
Film
Brute
Sincai
1997
Film
Between Strangers
John
2002
Film
The Limit
Gale
2004
Film
Killing Bono
Karl
2011
Film
Cowboy Up
Reid Braxton
2002
Film
Coast to Coast
Kecks McGuinness
1987
Film
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Self
1999
Film
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Ireneusz Lesniak
1981
Film
When the Sky Falls
Martin Shaughnessy
2000
Film
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Film
Crimetime
Sidney
1996
Film
When Saturday Comes
Ken Jackson
1996
Film
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Film
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Narrator
2009
Film
Sharpe's Enemy
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
1994
Film
Suite 16
Glover
1994
Film
The Dressmaker
Jack
1988
Film
Among Giants
Ray
1998
Film
They Never Slept
Panter
1991
Film
Ghost Son
Doc
2007
Film
Red Mercury
Gold Commander
2005
Film
A Crack in the Ice
Painter
1985
Kingdom Come
Keef
1990
Film
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Roland Tembo
1997
Film
Needle
Paula's Father
1990
Film
The Divine Ryans
Uncle Reg Ryan
1999
Film
Wayward Son
Ben Alexander
1999
Film
The Paradise Run
Soldier
1976
Film
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
2006
Film
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Arthur (voice)
2003
Film
Afternoon Off
Attendant in Art Gallery
1979
Film
Thwum
Duffy
1975
Film
Doris and Doreen
Mr. Lomax
1978
Film
The Racer
Ecco
1975
Film
The Muscle Market
Danny Duggan
1981
Film
Thora Hird Tribute
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ragueneau
1985
Film
Lost for Words
Deric Longden
1999
A Box of Swan
Tony
1990
Film
The Grass Arena
The Dipper
1991
Film
Number 27
Becket
1988
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Self
2005
Film
Sin Bin
Mitch
1994
Waving at Trains
Douglas Warren
2009
Film
Fords on Water
Winston's Boss
1983