Pete Postlethwaite
Acting
Pete Postlethwaite (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.
TV Shows(23)
Criminal Justice
Hooch
2008
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
The Sins
Len Green
2000
Butterfly Collectors
DI John McKeown
1999
Martin Chuzzlewit
Montague Tigg
1994
Pie in the Sky
Kevin Tasker
1994
Sharpe
Obadiah Hakeswill
1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Quince (voice)
1992
Between the Lines
Ch. Supt. Jameson
1992
El C.I.D.
Vince
1990
Zorro
Bandit
1990
Tales of Sherwood Forest
Eric
1989
Casualty
Ralph Peters
1986
Lovejoy
Terence Sullivan
1986
Screen Two
Panter
1985
Mitch
Jack Frost
1984
Minder
Jack Wragg
1979
Going Straight
Thomas Clifford Crowther
1978
Plays for Britain
Soldier
1976
Last of the Summer Wine
Man in Cafe
1973
Play for Today
Danny Duggan
1970
The Oscars
Self
1953
The BAFTA Awards
Self
1949
Movies(89)
Killing Bono
Karl
2011
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
The Town
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
2010
Inception
Maurice Fischer
2010
Clash of the Titans
Spyros
2010
Solomon Kane
William Crowthorn
2009
The Age of Stupid
The Archivist
2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
2009
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Narrator
2009
Waving at Trains
Douglas Warren
2009
Player
Colin
2008
Closing the Ring
Quinlan
2007
Ghost Son
Doc
2007
The Omen
Father Brennan
2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Albion Munson
2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
2006
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Self
2005
Æon Flux
Keeper
2005
The Constant Gardener
Lorbeer
2005
Dark Water
Veeck
2005
Red Mercury
Gold Commander
2005
The Limit
Gale
2004
Strange Bedfellows
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
2004
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Arthur (voice)
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Cowboy Up
Reid Braxton
2002
Between Strangers
John
2002
Triggermen
Ben Cutler
2002
The Shipping News
Tert Card
2001
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
2000
Rat
Hubert Flynn
2000
When the Sky Falls
Martin Shaughnessy
2000
Animal Farm
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
1999
Wayward Son
Ben Alexander
1999
Alice in Wonderland
Carpenter
1999
Lost for Words
Deric Longden
1999
The Divine Ryans
Uncle Reg Ryan
1999
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
Self
1999
Among Giants
Ray
1998
Amistad
Holabird
1997
Brute
Sincai
1997
Sharpe: The Legend
Hakeswill
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Roland Tembo
1997
The Serpent's Kiss
Thomas Smith
1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
Romeo + Juliet
Father Laurence
1996
Brassed Off
Danny
1996
Crimetime
Sidney
1996
DragonHeart
Gilbert
1996
James and the Giant Peach
The Magic Man
1996
When Saturday Comes
Ken Jackson
1996
The Usual Suspects
Kobayashi
1995
Suite 16
Glover
1994
Sharpe's Enemy
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
1994
Sharpe's Company
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
1994
Sin Bin
Mitch
1994
In the Name of the Father
Giuseppe Conlon
1993
Anchoress
William Carpenter
1993
The Last of the Mohicans
Captain Beams
1992
Waterland
Henry Crick
1992
Alien³
David
1992
Split Second
Paulsen
1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince (voice)
1992
The Grass Arena
The Dipper
1992
They Never Slept
Panter
1991
Hamlet
Player King
1990
A Box of Swan
Tony
1990
Kingdom Come
Keef
1990
Needle
Paula's Father
1990
Treasure Island
George Merry
1990
The Dressmaker
Jack
1988
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Father
1988
Number 27
Becket
1988
To Kill a Priest
Josef
1988
Tumbledown
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
1988
Coast to Coast
Kecks McGuinness
1987
A Crack in the Ice
Painter
1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ragueneau
1985
A Private Function
Nuttol
1984
Fords on Water
Winston's Boss
1983
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Ireneusz Lesniak
1981
The Muscle Market
Danny Duggan
1981
Afternoon Off
Attendant in Art Gallery
1979
Doris and Doreen
Mr. Lomax
1978
The Duellists
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
1977
The Paradise Run
Soldier
1976
Occupy!
Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1976
Thwum
Duffy
1975
The Racer
Ecco
1975