Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1946-02-07
- Day of Death2011-01-02 (64 years)
- Place of BirthWarrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also Known AsPeter William PostlethwaitePeter PostlethwaitePeter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBEПит Постлетуэйт彼得·威廉·波斯尔思韦特皮特·波斯尔思韦特
Pete Postlethwaite
Biography
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,...Read More
Acting Career
- 2011
Killing Bono
As: Karl
- 2010
The Town
As: Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- 2010
Inception
As: Maurice Fischer
- 2010
Clash of the Titans
As: Spyros
- 2009
Solomon Kane
As: William Crowthorn
- 2009
The Age of Stupid
As: The Archivist
- 2009
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
As: Narrator
- 2008
Criminal Justice
As: Hooch
2007Closing the Ring
As: Quinlan
2007Ghost Son
As: Doc
2006The Omen
As: Father Brennan
2006Valley of the Heart's Delight
As: Albion Munson
2005Æon Flux
As: Keeper
2005The Constant Gardener
As: Lorbeer
2005Dark Water
As: Veeck
2005Red Mercury
As: Gold Commander
2004The Limit
As: Gale
2004Strange Bedfellows
As: Russell McKenzie (taxman)
2003Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
As: Arthur (voice)
2002Cowboy Up
As: Reid Braxton
2002Between Strangers
As: John
2002Triggermen
As: Ben Cutler
2001The Shipping News
As: Tert Card
2000Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
As: Various Characters
2000The Sins
As: Len Green
2000Rat
As: Hubert Flynn
2000When the Sky Falls
As: Martin Shaughnessy
1999Animal Farm
As: Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
1999Wayward Son
As: Ben Alexander
1999Butterfly Collectors
As: DI John McKeown
1999Alice in Wonderland
As: Carpenter
1999Lost for Words
As: Deric Longden
1999The Divine Ryans
As: Uncle Reg Ryan
1998Among Giants
As: Ray
1997Amistad
As: Holabird
1997Brute
As: Sincai
1997Sharpe: The Legend
As: Hakeswill
- 1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
As: Roland Tembo
1997The Serpent's Kiss
As: Thomas Smith
1996Romeo + Juliet
As: Father Laurence
1996Brassed Off
As: Danny
1996Crimetime
As: Sidney
1996DragonHeart
As: Gilbert
1996James and the Giant Peach
As: The Magic Man
1996When Saturday Comes
As: Ken Jackson
- 1995
The Usual Suspects
As: Kobayashi
1994Suite 16
As: Glover
1994Martin Chuzzlewit
As: Tigg Montague
1994Sharpe's Enemy
As: Obadiah Hakeswill
1994Sharpe's Company
As: Obadiah Hakeswill
1994Sin Bin
As: Mitch
1994Pie in the Sky
As: Kevin Tasker
1993In the Name of the Father
As: Giuseppe Conlon
1993Anchoress
As: William Carpenter
1993Sharpe
As: Obadiah Hakeswill
1992Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
As: Quince (voice)
1992Between the Lines
As: Ch. Supt. Jameson
1992The Last of the Mohicans
As: Captain Beams
1992Waterland
As: Henry Crick
- 1992
Alien³
As: David
1992Split Second
As: Paulsen
1992The Grass Arena
As: The Dipper
1991They Never Slept
As: Panter
1990Hamlet
As: Player King
1990Needle
As: Paula's Father
1990Treasure Island
As: George Merry
1990Zorro
As: Bandit
1988The Dressmaker
As: Jack
1988Distant Voices, Still Lives
As: Father
1988Number 27
As: Becket
1988To Kill a Priest
As: Josef
1988Tumbledown
As: Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
1987Coast to Coast
As: Kecks McGuinness
1986Casualty
As: Ralph Peters
- 1986
Casualty
As: Hank
1986Lovejoy
As: Terence Sullivan
1985A Crack in the Ice
As: Painter
1985Screen Two
As: Panter
- 1985
Screen Two
As: Kecks McGuinness
- 1985
Screen Two
As: The Dipper
- 1985
Screen Two
As: Mitch
1984A Private Function
As: Nuttol
1984Mitch
As: Jack Frost
1983Fords on Water
As: Winston's Boss
1981Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
As: Ireneusz Lesniak
1981The Muscle Market
As: Danny Duggan
1979Minder
As: Jack Wragg
- 1979
Minder
As: Logie
1979Afternoon Off
As: Attendant in Art Gallery
1978Doris and Doreen
As: Mr. Lomax
1978Going Straight
As: Thomas Clifford Crowther
1977The Duellists
As: Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
1976The Paradise Run
As: Soldier
1976Occupy!
As: Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
1975Thwum
As: Duffy
1975The Racer
As: Ecco
1973Last of the Summer Wine
As: Man in Cafe
1970Play for Today
As: Danny Duggan