Pete Postlethwaite

Actor Feb 7 (died age 64) Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK 1949–2011 (62 year career)

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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, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, Inception, The Town, Romeo + Juliet…

Known For

Film

Inception

Maurice Fischer

Film

The Usual Suspects

Kobayashi

Film

The Town

Fergus "Fergie" Colm

Film

The Last of the Mohicans

Captain Beams

Film

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Roland Tembo

Film

In the Name of the Father

Giuseppe Conlon

Film

Romeo + Juliet

Father Laurence

Film

Alien³

David

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (88)

Killing Bono

2011

as Karl

6.2

Return to Jurassic Park

as Self

Inception

as Maurice Fischer

The Town

as Fergus "Fergie" Colm

Clash of the Titans

as Spyros

Waving at Trains

as Douglas Warren

Solomon Kane

2009

as William Crowthorn

6.0

Tattoos: A Scarred History

2009

as Self

The Age of Stupid

2009

as The Archivist

6.5

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

2009

as Narrator

Player

2008

as Colin

Closing the Ring

as Quinlan

Ghost Son

as Doc

The Omen

as Father Brennan

Valley of the Heart's Delight

2006

as Albion Munson

6.0

Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

2006

as Self

4.0

The Constant Gardener

as Lorbeer

Æon Flux

as Keeper

Dark Water

as Veeck

Red Mercury

as Gold Commander

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

2005

as Self

8.0

Strange Bedfellows

2004

as Russell McKenzie (taxman)

The Limit

as Gale

Thora Hird Tribute

as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

2003

as Arthur (voice)

Triggermen

as Ben Cutler

Between Strangers

as John

Cowboy Up

as Reid Braxton

The Shipping News

as Tert Card

Rat

as Hubert Flynn

When the Sky Falls

as Martin Shaughnessy

4.6

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000

as Various Characters

6.5

The Divine Ryans

1999

as Uncle Reg Ryan

Lost for Words

as Deric Longden

Alice in Wonderland

as Carpenter

Animal Farm

as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)

5.7

Wayward Son

1999

as Ben Alexander

3.0

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

1999

as Self

Among Giants

as Ray

Amistad

as Holabird

Brute

as Sincai

Sharpe: The Legend

as Hakeswill

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

as Roland Tembo

The Serpent's Kiss

as Thomas Smith

The Making of 'The Lost World'

as Self

Romeo + Juliet

as Father Laurence

DragonHeart

as Gilbert

James and the Giant Peach

as The Magic Man

When Saturday Comes

as Ken Jackson

Brassed Off

as Danny

Crimetime

as Sidney

The Usual Suspects

as Kobayashi

Sharpe's Enemy

as Obadiah Hakeswill

Sharpe's Company

as Obadiah Hakeswill

Suite 16

as Glover

Sin Bin

as Mitch

In the Name of the Father

as Giuseppe Conlon

Anchoress

as William Carpenter

Alien³

as David

The Last of the Mohicans

as Captain Beams

Split Second

as Paulsen

Waterland

as Henry Crick

The Grass Arena

as The Dipper

They Never Slept

as Panter

A Box of Swan

1990

as Tony

Treasure Island

as George Merry

Hamlet

as Player King

Kingdom Come

as Keef

Needle

1990

as Paula's Father

10.0

Number 27

1988

as Becket

Tumbledown

1988

as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)

To Kill a Priest

as Josef

The Dressmaker

as Jack

Distant Voices, Still Lives

as Father

Coast to Coast

as Kecks McGuinness

A Crack in the Ice

as Painter

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Ragueneau

A Private Function

as Nuttol

Fords on Water

as Winston's Boss

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

1981

as Ireneusz Lesniak

The Muscle Market

1981

as Danny Duggan

7.0

Afternoon Off

1979

as Attendant in Art Gallery

Doris and Doreen

1978

as Mr. Lomax

6.0

The Duellists

1977

as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

7.2

The Paradise Run

1976

as Soldier

Occupy!

1976

as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Thwum

1975

as Duffy

The Racer

1975

as Ecco

Television (24)

Criminal Justice

as Hooch

Richard & Judy

as Self

Sins

as Len Green

Butterfly Collectors

as John McKeown

Pie in the Sky

as Kevin Tasker

Martin Chuzzlewit

as Tigg Montague

Martin Chuzzlewit

as Montague Tigg

Sharpe

as Obadiah Hakeswill

Cracker

Between the Lines

as Ch. Supt. Jameson

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Quince (voice)

Zorro

as Bandit

El C.I.D.

as Vince

Tales of Sherwood Forest

1989

as Eric

Casualty

as Ralph Peters

Lovejoy

as Terence Sullivan

Screen Two

as Kecks McGuinness

Mitch

as Jack Frost

Minder

as Jack Wragg

Going Straight

as Thomas Clifford Crowther

7.7

Last of the Summer Wine

as Man in Cafe

Play for Today

as Danny Duggan

The Oscars

as Self

The BAFTA Awards

as Self