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Pete Postlethwaite

Cast & creator

Pete Postlethwaite

1946-02-07 (died at 64) Warrington, Cheshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Casualty, Casualty, Play for Today

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.

Also known as: Peter William Postlethwaite, Peter Postlethwaite

Movies

89

film credits

Series

33

television credits

Career

122

1949–2011 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Casualty

Casualty

Ralph Peters · 1986

Casualty

Casualty

Hank · 1986

Play for Today

Play for Today

Danny Duggan · 1970

Minder

Minder

Jack Wragg · 1979

Minder

Minder

Logie · 1979

Across film & television

Filmography (122)

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Showing 122 of 122 credits

Casualty

Casualty

Ralph Peters

Casualty

Casualty

Hank

Play for Today

Play for Today

Danny Duggan

Minder

Minder

Jack Wragg

Minder

Minder

Logie

Inception

Inception

Maurice Fischer

Screen Two

Screen Two

Panter

Screen Two

Screen Two

Kecks McGuinness

Screen Two

Screen Two

The Dipper

Screen Two

Screen Two

Mitch

Sharpe

Sharpe

Obadiah Hakeswill

Richard & Judy

Richard & Judy

Self

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Man in Cafe

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

Paula's Father

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

Kevin Tasker

TFI Friday

TFI Friday

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Terence Sullivan

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

Kobayashi

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Spyros

The BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Awards

Self

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Ch. Supt. Jameson

The Town

The Town

Fergus "Fergie" Colm

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

Father Laurence

Alien³

Alien³

David

DragonHeart

DragonHeart

Gilbert

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

Captain Beams

Zorro

Zorro

Bandit

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Quince (voice)

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

The Magic Man

Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

William Crowthorn

Æon Flux

Æon Flux

Keeper

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Hooch

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

Giuseppe Conlon

Second City Firsts

Duffy

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

Lorbeer

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Montague Tigg

Mitch

Mitch

Jack Frost

The Omen

The Omen

Father Brennan

Split Second

Split Second

Paulsen

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Carpenter

Dark Water

Dark Water

Veeck

Going Straight

Going Straight

Thomas Clifford Crowther

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

George Merry

The Duellists

The Duellists

Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

The Sins

The Sins

Len Green

Plays for Britain

Plays for Britain

Soldier

The Shipping News

The Shipping News

Tert Card

Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

Quinlan

El C.I.D.

Vince

Brassed Off

Brassed Off

Danny

Hamlet

Hamlet

Player King

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones

To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest

Josef

Return to Jurassic Park

Return to Jurassic Park

Self

Triggermen

Triggermen

Ben Cutler

Sharpe's Enemy

Sharpe's Enemy

Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill

Tales of Sherwood Forest

Eric

Waterland

Waterland

Henry Crick

Sharpe's Company

Sharpe's Company

Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill

Butterfly Collectors

Butterfly Collectors

DI John McKeown

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Father

A Private Function

A Private Function

Nuttol

The Serpent's Kiss

The Serpent's Kiss

Thomas Smith

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Tattoos: A Scarred History

Self

Rat

Rat

Hubert Flynn

Between Strangers

Between Strangers

John

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

Hakeswill

When the Sky Falls

When the Sky Falls

Martin Shaughnessy

Occupy!

Occupy!

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes

Ken Jackson

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

Russell McKenzie (taxman)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Quince (voice)

Thwum

Thwum

Duffy

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid

The Archivist

The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker

Jack

Wayward Son

Wayward Son

Ben Alexander

Kingdom Come

Keef

The Making of 'The Lost World'

The Making of 'The Lost World'

Self

Killing Bono

Killing Bono

Karl

Crimetime

Crimetime

Sidney

The Limit

The Limit

Gale

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Various Characters

Debut on Two

Keef

Debut on Two

Tony

Among Giants

Among Giants

Ray

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

Self

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

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

Self

The Grass Arena

The Grass Arena

The Dipper

Anchoress

Anchoress

William Carpenter

Brute

Brute

Sincai

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Strike: The Birth of Solidarity

Ireneusz Lesniak

Tumbledown

Tumbledown

Major (Rehabilitation Centre)

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.

Self

A Crack in the Ice

A Crack in the Ice

Painter

Red Mercury

Red Mercury

Gold Commander

Cowboy Up

Cowboy Up

Reid Braxton

Valley of the Heart's Delight

Valley of the Heart's Delight

Albion Munson

Thora Hird Tribute

Thora Hird Tribute

Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)

Ghost Son

Ghost Son

Doc

The Divine Ryans

The Divine Ryans

Uncle Reg Ryan

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose

Arthur (voice)

The Muscle Market

The Muscle Market

Danny Duggan

They Never Slept

They Never Slept

Panter

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

Attendant in Art Gallery

Player

Colin

Amistad

Amistad

Holabird

Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

Kecks McGuinness

Needle

Needle

Paula's Father

Suite 16

Suite 16

Glover

Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Deric Longden

Cyrano de Bergerac

Ragueneau

The Racer

The Racer

Ecco

Fords on Water

Fords on Water

Winston's Boss

Number 27

Number 27

Becket

A Box of Swan

Tony

Doris and Doreen

Doris and Doreen

Mr. Lomax

The Paradise Run

The Paradise Run

Soldier

Sin Bin

Sin Bin

Mitch

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

Clough: The Brian Clough Story

Narrator

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Roland Tembo

Waving at Trains

Douglas Warren