Inception2010
As Maurice Fischer
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Pete Postlethwaite
Born
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 (89)
The Usual Suspects1995
As Kobayashi
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Town2010
As Fergus "Fergie" Colm
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Clash of the Titans2010
As Spyros
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Alien³1992
As David
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Last of the Mohicans1992
As Captain Beams
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Romeo + Juliet1996
As Father Laurence
TMDb 6.8 / 10
DragonHeart1996
As Gilbert
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Æon Flux2005
As Keeper
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Solomon Kane2009
As William Crowthorn
TMDb 6.0 / 10
James and the Giant Peach1996
As The Magic Man
TMDb 6.6 / 10
In the Name of the Father1993
As Giuseppe Conlon
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Omen2006
As Father Brennan
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Dark Water2005
As Veeck
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Constant Gardener2005
As Lorbeer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Treasure Island1990
As George Merry
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Duellists1977
As Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Alice in Wonderland1999
As Carpenter
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Split Second1992
As Paulsen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brassed Off1996
As Danny
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hamlet1990
As Player King
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Animal Farm1999
As Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Shipping News2001
As Tert Card
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Closing the Ring2007
As Quinlan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Return to Jurassic Park2011
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Private Function1984
As Nuttol
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Anchoress1993
As William Carpenter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Waterland1992
As Henry Crick
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Between Strangers2002
As John
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sharpe's Enemy1994
As Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Rat2000
As Hubert Flynn
TMDb 6.0 / 10
To Kill a Priest1988
As Josef
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Serpent's Kiss1997
As Thomas Smith
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Dressmaker1988
As Jack
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Distant Voices, Still Lives1988
As Father
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Limit2004
As Gale
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Triggermen2002
As Ben Cutler
TMDb 4.8 / 10
When Saturday Comes1996
As Ken Jackson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Age of Stupid2009
As The Archivist
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Tumbledown1988
As Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Wayward Son1999
As Ben Alexander
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Tattoos: A Scarred History2009
As Self
When the Sky Falls2000
As Martin Shaughnessy
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Cowboy Up2002
As Reid Braxton
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Strange Bedfellows2004
As Russell McKenzie (taxman)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Amistad1997
As Holabird
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings2000
As Various Characters
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Brute1997
As Sincai
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Killing Bono2011
As Karl
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Making of 'The Lost World'1997
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Player
Player2008
As Colin
Among Giants1998
As Ray
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Fords on Water1983
As Winston's Boss
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come1990
As Keef
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity1981
As Ireneusz Lesniak
Sharpe: The Legend1997
As Hakeswill
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sharpe's Company1994
As Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Red Mercury2005
As Gold Commander
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.1999
As Self
Occupy!1976
As Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Divine Ryans1999
As Uncle Reg Ryan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Midsummer Night's Dream1992
As Quince (voice)
Suite 161994
As Glover
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Grass Arena1992
As The Dipper
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'2005
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Crimetime1996
As Sidney
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Number 271988
As Becket
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Ghost Son2007
As Doc
TMDb 4.5 / 10
They Never Slept1991
As Panter
Afternoon Off1979
As Attendant in Art Gallery
Coast to Coast1987
As Kecks McGuinness
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Muscle Market1981
As Danny Duggan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Valley of the Heart's Delight2006
As Albion Munson
TMDb 7.3 / 10
A Crack in the Ice1985
As Painter
Clough: The Brian Clough Story2009
As Narrator
Thwum1975
As Duffy
Needle1990
As Paula's Father
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose2003
As Arthur (voice)
The Racer1975
As Ecco
Doris and Doreen1978
As Mr. Lomax
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Paradise Run1976
As Soldier
Lost for Words1999
As Deric Longden
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997
As Roland Tembo
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Thora Hird Tribute2003
As Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener2006
As Self
TMDb 4.0 / 10
A Box of Swan
A Box of Swan1990
As Tony
Waving at Trains
Waving at Trains2009
As Douglas Warren
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac1985
As Ragueneau
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sin Bin1994
As Mitch
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb