Pete Postlethwaite
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 February 1946
Died2 January 2011 (age 64)
Place of birthWarrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Known credits116
Biography
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 …
Killing Bono
2011 · Karl
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 · Self
The Town
2010 · Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Inception
2010 · Maurice Fischer
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Spyros
Solomon Kane
2009 · William Crowthorn
The Age of Stupid
2009 · The Archivist
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009 · Self
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
2009 · Narrator
Waving at Trains
2009 · Douglas Warren
Player
2008 · Colin
Criminal Justice
2008 · Hooch
Closing the Ring
2007 · Quinlan
Ghost Son
2007 · Doc
The Omen
2006 · Father Brennan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006 · Albion Munson
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
2006 · Self
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'
2005 · Self
Æon Flux
2005 · Keeper
The Constant Gardener
2005 · Lorbeer
Dark Water
2005 · Veeck
Red Mercury
2005 · Gold Commander
The Limit
2004 · Gale
Strange Bedfellows
2004 · Russell McKenzie (taxman)
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
2003 · Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
Cowboy Up
2002 · Reid Braxton
Between Strangers
2002 · John
Triggermen
2002 · Ben Cutler
The Shipping News
2001 · Tert Card
Richard & Judy
2001 · Self
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Various Characters
The Sins
2000 · Len Green
Rat
2000 · Hubert Flynn
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Martin Shaughnessy
Animal Farm
1999 · Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
Wayward Son
1999 · Ben Alexander
Butterfly Collectors
1999 · DI John McKeown
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Carpenter
Lost for Words
1999 · Deric Longden
The Divine Ryans
1999 · Uncle Reg Ryan
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999 · Self
Among Giants
1998 · Ray
Amistad
1997 · Holabird
Brute
1997 · Sincai
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Hakeswill
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Roland Tembo
The Serpent's Kiss
1997 · Thomas Smith
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