Highest rated as cast or director
Pete Postlethwaite's 8 titles from the 1990s have a median Balasaur Score of 61, led by In the Name of the Father (84) and James and the Giant Peach (74), against 56 for those from the 2000s.
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 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.
Acted in 98
2010s
- 2011
Killing Bono
Karl
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
The Age of Stupid
The Archivist
- 2008
- 2007
Ghost Son
Doc
- 2006
- 2005
Red Mercury
Gold Commander
- 2004
The Limit
Gale
Strange Bedfellows
Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- 2003
Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose
Arthur (voice)
Thora Hird Tribute
Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
- 2002
Cowboy Up
Reid Braxton
Between Strangers
John
- 2001
- 2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Various Characters
The Sins
Len Green · 7 episodes
Rat
Hubert Flynn
When the Sky Falls
Martin Shaughnessy
1990s
- 1999
Wayward Son
Ben Alexander
Butterfly Collectors
DI John McKeown · 2 episodes
Lost for Words
Deric Longden
The Divine Ryans
Uncle Reg Ryan
- 1998
Among Giants
Ray
- 1997
Brute
Sincai
Sharpe: The Legend
Hakeswill
- 1996
Crimetime
Sidney
When Saturday Comes
Ken Jackson
- 1995
- 1994
Suite 16
Glover
Sharpe's Enemy
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sharpe's Company
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
Sin Bin
Mitch
- 1993
Anchoress
William Carpenter
- 1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince (voice)
- 1991
The Grass Arena
The Dipper
They Never Slept
Panter
- 1990
Needle
Paula's Father
1980s
- 1988
The Dressmaker
Jack
Number 27
Becket
To Kill a Priest
Josef
Tumbledown
Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
- 1987
Coast to Coast
Kecks McGuinness
- 1986
- 1985
A Crack in the Ice
Painter
- 1984
Mitch
Jack Frost · 1 episode
- 1983
Fords on Water
Winston's Boss
- 1981
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Ireneusz Lesniak
The Muscle Market
Danny Duggan
1970s
- 1979
Afternoon Off
Attendant in Art Gallery
- 1978
Doris and Doreen
Mr. Lomax
Going Straight
Thomas Clifford Crowther · 1 episode
- 1977
- 1976
Plays for Britain
Soldier · 1 episode
The Paradise Run
Soldier
- 1975
Thwum
Duffy
The Racer
Ecco
- 1973
- 1970
Appearances9
2010s
- 2011
2000s
- 2009
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Self
Clough: The Brian Clough Story
Narrator
- 2006
Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener
Self
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1950s
- 1953
1940s
- 1949
