About
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...
Known for
CasualtySeries • 1986
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
InceptionMovie • 2010
MinderSeries • 1979
Last of the Summer WineSeries • 1973
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
TFI FridaySeries • 1996
The Usual SuspectsMovie • 1995
Alien³Movie • 1992
ScreenPlaySeries • 1986
Clash of the TitansMovie • 2010
LovejoySeries • 1986
Pie in the SkySeries • 1994
SharpeSeries • 1993
The Constant GardenerMovie • 2005
Romeo + JulietMovie • 1996
Between the LinesSeries • 1992
The TownMovie • 2010
BoonSeries • 1986
The Last of the MohicansMovie • 1992
Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeries • 1992
ZorroSeries • 1990
Æon FluxMovie • 2005
Solomon KaneMovie • 2009