User
Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite (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 + Juli

Born

Feb 07, 1946

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Died

Jan 02, 2011

Known For

Acting

Movies

89 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.6

Known For

Inception
Inception
2010 as Maurice Fischer
★ 8.4
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
1995 as Kobayashi
★ 8.2
The Town
The Town
2010 as Fergus "Fergie" Colm
★ 7.2
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans
2010 as Spyros
★ 5.9
Alien³
Alien³
1992 as David
★ 6.4
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans
1992 as Captain Beams
★ 7.4
Romeo + Juliet
Romeo + Juliet
1996 as Father Laurence
★ 6.8
Æon Flux
Æon Flux
2005 as Keeper
★ 5.6
Solomon Kane
Solomon Kane
2009 as William Crowthorn
★ 6.0
DragonHeart
DragonHeart
1996 as Gilbert
★ 6.6
The Omen
The Omen
2006 as Father Brennan
★ 5.7
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
2005 as Lorbeer
★ 7.0
James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
1996 as The Magic Man
★ 6.6
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
1990 as George Merry
★ 6.6
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
1993 as Giuseppe Conlon
★ 7.9
Dark Water
Dark Water
2005 as Veeck
★ 5.7
The Duellists
The Duellists
1977 as Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
★ 7.2
Hamlet
Hamlet
1990 as Player King
★ 6.6
Brassed Off
Brassed Off
1996 as Danny
★ 7.0
Split Second
Split Second
1992 as Paulsen
★ 5.9
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
1999 as Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
★ 5.7
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
1999 as Carpenter
★ 6.2
Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 as Hakeswill
★ 5.7
Closing the Ring
Closing the Ring
2007 as Quinlan
★ 6.2
The Shipping News
The Shipping News
2001 as Tert Card
★ 6.4
Sharpe's Enemy
Sharpe's Enemy
1994 as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
★ 6.8
Between Strangers
Between Strangers
2002 as John
★ 5.8
The Limit
The Limit
2004 as Gale
★ 6.0
Wayward Son
Wayward Son
1999 as Ben Alexander
★ 4.4
Amistad
Amistad
1997 as Holabird
★ 7.0
Return to Jurassic Park
Return to Jurassic Park
2011 as Self
★ 6.6
Triggermen
Triggermen
2002 as Ben Cutler
★ 4.8
Crimetime
Crimetime
1996 as Sidney
★ 4.3
Killing Bono
Killing Bono
2011 as Karl
★ 6.2
Waterland
Waterland
1992 as Henry Crick
★ 6.3
To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
1988 as Josef
★ 6.1
Rat
Rat
2000 as Hubert Flynn
★ 6.0
Tumbledown
Tumbledown
1988 as Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
★ 5.7
Anchoress
Anchoress
1993 as William Carpenter
★ 5.9
Brute
Brute
1997 as Sincai
★ 5.7
Cowboy Up
Cowboy Up
2002 as Reid Braxton
★ 6.0
A Private Function
A Private Function
1984 as Nuttol
★ 6.5
Distant Voices, Still Lives
★ 6.8
The Serpent's Kiss
The Serpent's Kiss
1997 as Thomas Smith
★ 5.5
When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes
1996 as Ken Jackson
★ 5.7
Suite 16
Suite 16
1994 as Glover
★ 5.8
Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Company
1994 as Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
★ 6.8
Lost for Words
Lost for Words
1999 as Deric Longden
★ 6.5
Doris and Doreen
Doris and Doreen
1978 as Mr. Lomax
★ 6.5
The Racer
The Racer
1975 as Ecco
movie
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985 as Ragueneau
★ 6.6
The Paradise Run
The Paradise Run
1976 as Soldier
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 as Roland Tembo
★ 6.6
Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows
2004 as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
★ 5.7
Among Giants
Among Giants
1998 as Ray
★ 5.1
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker
1988 as Jack
★ 4.6
Red Mercury
Red Mercury
2005 as Gold Commander
★ 5.3
Occupy!
Occupy!
1976 as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
★ 10.0
The Divine Ryans
The Divine Ryans
1999 as Uncle Reg Ryan
★ 10.0
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 as Various Characters
★ 7.0
movie
Player
2008 as Colin
The Making of 'The Lost World'
★ 6.9
When the Sky Falls
When the Sky Falls
2000 as Martin Shaughnessy
★ 4.9
The Grass Arena
The Grass Arena
1992 as The Dipper
★ 8.5
Afternoon Off
Afternoon Off
1979 as Attendant in Art Gallery
Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
1987 as Kecks McGuinness
★ 7.0
Thwum
Thwum
1975 as Duffy
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 as Ireneusz Lesniak
Ghost Son
Ghost Son
2007 as Doc
★ 4.6
movie
Kingdom Come
1990 as Keef
They Never Slept
They Never Slept
1991 as Panter
The Muscle Market
The Muscle Market
1981 as Danny Duggan
★ 7.0
Needle
Needle
1990 as Paula's Father
★ 10.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992 as Quince (voice)
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006 as Albion Munson
★ 7.3
Sin Bin
Sin Bin
1994 as Mitch
★ 9.0
Thora Hird Tribute
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 as Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
movie
Waving at Trains
2009 as Douglas Warren
Fords on Water
Fords on Water
1983 as Winston's Boss
★ 9.0
Number 27
Number 27
1988 as Becket
★ 9.0
A Crack in the Ice
A Crack in the Ice
1985 as Painter
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid
2009 as The Archivist
★ 6.6
movie
A Box of Swan
1990 as Tony