Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite Movies and TV Shows

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 on 2 January 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pete Postlethwaite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

Gender: Male
Date of birth: 2/7/1945 (79 years old)
Place of birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Year

Genre

Available on the following streaming services in the United States

Killing Bono

Killing Bono (2011)

6.3

62%

role:
Karl

2011

Comedy

Drama

6.3

62%

Return to Jurassic Park

Return to Jurassic Park (2011)

7.3

66%

role:

Not available

2011

Action

Adventure

Documentary

Thriller

7.3

66%

Not available

The Town

The Town (2010)

7.5

72%

role:
Fergus 'Fergie' Colm

2010

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.5

72%

Inception

Inception (2010)

8.8

84%

role:
Maurice Fischer

2010

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8

84%

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans (2010)

5.8

59%

role:
Spyros

2010

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8

59%

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid (2009)

7.0

63%

role:
The Archivist

2009

Documentary

History

War & Politics

7.0

63%

Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane (2009)

6.1

59%

role:
William Crowthorn

2009

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.1

59%

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice (2008)

7.7

66%

role:
Hooch

2008

7.7

66%

Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring (2007)

6.5

62%

role:
Quinlan

2007

Drama

Romance

6.5

62%

The Omen

The Omen (2006)

5.5

55%

role:
Father Brennan

2006

Horror

5.5

55%

Æon Flux

Æon Flux (2005)

5.4

56%

role:
Keeper

2005

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.4

56%

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener (2005)

7.4

70%

role:
Dr. Lorbeer aka Dr. Brandt

2005

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.4

70%

Dark Water

Dark Water (2005)

5.6

56%

role:
Veeck

2005

Horror

5.6

56%

Peep Show

Peep Show (2003)

8.7

80%

role:
Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)

2003

Comedy

8.7

80%

The Shipping News

The Shipping News (2001)

6.7

63%

role:
Tert Card

2001

Drama

Romance

6.7

63%

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

6.3

64%

role:
Carpenter

Not available

1999

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.3

64%

Not available

Amistad

7.3

70%

role:
Holabird

1997

Drama

History

Mystery

7.3

70%

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

6.5

65%

role:
Roland Tembo

1997

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5

65%

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

6.7

68%

role:
Father Laurence

1996

Drama

Romance

6.7

68%

Brassed Off

Brassed Off (1996)

7.2

70%

role:
Danny

1996

Comedy

Drama

Romance

7.2

70%

DragonHeart

DragonHeart (1996)

6.4

65%

role:
Gilbert

1996

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4

65%

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

6.7

65%

role:
Narrator & 1 more

1996

Adventure

Animation

Family

Music

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7

65%

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects (1995)

8.5

82%

role:
Kobayashi

1995

Crime

Drama

Thriller

8.5

82%

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father (1993)

8.1

79%

role:
Giuseppe Conlon

1993

Drama

8.1

79%

The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

7.7

74%

role:
Captain Beams & 1 more

1992

Action

Adventure

Drama

History

Romance

War & Politics

7.7

74%

Alien³

6.4

64%

role:
David

1992

Action

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4

64%

Split Second

Split Second (1992)

6.0

60%

role:
Paulsen

1992

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0

60%

Hamlet

6.7

67%

role:
Player King

1990

Drama

History

6.7

67%

Distant Voices, Still Lives

Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

7.4

70%

role:
Father

1988

Drama

Music

7.4

70%

The Duellists

The Duellists (1977)

7.4

73%

role:
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard

1977

Drama

War & Politics

7.4

73%

: Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Pete Postlethwaite are, for example, Killing Bono, The Town and Inception.
: The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
: The best Anystream ratings are Inception (8.6), The Usual Suspects (8.4) and Peep Show (8.4).