Pete Postlethwaite
Acting
Born February 7, 1946 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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…
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Inception
Casualty
Richard & Judy
Minder
Screen Two
Martin Chuzzlewit
Last of the Summer Wine
The Oscars
ScreenPlay
The Usual Suspects
TFI Friday
Lovejoy
Alien³
The BAFTA Awards
Sharpe
Pie in the Sky
Zorro
Clash of the Titans
The Town
Between the Lines
The Last of the Mohicans
Romeo + Juliet
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Æon Flux
The Omen
James and the Giant Peach
Criminal Justice
In the Name of the Father
Solomon Kane
Second City Firsts
DragonHeart
The Constant Gardener
Dark Water
Alice in Wonderland
El C.I.D.
Treasure Island
Mitch
Split Second
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