Pete Postlethwaite
- Recitazione
- 7 febbraio 1946 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
- 2 gennaio 2011
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Killing Bono · Karl
- Return to Jurassic Park · In persona
- The Town · Fergus "Fergie" Colm
- Inception · Maurice Fischer
- Scontro tra titani · Spyros
- Solomon Kane · William Crowthorn
- The Age of Stupid · The Archivist
- Tattoos: A Scarred History · In persona
- Clough: The Brian Clough Story · Narrator
- Waving at Trains · Douglas Warren
- Player · Colin
- Criminal Justice · Hooch
- Closing the Ring · Quinlan
- Ghost Son · Doc
- Omen - Il Presagio · Father Brennan
- Valley of the Heart's Delight · Albion Munson
- Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener · In persona
- Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' · In persona
- Æon Flux - Il futuro ha inizio · Keeper
- The Constant Gardener - La cospirazione · Lorbeer
- Dark Water · Veeck
- Red Mercury · Gold Commander
- The Limit · Gale
- Strange Bedfellows · Russell McKenzie (taxman)
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose · Arthur (Voce)
- Thora Hird Tribute · Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)
- Ring of Fire - Arena di fuoco · Reid Braxton
- Cuori estranei · John
- Triggermen · Ben Cutler
- The Shipping News - Ombre dal profondo · Tert Card
- Richard & Judy · In persona
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings · Various Characters
- The Sins · Len Green
- Rat · Hubert Flynn
- When the Sky Falls · Martin Shaughnessy
- La fattoria degli animali · Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones
- Wayward Son · Ben Alexander
- Butterfly Collectors · DI John McKeown
- Alice nel paese delle meraviglie · Carpenter
- Lost for Words · Deric Longden
- The Divine Ryans · Uncle Reg Ryan
- The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. · In persona
- Fra i giganti · Ray
- Amistad · Holabird
- Bandyta · Sincai
- Sharpe: The Legend · Hakeswill
- Il mondo perduto - Jurassic Park · Roland Tembo
- Il bacio del serpente · Thomas Smith
- The Making of 'The Lost World' · In persona
- Romeo + Giulietta di William Shakespeare · Father Laurence
- Grazie, signora Thatcher · Danny
- Crimetime · Sidney
- DragonHeart · Gilbert
- James e la pesca gigante · The Magic Man
- When Saturday Comes · Ken Jackson
- TFI Friday
- I soliti sospetti · Kobayashi
- Suite 16 · Glover
- Martin Chuzzlewit · Montague Tigg
- Sharpe's Enemy · Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Sharpe's Company · Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill
- Sin Bin · Mitch
- Pie in the Sky · Kevin Tasker
- Nel nome del padre · Giuseppe Conlon
- Anchoress · William Carpenter
- Sharpe · Obadiah Hakeswill
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales · Quince (Voce)
- Between the Lines · Ch. Supt. Jameson
- L'ultimo dei Mohicani · Captain Beams
- Waterland - Memorie d'amore · Henry Crick
- Alien³ · David
- Detective Stone · Paulsen
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Quince (Voce)
- The Grass Arena · The Dipper
- They Never Slept · Panter
- Amleto · Player King
- A Box of Swan · Tony
- Kingdom Come · Keef
- Needle · Paula's Father
- Debut on Two · Keef, Tony