Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite has appeared in 31 movies on CringeMDb. 11 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 20 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: Inception (2010)
- Most recent with adult content: Killing Bono (2011)
Born February 7, 1946 · Known for acting
35.5% Featured Movie Cringe Score (31 movies)
Pete Postlethwaite Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
...as Roland Tembo
Romeo + Juliet
...as Father Laurence
The Usual Suspects
...as Kobayashi
James and the Giant Peach
...as The Magic Man
Triggermen
...as Ben Cutler
In the Name of the Father
...as Giuseppe Conlon
Alien³
...as David
Strange Bedfellows
...as Russell McKenzie (taxman)
DragonHeart
...as Gilbert
Dark Water
...as Veeck
Brassed Off
...as Danny
Split Second
...as Paulsen
The Last of the Mohicans
...as Captain Beams
Inception
...as Maurice Fischer
Solomon Kane
...as William Crowthorn
Between Strangers
...as John
Clash of the Titans
...as Spyros
The Limit
...as Gale
The Serpent's Kiss
...as Thomas Smith
The Omen
...as Father Brennan
Certified Cringeworthy
The Constant Gardener
...as Lorbeer
The Shipping News
...as Tert Card
Amistad
...as Holabird
Æon Flux
...as Keeper
Closing the Ring
...as Quinlan
Suite 16
...as Glover
Killing Bono
...as Karl
Among Giants
...as Ray
Crimetime
...as Sidney
Waterland
...as Henry Crick
When the Sky Falls
...as Martin Shaughnessy
About Pete Postlethwaite
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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