Background[]
Peter William Postlethwaite, OBE (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English actor. Known as a character actor throughout his career.
After minor television appearances including The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the British autobiographical film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in Alien 3 (1992) and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for In the Name of the Father. Following this role, he portrayed the mysterious lawyer Mr. Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects and went on to appear in a wide variety of films.
On television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in Sharpe. Director Steven Spielberg called him "the best actor in the world". He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honors list. Less than one month after his death, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Fergie Colm in The Town (2010).
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Filmography[]
- Second City Firsts (1975) 1 episode
- The Racer (1975)
- Plays for Britain (1976) 1 episode
- The Duellists (1977)
- Last of the Summer Wine (1978) 1 episode
- Going Straight (1978) 1 episode
- Doris and Doreen (1978)
- Afternoon Off (1979)
- Horse in the House (1979) 6 episodes
- Play for Today (1981) 1 episode
- Coronation Street (1981) 1 episode
- Crown Court (1981) 1 episode
- Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981)
- Minder (1982-93) 2 episodes
- Fords on Water (1983)
- Mitch (1984) 1 episode
- A Private Function (1984)
- Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985) 1 episode
- Deceptions (1985)
- Summer Season (1985) 1 episode
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1985)
- Watching (1986)
- Screen Two (1987-94) 4 episodes
- Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- Tumbledown (1988)
- To Kill a Priest (1988)
- Blind Justice (1988) 1 episode
- The Dressmaker (1988)
- Number 27 (1988)
- Tales of Sherwood Forest (1989) 7 episodes
- Treasure Island (1990)
- Screenplay (1990) 1 episode
- Debut on Two (1990) 2 episodes
- Boon (1990) 1 episode
- Hamlet (1990)
- Zorro (1990) 1 episode
- Casualty (1990-93) 2 episodes
- A Child from the South (1991)
- El C.I.D. (1992) 1 episode
- Split Second (1992)
- The Bill (1992) 1 episode
- Alien³ (1992)
- Waterland (1992)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- Between the Lines (1992) 1 episode
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992) 1 episode
- Anchoress (1993)
- Lovejoy (1993) 1 episode
- In the Name of the Father (1993)
- Pie in the Sky (1994)
- Sharpe's Company (1994)
- Sharpe's Enemy (1994)
- Suite 16 (1994)
- Martin Chuzzlewit (1994) 5 episodes
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- When Saturday Comes (1996)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- DragonHeart (1996)
- Crimetime (1996)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996)
- Brassed Off (1996)
- The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Bandyta (1997)
- Amistad (1997)
- Among Giants (1998)
- Lost for Words (1999)
- Alice in Wonderland (1999)
- Butterfly Collectors (1999)
- Wayward Son (1999)
- The Divine Ryans (1999)
- Animal Farm (1999)
- Masterpiece Classic (1999) 1 episode
- When the Sky Falls (2000)
- Rat (2000)
- The Sins (2000) 7 episodes
- Cowboy Up (2001)
- The Shipping News (2001)
- Triggermen (2002)
- Between Strangers (2002)
- The Selfish Giant (2003)
- Wilde Stories: The Nightingale and the Rose (2003)
- Wilde Stories: The Devoted Friend (2003)
- Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003) 2 episodes
- Strange Bedfellows (2004)
- The Limit (2004)
- Dark Water (2005)
- The Constant Gardener (2005)
- Red Mercury (2005)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Valley of the Heart's Delight (2006)
- The Omen (2006)
- Ghost Son (2007)
- Closing the Ring (2007)
- Criminal Justice (2008) 5 episodes
- Player (2008)
- Solomon Kane (2009)
- Waving at Trains (2009)
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- Inception (2010)
- The Town (2010)
- Killing Bono (2011)