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Birth Day: 1946-02-07
Place of birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Pete Postlethwaite (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.
Credits
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As Self
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As Karl
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As Maurice Fischer
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As Fergus "Fergie" Colm
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As Spyros
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As Narrator
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As Douglas Warren
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As The Archivist
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As William Crowthorn
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As Colin
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As Doc
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As Quinlan
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As Father Brennan
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As Self
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As Albion Munson
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As Lorbeer
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As Self
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As Gold Commander
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As Keeper
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As Veeck
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As Gale
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As Russell McKenzie (taxman)
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As Arthur (voice)
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As Kobayashi (archive footage)
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As John
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As Ben Cutler
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As Reid Braxton
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As Hubert Flynn
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As Tert Card
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As Martin Shaughnessy
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As Ben Alexander
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As Uncle Reg Ryan
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As Deric Longden
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As Self
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As Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)
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As Carpenter
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As Ray
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As Thomas Smith
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As Self
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As Roland Tembo
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As Hakeswill
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As Sincai
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As Holabird
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As Father Laurence
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As Sidney
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As Ken Jackson
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As The Magic Man
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As Gilbert
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As Danny
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As Kobayashi
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As Obadiah Hakeswill
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As Glover
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As Obadiah Hakeswill
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As Mitch
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As William Carpenter
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As Giuseppe Conlon
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As Henry Crick
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As The Dipper
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As Captain Beams
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As Paulsen
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As David
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As Panter
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As Paula's Father
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As Tony
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As Keef
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As Player King
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As George Merry
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As Josef
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As Father
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As Major (Rehabilitation Centre)
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As Jack
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As Kecks McGuinness
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As Ragueneau
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As Nuttol
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As Winston's Boss
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As Danny Duggan
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As Attendant in Art Gallery
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As Mr. Lomax
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As Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
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As Soldier
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As Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
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As Duffy