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Pete Postlethwaite
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English character actor (1946–2011)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- A Spectacle of Dust
- A Spectacle Of Dust The Autobiography
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Killing Bono — Karl2011
- Return to Jurassic Park — Self2011
- The Town — Fergus "Fergie" Colm2010
- Inception — Maurice Fischer2010
- Clash of the Titans — Spyros2010
- The Age of Stupid — The Archivist2009
- Solomon Kane — William Crowthorn2009
- Waving at Trains — Douglas Warren2009
- Clough: The Brian Clough Story — Narrator2009
- Tattoos: A Scarred History — Self2009
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1946
- Active to
- 2011
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22
- Total plays
- 49
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,650x
- The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes
· 2015 · cited 5,062x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,039x
- Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 3,474x
- Natural climate solutions
· 2017 · cited 2,780x
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter William Postlethwaite , ( 1946-02-07 ) 7 February 1946, Warrington , Lancashire , England
- Died
- 2 January 2011 (2011-01-02) (aged 64), Shrewsbury , Shropshire , England
- Alma mater
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1975–2011
- Spouse
- Jacqueline Morrish, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
- Children
- 2, including Billy Postlethwaite
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Pete Postlethwaite.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
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- Pete Postlethwaite
- date of birth
- 1946-02-16
- date of death
- 2011-01-02
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
- birth name
- Peter William Postlethwaite
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Peter William Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor. After various stage and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), directed by Terence Davies. 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 his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993).
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, including James and the Giant Peach, Dragonheart, Romeo + Juliet, Brassed Off, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, The Shipping News, Dark Water, The Constant Gardener, and Inception. On television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill on Sharpe. On stage, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1981 to 1987.