Pete Postlethwaite
Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Racer Ecco Short film
1977 The Duellists Man Shaving General Treillard Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1978 Doris and Doreen Mr. Lomax Television film
1983 Fords on Water Winston 's Boss Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1984 A Private Function Douglas J. Nuttal
1985 Cyrano de Bergerac Ragueneau Television film
1987 Coast to Coast Kecks McGuinness Television film
1988 Distant Voices , Still Lives Father
1988 Tumbledown Major at Rehabilitation Centre Television film
1988 To Kill a Priest Josef Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1988 The Dressmaker Jack Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1988 Number 27 Becket
1990 Hamlet Player King
1990 Treasure Island George Merry Television film Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1991 The Grass Arena The Dipper Television film
1991 A Child from the South Harry Television film
1991 They Never Slept Panter Television film
1992 Split Second Paulsen
1992 Alien 3 David
1992 Waterland Henry Crick Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Filmography -- Film
Peter William Postlethwaite, OBE (/ˈpɒsəlθweɪt/; 7 February 1946 - 2 January 2011) was an English character actor, who appeared in Dragonheart (1996), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Brassed Off (1996), Sharpe (1997), Amistad (1997), The Constant Gardener (2005), Clash of the Titans (2010), and Inception (2010). After minor television appearances, including in The Professionals, his first major success arose through the British autobiographical film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). He had a transatlantic breakthrough 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 (1993). Following this role, he portrayed the mysterious lawyer Mr Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects (1995) and went on to appear in a wide variety of films. In television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill on Sharpe. He trained as a teacher and taught drama before training as an actor. Director Steven Spielberg called him the best actor in the world after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours 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 in Ben Affleck's The Town (2010).