Pete Postlethwaite
Stage-trained actor Pete Postlethwaite started out in movies largely playing the heavy, trading on the natural menace inherent in his angular face. Though he made his film debut in the late 1970s, Postlewaite came into prominence a decade later thanks to a riveting performance as an abusive, alcoholic father in "Distant Voices, Still Lives" (1988). He soon broke into Hollywood with turns in Mel Gibson's "Hamlet" (1990) and "Alien 3" (1992), while joining old friend and repertory mate Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992). But it was his incredible supporting performance as a quiet, but fiercely devoted father opposite Day-Lewis in "In the Name of the Father" (1993), which marked one of Postlewaite's finest performances of his career. He followed with an iconic turn as the mysterious lawyer to feared crime figure Keyser Söze in the acclaimed crime thriller, "The Usual Suspects" (1995). Because of those two key roles, doors were opened to Postlewaite, who began enjoying greater prominence in major feature films like "Amistad" (1997) and "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (1997), while continuing to film acclaimed British-made movies such as "Brassed Off" (1996). By the time he landed supporting roles in "Inception" (2010) and "The Town" (2010), Postlewaite had become one of the most sough-after character actors working in the business.
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Pete Postlethwaite
Filmography
Movies
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55% |
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Killing Bono | Karl (Character) | - | 2011 |
92% |
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The Town | Fergus "Fergie" Colm (Character) | $92.2M | 2010 |
87% |
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Inception | Maurice Fischer (Character) | $292.6M | 2010 |
27% |
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Clash of the Titans | Spyros (Character) | $163.2M | 2010 |
70% |
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Solomon Kane | William Crowthorn (Character) | - | 2009 |
73% |
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The Age of Stupid | The Archivist (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Valley of the Heart's Delight | Albion Munson (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Ghost Son | Doc (Character) | - | 2006 |
26% |
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The Omen | Father Brennan (Character) | $54.6M | 2006 |
10% |
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Aeon Flux | Keeper (Character) | $25.9M | 2005 |
83% |
|
The Constant Gardener | Marcus Lorbeer (Character) | $33.6M | 2005 |
47% |
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Dark Water | Veeck (Character) | $25.5M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Red Mercury | Gold Commander (Character) | - | 2005 |
80% |
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Strange Bedfellows | Russell McKenzie (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Limit | Gale (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Triggermen | Ben Cutler (Character) | - | 2002 |
25% |
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Between Strangers | John (Character) | - | 2002 |
54% |
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The Shipping News | Tert. X. Card (Character) | $11.4M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Cowboy Up | Reid Braxton (Character) | - | 2000 |
20% |
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When the Sky Falls | Martin Shaughnessy (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Rat | Hubert (Character) | $3.0K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Animal Farm |
Benjamin/ |
- | 1999 |
33% |
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Alice in Wonderland | Carpenter (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wayward Son | Ben Alexander (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Divine Ryans | Uncle Reg Ryan (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butterfly Collectors | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
64% |
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Among Giants | Raymond 'Ray' (Character) | $64.4K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bastard | Sincai (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Bandyta (Brute) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Lost for Words | Deric Longden (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Serpent's Kiss | Thomas Smithers (Character) | - | 1997 |
78% |
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Amistad | Holabird (Character) | - | 1997 |
53% |
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Roland Tembo (Character) | $229.1M | 1997 |
80% |
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Brassed Off | Danny (Character) | $2.6M | 1996 |
91% |
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James and the Giant Peach | Old Man (Voice) | $28.9M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Crimetime | Sidney (Character) | - | 1996 |
50% |
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Dragonheart | Gilbert of Glockenspur (Character) | $51.3M | 1996 |
74% |
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William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet | Friar Laurence (Character) | $46.4M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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When Saturday Comes | Ken Jackson (Character) | - | 1995 |
87% |
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The Usual Suspects | Kobayashi (Character) | $22.6M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Suite 16 | Glover (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Enemy | Hakeswill (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Sharpe's Company | Hakeswill (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Anchoress | William Carpenter (Character) | - | 1993 |
94% |
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In the Name of the Father | Giuseppe Conlon (Character) | $24.6M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Split Second | Paulsen (Character) | $4.8M | 1992 |
47% |
|
Waterland | Henry Crick (Character) | $1.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Grass Arena | The Dipper (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Never Slept | Panter (Character) | - | 1990 |
80% |
|
Distant Voices, Still Lives | Father (Character) | $10.0K | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Dressmaker | Jack (Character) | - | 1988 |
67% |
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To Kill a Priest | Josef (Character) | $12.0K | 1988 |
90% |
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A Private Function | Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fords on Water | Winston's Boss (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Occupy! | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 100% | Criminal Justice | Hooch (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Two | Mitch (Character) | 1994 |