Pete Postlethwaite
Born 07/02/1946
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Died 02/01/2011
(64 years old)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
Biography
Pete was born in 1946 and grew up in Cheshire, England amid middleclass surroundings. He went to college and while completing his studies developed an interest in theatre, to the chagrin of his family. His father, a laborer, wanted him to find a more secure position in life.
A drama teacher initially, he decided to follow his acting instincts fulltime and gradually built up an impressive array of classical stage credits via repertory, including the Bristol Old Vic Drama School and stints with Liverpool Everyman, Machester Royal Exchange and Royal Shakespeare Company. By the 80s he was ready to branch out into film and TV, giving a startling performance as a wife abuser in the British film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). His highly distinctive features were subsequently put to good use in a number of versatile roles, usually menacing but sometimes humble, and most frequently as working-class types.
By 1993 he had crossed over into Hollywood parts and earned his first Oscar nomination for his superb role as Daniel Day-Lewis’ father in In the Name of the Father (1993). Other quality roles came his way with The Usual Suspects (1995), Brassed Off (1996), and Amistad (1997). Television has been a creative and positive venue as well with such fine work in “Sharpe’s Company” (1994), Lost for Words (1999) and The Sins (2000). Postlethwaite avoids the public limelight for the most part and lives quietly in England.
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Actor
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2008 |
Criminal Justice |
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Episode 5 (S01E05) |
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Episode 4 (S01E04) |
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Episode 3 (S01E03) |
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2000 |
The Sins |
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1994 |
Martin Chuzzlewit |
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Pie in the Sky |
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1993 |
Lovejoy |
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Goose Bumps (S05E10) |
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1992 |
Between the Lines |
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales |
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1990 |
Debut on Two |
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El C.I.D. |
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Zorro |
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1987 |
Tales of Sherwood Forest |
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1986 |
Boon |
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Casualty |
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Screenplay |
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1985 |
Screen Two |
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Summer Season |
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Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV |
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1984 |
Mitch |
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1979 |
Minder |
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1978 |
Going Straight |
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Going Going Gone (E05) |
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1977 |
Horse in the House |
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1976 |
Plays for Britain |
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1973 |
Last of the Summer Wine |
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Second City Firsts |
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1972 |
Crown Court |
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1970 |
Play for Today |
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1960 |
Coronation Street |
Documentaries | |
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2010 |
Inception - Making of film |
2009 |
Clough |
Tattoos: A Scarred History |
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The Age of Stupid |
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2007 |
Movie Connections (series) |
2006 |
Omenisms |
2001 |
Beyond Jurassic Park |
1997 |
The Making of 'Lost World' |
1995 |
Heroes of Comedy (series) |
1976 |
Occupy! |
Short | |
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2009 |
Waving at Trains |
2008 |
Player |
2003 |
The Selfish Giant |
1975 |
Racer, The |
Guest
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2011 |
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards - a.f. |
2000 |
Fat, The |
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings |
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1994 |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards |
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