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Peter William Postlethwaite, OBE 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), Inception (2010), and The Town (2010).
Birth Name
Peter William Postlethwaite
Born
Thursday, 07 February 1946
Died
Sunday, 02 January 2011
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| An Accidental Studio | (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Our Friend Victoria | Performer | 2017 |
| Tattoos: A Scarred History | Self | 2014 |
| Killing Bono | Karl | 2011 |
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2011 |
| Ben's Boston | Fergie | 2010 |
| The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Detective Sergeant Cross | 2010 |
| The Town | Fergus 'Fergie' Colm / Fergus "Fergie" Colm | 2010 |
| Inception | Maurice Fischer | 2010 |
| Clash of the Titans | Spyros | 2010 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| An Accidental Studio | (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Our Friend Victoria | Performer | 2017 |
| Tattoos: A Scarred History | Self | 2014 |
| Killing Bono | Karl | 2011 |
| The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2011 |
| Ben's Boston | Fergie | 2010 |
| The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Detective Sergeant Cross | 2010 |
| The Town | Fergus 'Fergie' Colm / Fergus "Fergie" Colm | 2010 |
| Inception | Maurice Fischer | 2010 |
| Clash of the Titans | Spyros | 2010 |
| Stars on the Street | Detective Sergeant Cross | 2009 |
| Solomon Kane | William Crowthorn | 2009 |
| Clough | Narrator | 2009 |
| The Age of Stupid | The Archivist | 2009 |
| Criminal Justice | Hooch | 2008 |
| Closing the Ring | Quinlan | 2007 |
| Ghost Son | Doc | 2007 |
| The Omen | Father Brennan | 2006 |
| Valley of the Heart's Delight | Albion Munson | 2006 |
| Æon Flux | Keeper | 2005 |
| The Constant Gardener | Lorbeer / Dr. Lorbeer aka Dr. Brandt | 2005 |
| Dark Water | Veeck | 2005 |
| Red Mercury | Gold Commander | 2005 |
| The Limit | Gale Carmody / Gale | 2004 |
| Strange Bedfellows | Russell McKenzie (taxman) / Russell McKenzie | 2004 |
| Triggermen | Ben Cutler | 2003 |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
| Between Strangers | John | 2002 |
| The Shipping News | Tert Card | 2001 |
| Cowboy Up | Reid Braxton | 2001 |
| Beyond Jurassic Park | Self | 2001 |
| Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings | Various Characters | 2000 |
| The Sins | Len Green | 2000 |
| Rat | Hubert Flynn | 2000 |
| When the Sky Falls | Martin Shaughnessy | 2000 |
| The Fat | Self | 2000 |
| Animal Farm | Farmer Jones / Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice) | 1999 |
| Wayward Son | Ben Alexander | 1999 |
| Butterfly Collectors | John McKeown | 1999 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Carpenter | 1999 |
| Lost for Words | Deric Longden / Deric | 1999 |
| The Divine Ryans | Uncle Reg Ryan | 1999 |
| Among Giants | Raymond 'Ray' / Ray | 1998 |
| Amistad | Holabird | 1997 |
| Bandyta | Sincai | 1997 |
| Sharpe: The Legend | Hakeswill | 1997 |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Roland Tembo | 1997 |
| The Serpent's Kiss | Thomas Smithers / Thomas Smith | 1997 |
| Brassed Off | Danny | 1996 |
| Romeo + Juliet | Father Laurence | 1996 |
| Crimetime | Sidney | 1996 |
| DragonHeart | Gilbert of Glockenspur / Gilbert | 1996 |
| James and the Giant Peach | Old Man / The Magic Man | 1996 |
| When Saturday Comes | Ken Jackson | 1996 |
| The Usual Suspects | Kobayashi | 1995 |
| Suite 16 | Glover | 1994 |
| Martin Chuzzlewit | Tigg Montague / Montague Tigg | 1994 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 1994 |
| Pie in the Sky | Kevin Tasker | 1994 |
| In the Name of the Father | Giuseppe Conlon | 1993 |
| Anchoress | William Carpenter | 1993 |
| Sharpe | Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill | 1993 |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Quince | 1992 |
| Between the Lines | Ch. Supt. Jameson | 1992 |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Capt. Beams / Captain Beams | 1992 |
| Waterland | Henry Crick | 1992 |
| Alien³ | David / David Postlethwaite | 1992 |
| Split Second | Paulsen | 1992 |
| Hamlet | Player King | 1990 |
| El C.I.D. | Vince | 1990 |
| Treasure Island | George Merry | 1990 |
| Zorro | Bandit | 1990 |
| Tales of Sherwood Forest | Eric | 1989 |
| Distant Voices, Still Lives | Father | 1988 |
| The Dressmaker | Jack | 1988 |
| To Kill A Priest | Josef | 1988 |
| Casualty | Hank / Ralph Peters | 1986 |
| Boon | Steve McLaughlin | 1986 |
| Lovejoy | Terence Sullivan | 1986 |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Ragueneau | 1985 |
| Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | Barry | 1985 |
| Screen Two | The Dipper / Panter / Mitch / Kecks McGuinness | 1985 |
| A Private Function | Nuttal / Nuttol | 1984 |
| The Brief | Ray Goller | 1984 |
| Fords on Water | Winston's Boss | 1983 |
| Strike: The Birth of Solidarity | Ireneusz Lesniak | 1981 |
| Minder | Jack Wragg / Logie | 1979 |
| Afternoon Off | Attendant in Art Gallery | 1979 |
| Doris and Doreen | Lomax / Mr. Lomax | 1978 |
| Going Straight | Thomas Clifford Crowther | 1978 |
| The Duellists | Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard | 1977 |
| Second City Firsts | Duffy | 1973 |
| Last of the Summer Wine | Man in Cafe | 1973 |
| Play for Today | Danny Duggan (as Peter Postlethwaite) | 1970 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1994 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
