Deceased

How Did Pete Postlethwaite Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 64

Also known asPeter William Postlethwaite, Peter PostlethwaiteGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn07/02/1946Born inWarrington, Cheshire, England, UKDied02/01/2011 (aged 64)Died inShrewsburyCausepancreatic cancerWikidataQ217137 ↗TMDb#4935 ↗

Peter William Postlethwaite 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.

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Filmography86 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2011	Return to Jurassic ParkMovie	Self	65
2011	Killing BonoMovie	Karl	65
2010	InceptionMovie	Maurice Fischer	64
2010	The TownMovie	Fergus "Fergie" Colm	64
2010	Clash of the TitansMovie	Spyros	64
2009	Solomon KaneMovie	William Crowthorn	63
2009	Clough: The Brian Clough StoryMovie	Narrator	63
2009	Tattoos: A Scarred HistoryMovie	Self	63
2009	The Age of StupidMovie	The Archivist	63
2008	Criminal JusticeSeries	Hooch	62
2007	Closing the RingMovie	Quinlan	61
2006	The OmenMovie	Father Brennan	60
2006	Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant GardenerMovie	Self	60
2006	Valley of the Heart's DelightMovie	Albion Munson	60
2005	Dark WaterMovie	Veeck	59
2005	Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'Movie	Self	59
2005	Æon FluxMovie	Keeper	59
2005	The Constant GardenerMovie	Lorbeer	59
2005	Red MercuryMovie	Gold Commander	59
2004	Strange BedfellowsMovie	Russell McKenzie (taxman)	58
2004	The LimitMovie	Gale	58
2003	Thora Hird TributeMovie	Deric Longden (archive footage, uncredited)	57
2002	Cowboy UpMovie	Reid Braxton	56
2002	Between StrangersMovie	John	56
2002	TriggermenMovie	Ben Cutler	56
2001	The Shipping NewsMovie	Tert Card	55
2001	Richard & JudySeries	Self	55
2000	Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsMovie	Various Characters	54
2000	RatMovie	Hubert Flynn	54
2000	When the Sky FallsMovie	Martin Shaughnessy	54
2000	The SinsSeries	Len Green	54
1999	Animal FarmMovie	Benjamin (voice) / Farmer Jones (voice)	53
1999	Alice in WonderlandMovie	Carpenter	53
1999	The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.Movie	Self	53
1999	Butterfly CollectorsSeries	DI John McKeown	53
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic ParkMovie	Roland Tembo	51
1997	AmistadMovie	Holabird	51
1997	Sharpe: The LegendMovie	Hakeswill	51
1997	The Serpent's KissMovie	Thomas Smith	51
1997	The Making of 'The Lost World'Movie	Self	51
1996	Romeo + JulietMovie	Father Laurence	50
1996	James and the Giant PeachMovie	The Magic Man	50
1996	CrimetimeMovie	Sidney	50
1996	DragonHeartMovie	Gilbert	50
1996	When Saturday ComesMovie	Ken Jackson	50
1995	The Usual SuspectsMovie	Kobayashi	49
1994	Pie in the SkySeries	Kevin Tasker	48
1994	Martin ChuzzlewitSeries	Montague Tigg	48
1994	Sharpe's CompanyMovie	Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill	48
1994	Sharpe's EnemyMovie	Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill	48
1993	SharpeSeries	Obadiah Hakeswill	47
1993	In the Name of the FatherMovie	Giuseppe Conlon	47
1993	AnchoressMovie	William Carpenter	47
1992	Shakespeare: The Animated TalesSeries	Quince (voice)	46
1992	Between the LinesSeries	Ch. Supt. Jameson	46
1992	Split SecondMovie	Paulsen	46
1992	Alien³Movie	David	46
1992	WaterlandMovie	Henry Crick	46
1990	Treasure IslandMovie	George Merry	44
1990	HamletMovie	Player King	44
1990	ZorroSeries	Bandit	44
1990	A Box of SwanMovie	Tony	44
1988	To Kill a PriestMovie	Josef	42
1988	TumbledownMovie	Major (Rehabilitation Centre)	42
1988	Number 27Movie	Becket	42
1987	Coast to CoastMovie	Kecks McGuinness	41
1986	CasualtySeries	Hank	40
1986	LovejoySeries	Terence Sullivan	40
1986	ScreenPlaySeries	Paula's Father	40
1985	Screen TwoSeries	Mitch	39
1985	A Crack in the IceMovie	Painter	39
1985	Cyrano de BergeracMovie	Ragueneau	39
1984	A Private FunctionMovie	Nuttol	38
1984	MitchSeries	Jack Frost	38
1981	Strike: The Birth of SolidarityMovie	Ireneusz Lesniak	35
1979	MinderSeries	Logie	33
1979	Afternoon OffMovie	Attendant in Art Gallery	33
1977	The DuellistsMovie	Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard	31
1976	Plays for BritainSeries	Soldier	30
1975	The RacerMovie	Ecco	29
1975	ThwumMovie	Duffy	29
1973	Last of the Summer WineSeries	Man in Cafe	27
1973	Second City FirstsSeries	Duffy	27
1970	Play for TodaySeries	Danny Duggan	24
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	7
1949	The BAFTA AwardsSeries	Self	3