Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite was born on Feb 07, 1946 in UK. Pete Postlethwaite's big-screen debut came with The Duellists directed by Ridley Scott in 1977, strarring Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard (as Peter Postlethwaite). Pete Postlethwaite is known for Inception directed by Christopher Nolan, Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Cobb and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur. Pete Postlethwaite has got 4 awards and 13 nominations so far. The most recent award Pete Postlethwaite achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Pete Postlethwaite plays is Solomon Kane which will be released on Aug 24, 2012.

An oddly fascinating bloke with prominent bony cheeks and rawboned figure, Peter William (Pete) Postlethwaite was born on February 16, 1946 and was a distinguished character actor on stage, TV and film. Growing up the youngest of four siblings in a Catholic family in Warrington, Lancashire (near Liverpool) in middle-class surroundings to working-class parents, he attended St Mary's University (London). However, while completing his studies, he developed an interest in theatre, to the chagrin of his father, who wanted his children to find secure positions in life.A drama teacher initially at a Catholic girls convent school, he decided to follow his acting instincts full-time and gradually built up an impressive array of classical stage credits via repertory, including the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, and in stints with Liverpool Everyman, Manchester Royal Exchange and the Royal Shakespeare Company. By the 1980s he was ready to branch out into film and TV, giving a startling performance as a wife abuser in the Distant Voices (1988).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 Au nom du père (1993). Other quality roles came his way with Usual Suspects (1995), Les virtuoses (1996), and Amistad (1997). He did fine work on television in Sharpe: Sharpe's Company (1994), Lost for Words (1999), and The Sins (2000). Postlethwaite worked equally both in the UK and abroad, and avoided the public limelight for the most part, except for occasional displays of political activism.Postlethwaite lived quietly out of the spotlight in England and continued on in films with roles in Terre-Neuve (2001), The Limit (2004), Dark Water (2005), La malédiction (2006), Ghost Son (2007) and Solomon Kane (2009). In 2010, he was seen in Le Choc des Titans (2010), Inception (2010) and The Town (2010).Postlewaite died on January 2, 2011, at age 64, of pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his wife and son, and by his daughter from a prior relationship.