Pete Postlethwaite Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite OBE (/ˈpɒsəlθweɪt/; 7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English actor. After minor television appearances, including in The Professionals, his first success came with the 1988 film Distant Voices, Still Lives. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in The Usual Suspects, and appeared in Alien 3, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Romeo + Juliet, and Inception.In television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill on Sharpe. He trained as a teacher and taught drama before training as an actor. Director Steven Spielberg called him "the best actor in the world" after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993 and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours list. Less than a month after his death, he received a posthumous BAFTA nomination for his role in Ben Affleck's The Town (the only such accolade the film received).
William John Postlethwaite, Lily Kathleen Postlethwaite
Parents
Mary Postlethwaite, William Postlethwaite
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Distinctive gruff voice
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Often played very devious characters
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Quote
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[in a speech to Ed Miliband, then Climate Change Minister of the Labour government, on 16 March 2009] If you commission a new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth, then you are clearly unfit to represent the people of Britain at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, and therefore I promise, very sadly, to return to Her Majesty The Queen the OBE that I was given in 2002, because I don't believe that I can be a real Officer of the British Empire if that's what is going to happen. Unfortunately I would *never* be able to vote for the Labour Party again. And I want you to tell that to the Party.
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My first agent wanted me to change [my name]. So I changed him instead. When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am. It's my mother and father, my whole family. It's where everything I am comes from. I couldn't imagine living my life with another name.
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I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work and demands great versatility.
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It's all in the cheekbones, this career of mine. They are quite whopping, aren't they? Who was it that said, 'He looks like he's got a clavicle stuck in his mouth?'
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At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it. You may enjoy it, or it will disturb you.
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Fact
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Started smoking when he was ten. He continued to smoke heavily until his death, despite admitting it was his "biggest regret".
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He and his Treasure Island (1990) co-star Charlton Heston both portrayed the Player King in film adaptations of "Hamlet": Postlethwaite in Hamlet (1990) and Heston in Hamlet (1996).
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Now lives on a farm in Minton, near Church Stretton in Shropshire, and is often seen on the local trains, or shopping in and around Church Stretton. [November 2005]
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Soho, London, England [May 2009]
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His plum-like nose was broken when he played rugby as a child and was re-broken after a few barroom brawls as an adult.
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One of his biggest fans was Daniel Day-Lewis, who use to watch Postlethwaite perform on stage frequently during his impressionable years as a youngster. It was Day-Lewis who recommended him for the father role in In the Name of the Father (1993).
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Romantically involved with actress Julie Walters during his years at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool.
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Youngest of four children born to a Catholic family.
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Trained as a teacher at St. Mary's University College in London, where he took drama classes.
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Last name is pronounced "POSS-ul-thwait".
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A political activist, he demonstrated in the streets to oppose the war in Iraq.
His portrait by Christopher Thompson was acquired by The National Portrait Gallery.
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He was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actor category for his performance in the film Æon Flux (2005). However he failed to receive a nomination.
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At the beginning of one hit wonder "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba, it's his voice that says these words from the movie Brassed Off (1996): "Truth is I thought it mattered, I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks! Not compared to how people matter".
He is married to a BBC drama assistant and has two children.
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He once let an agent go after the agent suggested Pete change his last name to something more marquee-friendly.
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He was awarded OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2004 New Year's Honors List for his services to drama. On 16 November 2009, when the Labour government, of which he had been a lifelong supporter, was contemplating commissioning a coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, he threatened in a speech to Ed Miliband, then Climate Change Minister, to hand back his OBE if the Government went ahead with their plans.
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He formerly taught at a Catholic girl's convent school.
$15 Million
