Auteur

Pete Postlethwaite

1946–2011 · English character actor

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. He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in Alien 3 (1992), and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993).

Pete Postlethwaite, in order

  1. 1977 The Duellists: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 75%, audiences 83% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  2. 1979 Afternoon Off: acted · directed by Stephen Frears
  3. 1984 A Private Function: acted · directed by Malcolm Mowbray · streaming on Criterion Channel
  4. 1988 Distant Voices, Still Lives: acted · directed by Terence Davies · critics 79%, audiences 81% · streaming on Roku Channel
  5. 1988 To Kill a Priest: acted · directed by Agnieszka Holland
  6. 1990 Hamlet: acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli · critics 76%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  7. 1990 Treasure Island: acted · directed by Fraser Clarke Heston · audiences 76%
  8. 1991 A Child from the South: acted · directed by Sérgio Rezende
  9. 1992 Alien 3: acted · directed by David Fincher · critics 43%, audiences 46% · streaming on fuboTV
  10. 1992 Split Second: acted · directed by Ian Sharp and Tony Maylam · audiences 56% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  11. 1992 The Last of the Mohicans: acted · directed by Michael Mann · critics 88%, audiences 88%
  12. 1992 Waterland: acted · directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal · critics 47%, audiences 62%
  13. 1993 Anchoress: acted · directed by Chris Newby · audiences 74% · streaming on Kanopy
  14. 1993 In the Name of the Father: acted · directed by Jim Sheridan · critics 96%, audiences 95%
  15. 1994 Suite 16: acted · directed by Dominique Deruddere
  16. 1995 The Usual Suspects: acted · directed by Bryan Singer · critics 86%, audiences 96% · streaming on HBO Max
  17. 1996 Brassed Off: acted · directed by Mark Herman · critics 80%, audiences 79% · streaming on Hoopla
  18. 1996 Crimetime: acted · directed by George Sluizer · audiences 29% · streaming on Tubi
  19. 1996 Dragonheart: acted · directed by Rob Cohen · critics 45%, audiences 60%
  20. 1996 James and the Giant Peach: acted · directed by Henry Selick
  21. 1996 Romeo + Juliet: acted · directed by Baz Luhrmann · critics 79%, audiences 77% · streaming on Hulu, HBO Max
  22. 1996 When Saturday Comes: acted · directed by Maria Giese
  23. 1997 Amistad: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 78%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  24. 1997 Bastard: acted · directed by Maciej Dejczer
  25. 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 57%, audiences 52% · streaming on Philo, Starz
  26. 1997 The Serpent's Kiss: acted · directed by Philippe Rousselot · audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
  27. 1998 Among Giants: acted · directed by Sam Miller
  28. 1999 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie): acted · directed by Nick Willing
  29. 1999 Butterfly Collectors (TV movie): acted
  30. 1999 Wayward Son: acted · directed by Randall Harris
  31. 2000 Rat: acted · directed by Steve Barron
  32. 2000 When the Sky Falls: acted · directed by John Mackenzie
  33. 2001 The Shipping News: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
  34. 2002 Between Strangers: acted · directed by Edoardo Ponti
  35. 2002 Triggermen: acted · directed by John Bradshaw
  36. 2003 Gone Dark: acted · directed by Lewin Webb
  37. 2004 Strange Bedfellows: acted · directed by Dean Murphy
  38. 2005 Dark Water: acted · directed by Walter Salles
  39. 2005 Red Mercury: acted · directed by Roy Battersby
  40. 2005 The Constant Gardener: acted · directed by Fernando Meirelles · critics 83%, audiences 82%
  41. 2005 Æon Flux: acted · directed by Karyn Kusama
  42. 2006 Ghost Son: acted · directed by Lamberto Bava
  43. 2006 The Omen: acted · directed by John Moore
  44. 2007 Closing the Ring: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough
  45. 2008 Criminal Justice (TV series): acted · directed by Otto Bathurst
  46. 2009 Solomon Kane: acted · directed by M. J. Bassett
  47. 2009 The Age of Stupid: acted · directed by Franny Armstrong
  48. 2010 Clash of the Titans: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 27%, audiences 40%
  49. 2010 Inception: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 86%, audiences 91%
  50. 2010 The Town: acted · directed by Ben Affleck · critics 92%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel
  51. 2011 Killing Bono: acted · directed by Nick Hamm