Posted on 01/03/2011 4:29:20 AM PST by Ready4Freddy
LONDON — Actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, according to reports.
Longtime friend Andrew Richardson was quoted Monday by Britain's Press Association as saying that Postlethwaite died in hospital in Shropshire, central England.
Richardson said Postlethwaite died Sunday. He had been receiving treatment for cancer.
The actor, who recently appeared in "Inception", worked with director Steven Spielberg on "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Amistad." He received the Order of the British Empire in 2004.
Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in "The Name of the Father".
He was also appeared in the 1994 film "The Usual Suspects."
Postlethwaite was once described by Spielberg as being "the best actor in the world," Sky News reported.
He reportedly joked in response: "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'The thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world'."
(Excerpt) Read more at today.msnbc.msn.com ...
My favorite film of his - Brassed Off.
He played the White Hunter in Jurassic Park 2....His defending of a womans honor in an outdoor african bar was priceless.
Typical Holly-weird!
He was brilliantly sinister in the Sharpe series.
Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill ...
Thanks, sodpoodle, I meant to post the pic in the MSNBC article.
Sinister and evil, indeed. Great series.
W@hat was so great about Postlewaite was that in the Sharpe series, you loathed him, but in the Lost World, he was downright charismatic. What a great actor.
Attorney working for Kaiser Soze. Set the tone for the whole movie. RIP
He played the attorney Kobayashi in “The Usual Suspects”. Did a great job as the common thread pulling the entire movie together.
Who is Kaeser Sose?
He also had a small but solid role in James and the Giant Peach.
Ditto...
Woa! Thanks for the link....but now I need a shower after visiting that Commie site! And, the photo of Pete was hard to recognize. His real features are best when he is shaven.
Agreed. He was great as a storyteller in that.
Actor Peter Postlethwaite displays his Order of the British Empire shortly after the presentation at Buckingham Palace in London in 2004
ditto, I noticed he looked a little gaunt.
“Pete Postlethwaite died in a in Shropshire, England, hospital Sunday after a lengthy fight with cancer. The actor was 64.
An Oscar nominee for his role as the father of Daniel Day-Lewis’s character in the 1993 In the Name of the Father, the distinctive-looking Postlethwaite also played the menacing owner of a flower shop in last year’s The Town, directed by and starring Ben Affleck. In Inception, he was the rich, dying patriarch (his son was played by Cillian Murphy). “
Could he be a victim of government healthcare?
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