Thread: Pete Postlethwaite, Distinctive English Character Actor, Dies at 64

http://www.playbill.com/news/article...tor-Dies-at-64

Pete Postlethwaite, an English character actor who brought an unmistakeable voice and face to his many performances on stage and screen, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 64.

Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite was born Feb. 7, 1946, in Warrington, England, with a roughly hewn face that few would predict would find success on the stage. But those wide, prominent cheekbones, ponderous ears, and Durante-worthy proboscis—combined with sharp glistening eyes and a sinewy, breathy voice—helped him become one of the most recognizable and popular English screen actors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

He won an Oscar nomination for his work in the 1993 Daniel Day-Lewis film "In the Name of the Father," was Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," and played the critical, enigmatic role of Kobayashi in "The Usual Suspects." Steven Spielberg, who called him "probably the best actor in the world," used him in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Amistad." More recently, he had a significant cameo in "Inception."

Other films inclued "Brassed Off," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Town," "Clash of the Titans," and his breakthrough film, 1988's "Distant Voices, Still Lives." His characters were often devious or untrustworthy, but they crackled with humanity and life, his prominent features seemingly bringing his creations' emotions and thoughts to the fore



So sad, he was such a great actor. I loved him Romeo & Juliet and of corse, The Usual Suspects.
The Town is on my list of movies to see, I heard he was great in it.
And I have yet to see Inception.