Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011), who was most recently noted for his role in the film Inception, was an English actor who started his career at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where his colleagues included Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher and Julie Walters. He was a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company and other acting companies.
Steven Spielberg called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world" after working with the actor on the The Lost World: Jurassic Park, to which Postlethwaite said: "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'The thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world.'"
One of his more notable roles was as antagonist Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in ITV's Sharpe series, which starred Sean Bean. Postlethwaite has said that this was one of his favourite roles and that he and Sean played so well off each other because of their mutual love and respect for each other. Bernard Cornwell, the author and creator of the Sharpe series, specifically wrote Hakeswill's character in later novels to reflect Postletwaite's performance as the character in the TV series. Postlethwaite also co-starred with Sean Bean in When Saturday Comes.
He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List. At the premiere of The Age of Stupid on 15 March 2009, he promised the UK Energy and Climate Change minister Ed Miliband that he would return this medal if the government gave the go-ahead for new coal-fired units at Kingsnorth power station.
Postlethwaite is survived by his wife and two children.
(Sources: IMDB, Wikipedia)
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