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Pete Postlethwaite
marcjagman - 3/1/11 at 01:01 PM

To those that don't know who is he was the lead hunter in the 2nd Jurrasic Park movie, the conductor in Brassed Off plus hundreds of othe movies. Died on 2/01/11 from testicular cancer which he had for 20years. A great actor, check his bio, and a word of warning for us blokes to check ourselves for lumps that shouldn't be there.


coozer - 3/1/11 at 01:04 PM

Great guy, very sad to see him go. Some outstanding performances form him.


blue2cv - 3/1/11 at 01:07 PM

Shame, didnt know he'd been taken


scootz - 3/1/11 at 01:07 PM

Shame!

Best role for me was as Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects!


steve m - 3/1/11 at 01:10 PM

I thought his best part was in Sharpe


mad4x4 - 3/1/11 at 01:16 PM

makes this all more important

Grow a Tash Linky

[Edited on 3/101/11 by mad4x4]


britishtrident - 3/1/11 at 02:00 PM

I first encountered his work in Radio 4 plays --- sad loss to acting.

Always at this time of year some iconic figures seem to go --- Brian Hanrahan, Anthony Howard


tomprescott - 3/1/11 at 04:58 PM

Most recently I saw him in Inception, even in small parts he managed to do a great job. R.I.P


welderman - 3/1/11 at 05:23 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tomprescott
Most recently I saw him in Inception, even in small parts he managed to do a great job. R.I.P



I was just going to say something similar - even in a bad movie he tried to be credible...

Aeon Flux was a bad (baaadd) movie, and he was cool as the keeper guy!


t16turbotone - 3/1/11 at 05:59 PM

Great Actor....Stephen Spielberg once said he was the best actor in the world! RIP


britishtrident - 3/1/11 at 06:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
I thought his best part was in Sharpe


As the monstrously evil Sgt Obadiah Hakeswill ------ a wonderful bit of acting.


lotusmadandy - 3/1/11 at 06:56 PM

Just saw it on the news...

A sad loss....RIP

Andy


woodster - 3/1/11 at 08:47 PM

My brother met him once at a friends wedding, he was stood At the end of the bar being just very ordinary, which I think speaks volumes. ..... RIP Pete


Ninehigh - 3/1/11 at 08:55 PM

Heard a couple of hours ago, think he's been in more films than we could think of..


deltron63 - 3/1/11 at 09:19 PM

A list of His films & tv
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000592/