Pete Postlethwaite: An Actor Whose Politics Extended Beyond the Screen

Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies at 64
Pete Postlethwaite, a brilliant actor who was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in In the Name of the Father, died in England yesterday at the age of 64. The cause was Cancer. Besides being a unique and talented performer, Postlethwaite was also a principled, decent man who protested the U.S.-led folly in Iraq and adapted his home to become environmentally-responsible, installing a Wind Turbine and other features, the Independent reports. Postlethwaite's other films included ...

British Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies At 64
Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by director Steven Spielberg as "the Best Actor in the world," has died at age 64 after a long battle with Cancer. Longtime friend and Journalist Andrew Richardson said Monday that Postlethwaite died in a Hospital Sunday. A gritty and powerful actor, Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the 1993 film In The Name Of The Father. He had recently been seen in the critically acclaimed film "Inception" and had worked with ...

Pete Postlethwaite obituary "best actor in the world"
Source: The Guardian Peter William Postlethwaite, actor, born 16 February 1946; died 2 January 2011 Oscar-nominated British actor with a vast range who could move between comedy and tragedy with ease The actor Pete Postlethwaite had a face that elicited many similes, among them "a stone archway" and "a bag of spanners". These unflattering descriptions, plus his tongue-twisting surname, would suggest an actor with a career limited to minor supporting roles. But Postlethwaite, who has died of canc...

Pete Postlethwaite, Famed Actor, Dies at 64
Like this Story? Share it: British actor Pete Postlethwaite speaks during the preview of documentary film "Liyarn Ngarn" at the Sydney Writers Festival on May 21, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. (Getty Images) This screengrab from "The Age of Stupid" shows actor Pete Postlethwaite interacting with the futuristic interface designed specifically for the film. (Spanner Films) (CBS/AP) Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by director Steven Spielberg as "the Best Actor in the wor...

Oscar-nominated star Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64
LONDON (AP) - Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by director Steven Spielberg as "the Best Actor in the world," has died at age 64 after a long battle with Cancer. Longtime friend and Journalist Andrew Richardson said Monday that Postlethwaite died in a Hospital Sunday. A gritty and powerful actor, Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the 1993 film "In The Name Of The Father." Postlethwaite initially planned to become a priest but was drawn to acti...

Oscar-nominated star Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64
LONDON - Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, described by director Steven Spielberg as "the Best Actor in the world," has died at age 64 after a long battle with Cancer. Longtime friend and Journalist Andrew Richardson said Monday that Postlethwaite died in a Hospital Sunday. A gritty and powerful actor, Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the 1993 film "In The Name Of The Father." Postlethwaite initially planned to become a priest but was drawn to acting...

'Best in the world'
Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who has died at the age of 64, had a successful 40-year career which spanned the screen and stage. The Warrington-born actor, who was once described by director Steven Spielberg as the "the Best Actor in the world", shot to fame in the 1993 film In The Name Of The Father. He had, however, originally planned to be a priest. The youngest of four Children, he then did a short stint as teacher before eventually following his passion for the...

British Press says actor Pete Postlethwaite dies
Britain's Press Association is reporting that decorated film actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. It quotes longtime friend Andrew Richardson as saying Monday that Postlethwaite died in Hospital in Shropshire, central England, after a long illness. Richardson said Postlethwaite died Sunday. He had been receiving treatment for Cancer. The actor, recently seen in the well-received movie "Inception", worked with director Steven Spielberg on "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Amista...

The Pete I knew
Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, a spokesman has announced. Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said the actor, who was appointed OBE in 2004, died peacefully in Hospital in Shropshire after a lengthy illness. In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar for In The Name of the Father. BBC News website readers have been sending their memories and tributes. Your comments: Continue reading the main story “Start Quote I remember him standing in his dres...

Actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who appeared in two of 2010's most celebrated films -- "Inception" and "The Town," has died of Cancer, his family said. Postlethwaite originally planned to be a priest, then worked as a teacher before becoming an actor. He earned an Oscar nomination for his work in the 1993 big-screen drama "In the Name of the Father." His other film credits include "William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet," "Brassed Off" and "The Usual Suspects." The Guard...

Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies from cancer at 64
Author, playwright and Journalist died peacefully in his sleep, four months after final Daily Mail column. By Jason Deans...

'He was a great and irreplaceable talent'
The British actor, Pete Postlethwaite, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from Cancer. He appeared in many successful films, and was described as the "Best Actor in the world" by the Hollywood director, Steven Spielberg. Will Gompertz reports. Play What does the future hold for 3D films? Listen Is Billy The Kid about to be pardoned? Watch What does the future hold for 3D? This page is best viewed in an up-to-date Web Browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. Whil...

British actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64
British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in "In the Name of the Father", has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced Monday. Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said he died peacefully in Hospital in Shropshire, west central England, on Sunday. Postlethwaite had been receiving treatment for Cancer. One of Britain's top character actors, Peter William Postlethwaite was born to a Catholic family in the northwest English town of Warringt...

Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64
Pete Postlethwaite, the Oscar-nominated British actor, has died at the age of 64....

Pete Postlethwaite was a classically British actor
Pete Postlethwaite was part of a great theatrical tradition that emphasises ability over looks, writes Harry Mount. ...

Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64
Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, a spokesman has announced. Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said Postlethwaite, who was made an OBE in 2004, died peacefully in Hospital in Shropshire after a lengthy illness. In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar for In The Name of the Father. He received a best supporting actor nod for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, who was falsely convicted of the IRA's Guildford pub bombings. Mr Richardson said the actor, ...

Pete Postlethwaite
If I had to choose my “most underrated middlebrow filmmaker,” it would definitely be Jim Sheridan, whose work I’ve admired for a long time (up to and including 2009’s fine Brothers.) One of his coups was to cast Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father, resulting in him damn near stealing the movie from Daniel Day-Lewis. R.I.P. ...

god speed, pete postlethwaite
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Oscar-nominated star Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64
LONDON — He could have stayed in teaching. That’s what his parents wanted: it was the safe, secure route for a young man with working-class roots and a face few would describe as handsome. But Pete Postlethwaite wanted more. He wanted to pursue his passion for acting and, at 24, he left teaching to train at the Bristol Old Vic theater. His parents remained skeptical, but when he was introduced to Queen Elizabeth II after a stellar 1980s performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company,...

Facts or Fallacies Part III: Combinations, Murder and the Primordial Lump
Facts or Fallacies Part III: Combinations, Murder and the Primordial Lump by Tom Walker (Sandwichman at Ecological Headstand) In Part I, I compared the statistical fact that non-farm employment was lower in September 2010 than it had been in December 1999 with the assertions that those who believed any such thing could occur were guilty of a lump-of-labor fallacy. In Part II, I rehearsed debating points regarding Paul Krugman's columns citing the alleged fallacy. My intention in Part III is n...

Postlethwaite tributes flood in
Stars of stage and screen have paid tribute to Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died on Monday at the age of 64. The actress said Postlethwaite was a "big part" of her early acting career - the pair toured pubs together in a theatre group. "He invented edgy. He was an exhilarating person and actor." "I saw him in Coriolanus and it was the most terrifying, wonderful performance I have ever seen. The audience were privileged to see it," Walters ad...

"Another Year," another Oscar bet for Mike Leigh
Los Angeles (Hollywood Reporter) - With six Oscar Nominations to his credit, British filmmaker Mike Leigh is back in theaters with an awards contender struggling to be heard among the clamor. "Another Year" opened last week in New York and Los Angeles against three other high-prestige pictures vying for Oscar glory: "Blue Valentine," "Biutiful" and "The Way Back." They join a big field of contenders led by the likes of "The Social Network," "Black Swan," "The King's Speech" and "True Grit." To ...

The Truth About Grit
On April 7, 1970, John Wayne received the Academy Award for Best Actor after wowing people in the movie "True Grit." For Wayne, it was really a Lifetime Achievement recognition, as he beat out the likes of Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, all considered "serious" actors, unlike Wayne, who specialized in personality-driven performances. Wayne's portrayal of hard-drinking U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn was a classic. The actor totally blew away his co-stars Kim Darby an...

How Hollywood shuts out gay actors
Hollywood’s gay elite attacked Ramin Setoodeh when he said the Openly Gay Sean Hayes was not convincing as a straight man in Promises, Promises. But as the play closes, and 50 years after Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win an Oscar, no Openly Gay actor has broken such a barrier, and none have been nominated this year. Setoodeh says the problem isn’t gay actors in straight roles—Hollywood isn’t even allowing gay actors to play gay. “Why isn’t so...

Wikileaks: Ahmadinjead Was Slapped in Meeting
The Huffington Post reports: According to a recently released cable obtained by Wikileaks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was slapped in the face by Revolutionary Guard Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Jafari. According to the cable, Ahmadinejad surprised the Supreme National Security Council by taking a liberal posture on opposition Protests. The president allegedly argued that people felt “suffocated,” and that allowing more social and personal freedoms, as well as more freedom...