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Pete Postlethwaite

1946 - 2011

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Peter William Postlethwaite (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor. After various stage and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), directed by Terence Davies. He had a breakthrough in Hollywood when he portrayed David in Alien 3 (1992), and his international reputation was further solidified when he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993). Following this role, he portrayed the mysterious lawyer Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Postlethwaite is the 990th most popular actor (down from 711th in 2019), the 1,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 841st in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 990 out of 13,578. Before him are Helen Hayes, June Carter Cash, Barbara Bach, Pedro Armendáriz, Jill Ireland, and Ted Danson. After him are Jim Caviezel, Susan Hayward, Eric Idle, James Brolin, Johannes Heesters, and Yvette Guilbert.

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Among people born in 1946, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 140. Before him are Elías Figueroa, Minoru Kobata, Kim Kyong-hui, Alan Jones, Tim Johnson, and Mohamed Abdelaziz. After him are François Bozizé, Vuk Drašković, Youssef Absi, Ajda Pekkan, Deepak Chopra, and Laurent Fabius. Among people deceased in 2011, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 72. Before him are Cliff Robertson, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Bubba Smith, Joe Simon, Michael Gough, and Michael Cacoyannis. After him are Johannes Heesters, Ferenc Mádl, Richard Hamilton, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Madame Nhu, and Gunter Sachs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 1,217 out of 8,785. Before him are Roger Daltrey (1944), William Bligh (1754), Tom Simpson (1937), A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), and Jill Ireland (1936). After him are Ken Robinson (1950), Eric Idle (1943), Natascha McElhone (1969), Mick Jones (1955), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), and David C. H. Austin (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 143. Before him are Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Terry Jones (1942), Roddy McDowall (1928), Robert Powell (1944), and Jill Ireland (1936). After him are Eric Idle (1943), Natascha McElhone (1969), Rosemary Harris (1927), Edmund Kean (1787), Sebastian Shaw (1905), and Denholm Elliott (1922).

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