“s film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, had carried on working in recent months despite receiving treatment for cancer. He is survived by his wife and two children.”
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Pete Postlethwaite
Peter William Postlethwaite 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…
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Born 7 February 1946 · Died 2 January 2011 · Q217137
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2026· 3 entries
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Moviefone: Pete Postlethwaite
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2011· 10 entries
The Guardian: A Spectacle of Dust by Pete Postlethwaite - review
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The Guardian: A Spectacle of Dust by Pete Postlethwaite – review
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Pete Postlethwaite brought powers of empathy to many roles
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The Atlantic: Film Critics Remember Pete Postlethwaite
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jezebel: Pete Postlethwaite Dead At 64
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Consummate character actor Pete Postlethwaite dies
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Variety: Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64
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BBC: Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64
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WhatsOnStage: Pete Postlethwaite Dies From Cancer, Aged 64
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Died 2011-01-02.
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2009· 1 entry
Told then-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband that he would return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station was given the go-ahead by the Lab
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2008· 2 entries
At the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and at the Young Vic, London
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In which Postlethwaite played every character
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2005· 1 entry
And an honorary degree from the University of Liverpool in 2006
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Toured Australia and New Zealand in a 90-minute one-man play, Scaramouche Jones, in which he played a clown trying to find out who he is before he dies at midnight, receiving a nomination for the TMA Award for Best Ac
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1989· 1 entry
They had a son, actor Billy Postlethwaite (born in 1989), and a daughter (born in 1996).
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1987· 1 entry
And they were married in 2003 at St Nicholas' Church in West Itchenor
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-02-07.
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