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Fremen · 01-03-2011, 07:49 PM

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/ar...lethwaite.html
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Pete Postlethwaite, an Actor With Broad Range, Dies at 64

Pete Postlethwaite, a lanky, craggy-faced character actor whose range stretched from sweet sentimentality to acid menace and who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1994 for his role as the father of a man unjustly accused of terrorism in “In the Name of the Father,” died on Sunday in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. He was 64 and lived on a farm near Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

The cause was cancer, said Andrew Richardson, a friend.

With a broad nose, prominent ears, high cheekbones and hollow cheeks, Mr. Postlethwaite (pronounced POSS-ul-thwayt) was distinctive looking and rawboned, if not exactly classically handsome. His face was an especially suitable one for the rough-hewn working-class men he often (though far from always) played.

He was widely known in England as a stage and television actor before beginning a busy film career in the 1980s — his first significant role was in “A Private Function,” with Michael Palin and Maggie Smith, in 1984 — and in the 1990s he became familiar to American audiences in, among other films, “Alien 3,” “Waterland,” “The Last of the Mohicans” and “The Usual Suspects.”

My first exposure to Pete's work was "In The Name Of The Father".
Along with Day-Lewis' work in that film, Pete showed me what fine acting was all about.

From that point on, I knew if Pete Postlethwaite was in the film, it had a chance of being good.

You died too soon, good sir.

amonkie · 01-03-2011, 08:04 PM

I will be sad to see him go

The first time I really looked him up was in Aeon Flux because it'd seemed he was in so many movies but you could never really place him.

Charlatan · 01-03-2011, 09:34 PM

Like Femen, "In the Name of the Father" was my first memory of seeing him in action (although I retroactively remembered him from Alien 3). From that point on, I would notice him and genuinely enjoyed his performances (even if the film he was in was a stinker).

Reese · 01-06-2011, 08:27 PM

Sad day.. I didn't actually know his name until watching The Town about a week before his death and watching the credits to see if I did actually know his name.. I'd seen him in a few shows and he always reminded me of my grandpa.

01-03-2011, 08:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	I will be sad to see him go The first time I really looked him up was in Aeon Flux because it'd seemed he was in so many movies but you could never really place him. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

01-03-2011, 09:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Like Femen, "In the Name of the Father" was my first memory of seeing him in action (although I retroactively remembered him from Alien 3). From that point on, I would notice him and genuinely enjoyed his performances (even if the film he was in was a stinker). __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-06-2011, 08:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Sad day.. I didn't actually know his name until watching The Town about a week before his death and watching the credits to see if I did actually know his name.. I'd seen him in a few shows and he always reminded me of my grandpa. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry