After training as a teacher, Pete Postlethwaite
started his acting career at the Liverpool Everyman
Theatre where his colleagues included Bill Nighy,
Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher and Julie Walters. After
routine early appearances in small parts for television
programmes such as THE PROFESSIONALS, Postlethwaite's
first success came with the acclaimed British film
DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES in 1988. He then received an
Academy Award nomination for his role in THE NAME OF THE
FATHER in 1993. His performance as the mysterious lawyer
''Kobayashi'' in THE USUAL SUSPECTS is well-known, and
he appeared in many successful films including ALIEN 3,
BRASSED OFF, THE SHIPPING NEWS, THE CONSTANT GARDENER,
as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's ROMEO + JULIET, and
in INCEPTION with Leonardo diCaprio. Pete Postlethwaite
was one of the best-loved and widely admired performers
on stage, TV (SHARPE, THE SINS) and in cinema.In THE ART
OF DISCWORLD, Terry Pratchett said that he had always
imagined Sam Vimes as 'a younger, slightly bulkier
version of Pete Postlethwaite', while Steven Spielberg
called him 'the best actor in the world', about which
Postlethwaite said: 'I'm sure what Spielberg actually
said was, ''the thing about Pete is that he thinks he's
the best actor in the world.''' This is the story of a
diverse and multi-talented actor's eventful life, told
in his own candid and vibrant words. |
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