Posts with tag "Pete Postlethwaite"

Video: Pete Postlethwaite as Kobayashi and More Memorable Roles

Posted Jan 3rd 2011 at 10:26 AM by The Editors at AOL News

Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, best known to American audiences for his scene-stealing turn as the lawyer Kobayashi in the cult classic film "The Usual Suspects," has died after a fight with cancer. He was 64. Beyond his work in "The Usual Suspects," Postlethwaite had a lengthy and varied career, appearing in movies like "Inception," "Brassed Off," "Romeo + Juliet," the 1993 film "In ...

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Oscar-Nominated Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies at 64

Posted Jan 3rd 2011 at 06:27 AM by PopEater Staff

Pete Postlethwaite, famously dubbed the "best actor in the world" by Steven Spielberg and who starred in films such as 'Inception' and 'The Usual Suspects,' has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. The respected British star was 64. Spokesman and friend Andrew Richardson told the UK press that Postlethwaite died in a hospital in Shropshire, in western England, on Sunday. Shortly before his ...