Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 - January 2, 2011) was a film, stage, and television actor. He was born in Warrington, England in a family with two sisters and a brother. He studied to become a teacher at St. Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He taught theater at Loreto College in Manchester, but decided he wanted to act as well and trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
a candid from 1977
with Daniel Day-Lewis in 1993's "In the Name of the Father".
Postlethwaite was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
with Gabriel Byrne and Stephen Baldwin in 1995's "The Usual Suspects"
with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in "Romeo and Juliet"
in 1997's "Jurassic Park: The Lost World"
in 2005's "Dark Water"
starring in a 2009 stage production of "King Lear"
playing 'The Florist' in "The Town"
And of course easily recognized by his famously large nose!
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