New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

ACTOR

Pete Postlethwaite

1946 - 2011

Photo of Pete Postlethwaite

Icon of person Pete Postlethwaite

Peter William Postlethwaite, (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English actor best known for his work as a character actor. After minor television appearances including The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the British autobiographical film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for In the Name of the Father. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Postlethwaite has received more than 4,799,845 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Pete Postlethwaite is the 733rd most popular actor (up from 896th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,094th in 2019) and the 113th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Pete Postlethwaites by language


Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 733 out of 9,996. Before him are Claude Jade, Noah Jupe, Andie MacDowell, Jack Elam, Kristin Scott Thomas, and John Heard. After him are Joan Collins, Natasha Richardson, Ben Gazzara, William Fichtner, Linda Christian, and Charles Boyer.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 99. Before him are Ivan Reitman, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Yonatan Netanyahu, Ahmed Zewail, Keith Moon, and John Heard. After him are Stefania Sandrelli, Steve Biko, Marilyn vos Savant, Aziz Sancar, Brian Cox, and Robert J. Shiller. Among people deceased in 2011, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 61. Before him are Har Gobind Khorana, Richard Hamilton, Lucian Freud, Ralph M. Steinman, Roberts Blossom, and Betty Ford. After him are Linda Christian, Richard Winters, Dev Anand, Ante Marković, Aristides Pereira, and William Lipscomb.

Others Born in 1946

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2011

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 902 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Strong (1963), John Mayall (1933), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Keith Moon (1946), Noah Jupe (2005), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960). After him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), and Samuel Crompton (1753).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 113. Before him are Terry Jones (1942), Peter Cushing (1913), Andy Serkis (1964), Mark Strong (1963), Noah Jupe (2005), and Kristin Scott Thomas (1960). After him are Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Jim Broadbent (1949), Ewan McGregor (1971), Stephen Boyd (1931), and Oliver Reed (1938).

British born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Television and Movie Roles

  • DatawheelCL