1946 - 2011
Peter William Postlethwaite, OBE (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor, who appeared in In the Name of the Father (1993), Dragonheart (1996), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Brassed Off (1996), Sharpe (1994), Amistad (1997), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Animal Farm (1999), The Constant Gardener (2005), Clash of the Titans (2010), and Inception (2010). After minor television appearances, including in The Professionals, his first major success arose through the British autobiographical film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988). He had a transatlantic breakthrough 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 (1993). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Postlethwaite has received more than 2,963,794 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 44 in 2019). Pete Postlethwaite is the 897th most popular actor (down from 894th in 2019), the 1,095th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 897 out of 10,030. Before him are Thomas Mitchell, Neil Patrick Harris, Dwight Schultz, Michael Rooker, Richard S. Castellano, and Nathalie Baye. After him are Keira Knightley, Claude Jade, Paul Muni, Annette Bening, Stanley Tucci, and Lou Ferrigno.
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 891
1973 - Present
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 892
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 893
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 894
1933 - 1988
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 895
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 896
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 897
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 898
1948 - 2006
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 899
1895 - 1967
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 900
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 901
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 902
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 903
Among people born in 1946, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 100. Before him are Ahmed Zewail, Steve Biko, Aziz Sancar, Ajda Pekkan, Alan Jones, and Stefania Sandrelli. After him are Kim Kyong-hui, Marisa Paredes, Robert Reich, Marilyn vos Savant, Paul L. Modrich, and Thongloun Sisoulith. Among people deceased in 2011, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 71. Before him are Masahiro Hamazaki, Gunter Sachs, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Madame Nhu, Aristides Pereira, and Cliff Robertson. After him are Jack Kevorkian, Cy Twombly, Roberts Blossom, Valentin Ivanov, Andy Whitfield, and Yelena Bonner.
1946 - 2016
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 94
1946 - 1977
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 95
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 96
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 97
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 98
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 99
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 100
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 101
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 102
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 103
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 104
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 105
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 106
1940 - 2011
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 65
1932 - 2011
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 66
1920 - 2011
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 67
1924 - 2011
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 68
1923 - 2011
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 69
1923 - 2011
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 70
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 71
1928 - 2011
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 72
1928 - 2011
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 73
1924 - 2011
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 74
1934 - 2011
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 75
1971 - 2011
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 76
1923 - 2011
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 77
Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 1,095 out of 6,924. Before him are Henry Briggs (1561), Martin Evans (1941), Smithson Tennant (1761), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Thomas Simpson (1710), and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish (1897). After him are Keira Knightley (1985), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), William the Lion (1142), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), and Joseph Needham (1900).
1561 - 1630
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,089
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,090
1761 - 1815
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,091
1451 - 1476
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,092
1710 - 1761
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,093
1897 - 1978
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,094
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,095
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 1,096
1916 - 2002
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 1,097
1142 - 1214
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,098
1807 - 1858
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,099
1952 - 1952
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,100
1900 - 1995
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 1,101
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Pete Postlethwaite ranks 138. Before him are Stewart Granger (1913), Eric Idle (1943), Robert Shaw (1927), Andy Serkis (1964), Joan Plowright (1929), and Mark Strong (1963). After him are Keira Knightley (1985), Denholm Elliott (1922), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Andy Whitfield (1971), Imelda Staunton (1956), and Robert Hardy (1925).
1913 - 1993
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 132
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 133
1927 - 1978
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 134
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 135
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 136
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 137
1946 - 2011
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 138
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 139
1922 - 1992
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 140
1872 - 1966
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 141
1971 - 2011
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 142
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 143
1925 - 2017
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 144