Pete Postlethwaite co-starred in
Aeon Flux and in the critically acclaimed
The Constant Gardner. He appears in director Robert De Niro's upcoming
The Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
In a career that has spanned television, theatre and motion pictures, Postlethwaite was nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Best Actor category for his work in the television productions The Sins, Lost for Words and Martin Chuzzlewit. In 2001, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Guiseppe Conlon in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father. Postlethwaite and his cast mates from The Usual Suspects share an award from the National Board of Review in the Best Acting by an Ensemble category.
Postlethwaite has worked with some of the most innovative and revered directors of our time including Lassee Halstrom for The Shipping News; Baz Luhrmann in William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Steven Spielberg in Amistad and The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2, Michael Mann in The Last of the Mohicans, David Fincher in Alien3, Franco Zefferelli in Hamlet, and Bryan Singer in The Usual Suspects.
His work in theatre includes the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Every Man & His Humour, plus A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, Henry V, Cyrano de Bergerac, King Lear, Macbeth, and The Taming of the Shrew. At the Old Vic, Postlethwaite played Ulysses in Troilus & Cressida and Kit in The Recruiting Officer.
