Pete Postlethwaite - RIP

Cancer. Was super as Day-Lewis' dad in In the Name of the Father. One of those actors for whom an Oscar nod really did have an impact; he was everywhere for the rest of the nineties.

oh man, just watched him in The Town. Rip.

holy cats!

dude apparently fought cancer since 1990, basically before any american even knew who he was. Great actor.

did he in fact always seem kind of sickly onscreen or is that just the conlon role

didnt even know he was sick... was so happy to see him pop up in Inception, seemed to have not been doing a lot this decade

:-( was talking about him yesterday!

:(

he did a decent uk miniseries a couple years ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188927/

xp

I'm really bummed about this.

Only 64! I assumed he was ten years older.

Until I IMDB'd him after watching The Town, I did too. He was only in his 40s when he filmed In the Name of the Father.

He seemed really sickly and frail in Inception but I assumed it was just for the role. :(

he was damn good in 'the town', i thought. a really good actor.

Always liked him ever since Among Giants. RIP, most sympathetic hard-man face ever known.

RIP, most sympathetic hard-man face ever known.

Such a great face.

a fairly unlikely late career hard man too

rip kobayashi

wow yeah i woulda pegged him to be ten years older

RIp hard man

Weirdly, I just said to my husband that Postlethwaite had died and he said "oh, he wasn't that old, was he?". I'd reckoned Postlethwaite to have been in his 60s for about 20 years!

he was the best thing about The Town. RIP

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2010_The_Town/big/010TTO-Pete-Postlethwaite-001.jpg

I remember he was very afraid of Keyser Soze.

was he supposed to be japanese in that movie

I always assumed him having a Japanese name was meant to be mysteriously odd.

Afraid of Keyser Soze? Wasn't he Keyser's right hand man?

I think he was, yeah--he drives off with Spacey at the end, right? Wasn't there a scene where he pretended to be fearful of Soze, though? It's been a while since I saw The Usual Suspects.

he says both he and the team are at risk from his boss keyser soze if x y and z

soze doesn't exist, but he and spacey's character are in cahoots, yes

Soze not existing is an unusual interpretation of the movie

double-p has about two scenes in that film, but totally stays in the mind. not long ago i was trying to explain who he was and said 'the guy in the usual suspects', and it was understood.

the moment when he silently wrecks the dinner table in Distant Voices, Still Loves is terrifying - pure inarticulate, repressed rage. RIP PP

^ so amazing. that film is all-time.

Agreed! One of my favourite films. RIP

...still LIVES

Soze not existing is an unusual interpretation of the movie

Ahh... but, the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

He was the consummate working actor. I'll bet playing six degrees of Pete Postlethwaite could be as engaging as playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Watched him die yesterday in Inception, creepy. Will have to rewatch In the Name of the Father again soon to get that shit outta my mind.

the image of the sun striking his face as he walks out of prison a free man with cinematic son daniel day lewis will be the memory i will cheri--oh whoops

I did not expect this thread to go on for so long. Cheers.

i was thinking of him the other day after seeing 'the town'

he had such a great northern surname

A lovely set of links and elegies.

Including one by Michael Phillips.