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Birth Place: Warrington, Cheshire, ENGLAND

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Pete Postlethwaite STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
1984
Ragueneau


Pete Postlethwaite Movies

[1983]Fords on Water Winston's Boss

[1984]A Private Function Nuttal

[1988]The Dressmaker Jack

[1988]To Kill A Priest Josef

[1988]Distant Voices, Still Lives Father

[1990]Hamlet Player King

[1992]Alien³ David Postlethwaite

[1992]Split Second Paulsen

[1992]The Last of the Mohicans Captain Beams

[1992]Waterland Henry Crick

[1993]In the Name of the Father Giuseppe Conlon

[1993]Anchoress William Carpenter

[1994]Suite 16 Glover

[1995]The Usual Suspects Kobayhi

[1996]Crimetime Sidney

[1996]James and the Giant Peach Old Man

[1996]When Saturday Comes Ken Jackson

[1996]Brassed Off Danny

[1996]DragonHeart Gilbert

[1996]Romeo + Juliet Father Laurence

[1997]Amistad Holabird

[1997]The Serpent's Kiss Thom Smithers

[1997]Bandyta Sincai

[1997]The Lost World: Jurassic Park Roland Tembo

[1998]Among Giants Raymond Ray

[1999]Wayward Son Ben Alexander

[1999]The Divine Ryans Uncle Reg Ryan

[2000]Rat Hubert Flynn

[2000]When the Sky Falls Martin Shaughnessy

[2001]Cowboy Up Reid Braxton

[2001]The Shipping News Tert Card

[2002]Triggermen Ben Cutler

[2002]Between Strangers John

[2004]Strange Bedfellows Russell McKenzie

[2005]Æon Flux Keeper

[2005]Dark Water Veeck

[2005]Red Mercury Gold Commander

[2005]The Constant Gardener Lorbeer

[2006]Valley of the Heart's Delight Albion Munson

[2006]The Omen Father Brennan

[2007]Closing the Ring Quinlan

[2007]Ghost Son Doc

[2009]Solomon Kane William Crowthorn

[2010]Inception Maurice Fischer

[2010]Clash of the Titans Spyros

[2010]The Town FergusFergieColm

[2011]Killing Bono Karl


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BODY 115 Comes to Hope Theatre as Part of Camden Fringe

Body 115, an energetic blend of theatre and richly lyrical poetry, written and performed by Jan Noble returns to the Hope Theatre, London as part of Camden Fringe from 20 August (Press night 21 August). Adapted for the stage by award winning writer and director Justin Butcher (Scaramouche Jones, The Madness of George Dubya), Body 115 is a tale of inner and outer journeys in explicit homage to Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Erica Whyman Announces Final Programme with RSC

Erica Whyman has announced details of her final season of work as Acting Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) ahead of her stepping down this month. 

BODY 115 Comes to The Hope Theatre in May

Body 115, an energetic blend of theatre and richly lyrical poetry, written and performed by Jan Noble opens at the Hope Theatre, London on 5 May (Press night 9 May).

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Announce 2023 Season and New Associate Companies

Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse has announced a 2023 season that boasts four re-imagined classics on stage and the introduction of six new Associate Companies.

Rose Theatre Announces Spring Season 2023 Including Adjoa Andoh in RICHARD III

Rose Theatre and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres have announced a new production of William Shakespeare's Richard III. Following her critically acclaimed production of Richard II at Shakespeare's Globe, Adjoa Andoh (Lady Danbury in Bridgerton) returns to the stage to direct and star as Shakespeare's iconic antihero, Richard III.

Benidorm Star Goes Back To Her Stand-up Comedy Roots This November

Actor, comedian and presenter to share tales of useless partners in her show at Pyramid Arts Centre.

SCARAMOUCHE JONES Will Return to the London Stage at Wilton's Music Hall

Twenty years on from its acclaimed premiere, starring the late, great Pete Postlethwaite, just weeks after the world-changing events of 9/11, Scaramouche Jones, written by Justin Butcher, returns to the London stage.  

Digital Revival of SCARAMOUCHE JONES Will Return to Stream.theatre Next Month

Due to popular demand the acclaimed digital revival of Justin Butcher's Scaramouche Jones or The Seven White Masks will return to streaming for two weeks.

Guest Blog: Playwright Justin Butcher On Reviving the Adventuresome Spirit of Scaramouche Jones

The playwright Justin Butcher reflects on the origins of his solo picaresque, which was premiered in 2001 by the late, great Pete Postlethwaite and is being revived afresh in a new digital version starring Shane Richie and directed by Olivier Award nominee Ian Talbot.

Shane Richie to sStar in Digital Revival of SCARAMOUCHE JONES OR THE SEVEN WHITE MASKS

Much-loved and multi-talented stage and screen actor Shane Richie (EastEnders; The Entertainer; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here) will take on the role of the titular tragic clown in the digital revival of Justin Butcher’s absorbing solo show, Scaramouche Jones.

Red Hen Press Brings FACETS OF FATHERHOOD to The Broad Stage

The Broad Stage continues its collaboration with Red Hen Press for the second event of the 2019-2020 season, Red Hen Press: Facets of Fatherhood, on Sunday, January 26 at 2:00pm in The Edye at The Broad Stage. The afternoon will feature performance and poetry with Carlo Ponti, Edoardo Ponti and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.

Curve (Leicester) To Host National Student Drama Festival 2019

Leicester's Curve theatre has partnered with the National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) to host this year's event in April.

Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of Islington Landowner Richard Cloudesley And The Magical Story Of A Stony Field

In 1517, Islington landowner Richard Cloudesley bequeathed a plot of land known as "The Stony Fields" or "The Fourteen Acre" in perpetuity for a variety of social and religious purposes. Fields grazed by cattle in the 16th century today deliver an income which funds annual grants of £900,000 to local residents in need, local charities, community projects and Church of England churches. And this year, to mark the 500th anniversary of Richard Cloudesley's bequest, an additional £1.2million of grants are being made. These include health grants for Islington charities and schools, and an award-winning Sustainable Church Buildings Project to reduce the carbon footprint of local church buildings.

Arts Centre Melbourne and Wander Productions Present SCARAMOUCHE JONES

Acclaimed Australian actor Colin Friels will star in British playwright Justin Butcher's brilliant one-man play Scaramouche Jones at Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio from 15 - 25 August. This will be the first time Friels has performed a solo theatre piece in his long and celebrated career.

Simon Callow Lends Support to Bristol Old Vic's Studio Seat Appeal

Renowned Shakespearean actor and movie star, Simon Callow visited Bristol Old Vic today to see first-hand how the theatre's multi-million pound redevelopment work was coming on and to launch the Sponsor a Seat campaign, part of the final phase of fundraising for the brand-new Studio theatre.

Julian Glover to Return to Bristol Old Vic in Politically Charged JULIUS CAESAR

Rehearsals begin for the thrilling political tragedy Julius Caesar, directed by Simon Dormandy, in a follow up to last year's ground-breaking collaboration between Bristol Old Vic and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's graduating students. Performances will play 9 June-1 July 2017, with press night slated for 14 June.

Jermyn Street Theatre in Support of St James' Church Piccadilly Passion Pit Theatre Presents THE DEVIL'S PASSION

"Within the next hour, our operatives will isolate, engage and capture or kill the notorious leader of the most extreme, dangerous and contagious ideology to emerge in the modern era … I refer, of course, to the radical preacher and populist demagogue Y'shua Bar-Yessuf - the man known, by way of shorthand to our operatives, as 'Jesus'."

BWW Interview: Ophelia Lovibond On THE LIBERTINE

Actress Ophelia Lovibond has done a range of screen roles, from beleaguered Izzy in W1A to Elementary, Guardians of the Galaxy and new Sky 1 series Hooten & The Lady. Now, she's making her West End debut, playing 17th-century actress Elizabeth Barry in The Libertine opposite Dominic Cooper as the infamous Earl of Rochester.

The Finborough Rediscovers Howard Brenton Classic, MAGNIFICENCE

"I loathe us, I loathe our stupid puerile view of the World … That WE have only to do it, that WE have only to go puff, and the monster buildings will go splat…" The first professional London production in over 40 years of Magnificence, the seminal 1973 play by revered British dramatist Howard Brenton, runs at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited four week season from Tuesday, 25 October 2016 (Press Nights: Thursday, 27 October and Friday, 28 October 2016 at 7.30pm).

Museum of the Moving Image to Host Terence Davies Retrospective, 5/7-22

Over the last four decades, the British filmmaker Terence Davies has produced a deeply personal body of work that explores the longing inspired by movie fantasy and the intermingling of memory and history. Coinciding with the U.S. theatrical release of his latest film, Sunset Song, based on the classic Scottish novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbons, about a farming family caught in the aftermath of World War I, Museum of the Moving Image will present a complete retrospective, to date, of the films of Terence Davies from May 7 through 22, 2016. Davies will appear in person at the Museum on two occasions: on May 8 with The Long Day Closes and on May 10 with a preview screening of Sunset Song, accompanied by the film's star Agyness Deyn.

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Pete Postlethwaite has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

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Pete Postlethwaite has been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Touring Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac.

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