Pete Postlethwaite
{{short description|English actor (1946–2011)}}
{{use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pete Postlethwaite
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Pete Postlethwaite.JPG
| caption = Postlethwaite in 2004
| birth_name = Peter William Postlethwaite
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|2|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warrington, Lancashire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|1|2|1946|2|7|df=y}}
| death_place = Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
| years_active = 1975–2011
| spouse = {{marriage|Jacqueline Morrish
|2003}}
| children = 2, including Billy Postlethwaite
}}
Peter William Postlethwaite {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was an English character actor.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/03/AR2011010304974.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite, brilliant character actor of 'Usual Suspects,' 'Name of the Father'|first=T. Rees|last=Shapiro|date=4 January 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post}} After various stage{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/557/pete-postlethwaite|title=Pete Postlethwaite|website=Theatricalia|access-date=4 March 2025}} and minor television appearances, Postlethwaite's first major success arose through the film Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), directed by Terence Davies. 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 his role as Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerry Conlon, in In the Name of the Father (1993).
Following this role, he portrayed the mysterious lawyer Mr. Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects and went on to appear in a wide variety of films, including Dragonheart, Romeo + Juliet, Brassed Off, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Animal Farm, James and the Giant Peach, and Inception. On television, Postlethwaite played Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill on Sharpe. On stage, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1981 through 1987.
Director Steven Spielberg once called him "the best actor in the world".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/04/pete-postlethwaite-film-actor|title=Pete Postlethwaite: A face we won't forget|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 January 2011}} He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours list. Less than one month after his death, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as gangster Fergie Colm in The Town (2010).
Early life
Peter William Postlethwaite was born into a working-class Catholic family at 101 Norris Street{{Cite book |last=Postlethwaite |first=Pete |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H_A49kPEx38C&dq=pete+postlethwaite+norris+street&pg=PP20 |title=A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography |date=2011-06-23 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-0-297-86494-3 |language=en}} in Warrington, Lancashire on 7 February 1946,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/arts/04postlethwaite.html|work=The New York Times|first=Bruce|last=Weber|title=Pete Postlethwaite, British Actor, Dies at 64|date=3 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/stars/star-9155|title=Pete Postlethwaite Biography}} the son of Mary Geraldine (née Lawless; 1913–2000) and cooper, wood machinist, and school caretaker William Postlethwaite (1913–1988).{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8237344/Pete-Postlethwaite.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, UK|date=3 January 2011|access-date=4 January 2011}}{{cite ODNB|author=Tim O'Sullivan|title=Postlethwaite, Peter William [Pete] (1946–2011)|date= Jan 2015 |id=103537|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/103537.html}} He had an older brother named Michael (1944–2006) and two older sisters named Patricia and Anne. He would later portray Irish characters on multiple occasions, leading some to mistakenly believe that he was of Irish descent.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books-arts/review-autobiography-pete-postlethwaite-a-spectacle-of-dust-26754459.html|title=Review: Autobiography Pete Postlethwaite: A Spectacle of Dust|date=1 December 2012|newspaper=Irish Independent}}
Postlethwaite attended St Benedict's RC Junior School and a seminary, then joined West Park Grammar School in St Helens, where he enjoyed sports including rugby union. He spent an extra year re-sitting some of his O-levels, and then took four A-levels in English, history, geography, and French.{{cite book|last1=Postlethwaite|first1=Pete|last2=Richardson|first2=Andy|author-link2=Andy Richardson (writer)|title=A Spectacle of Dust: The Autobiography|edition=Hardcover|date=1 June 2011|publisher=Orion Publishing|isbn=978-0297864936|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/spectacleofdusta0000post}} Before his acting career, he trained as a teacher at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill where his chosen subjects were physical education and drama (where he became the first male drama teacher{{cn|date=February 2024}}), before training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
He initially trained to be a Catholic priest,{{cite news|title=Australia's soul singer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/jun/20/filmandmusic1.filmandmusic16|newspaper=The Guardian|date=20 June 2008}} but later settled on a career in acting. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1970.{{cite web |title=Famous alumni from Bristol's Old Vic Theatre School |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-07/ten-famous-alumni-from-bristols-old-vic-theatre-school |website=ITV |date=7 January 2016 |access-date=7 January 2016}}
He was a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company and other acting companies. On 13 January 1981, he took the leading role in a BBC TV black comedy by Alan Bleasdale, The Muscle Market, which was a spin-off from Boys from the Blackstuff; it was part of the Play for Today series.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
After other early appearances in small parts for television programmes such as The Professionals and as Jack "Oily" Wragg in the Minder episode Back In Good Old England,https://www.minder.org/episodeguide/S03E12_BackInGoodOldEngland.htm Postlethwaite's first film success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993. He is well known for his role as mysterious lawyer Mr. Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects. He made appearances in several other successful films, including Alien 3, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, Inception, James and the Giant Peach and as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Career
Early in his career, Postlethwaite was advised to adopt a new surname for his acting work by his first agent and by peers who quipped that his name "would never be put up in lights outside theatres because they couldn't afford the electricity". He rejected the advice.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-04-la-me-pete-postlethwaite-20110104-story.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite dies at 64; actor was nominated for an Oscar for 'In the Name of the Father'|author=McLellan, Dennis|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 January 2011|access-date=25 June 2013}} He started his career at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, where his colleagues included Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher, Matthew Kelly, and Julie Walters, having an intimate relationship with the last during the mid-to-late 1970s.
In 2003, he toured Australia and New Zealand in a 90-minute one-man play, Scaramouche Jones, in which he played a clown trying to find out who he is before he dies at midnight, receiving a nomination for the TMA Award for Best Actor and winning the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Solo Performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s879121.htm|title=ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 12: Pete Postlethwaite|publisher=ABC|location=Australia|date=2 June 2003|access-date=3 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107073513/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s879121.htm|archive-date=7 January 2011|url-status=dead}} This was directed by Rupert Goold, who would also direct his Lear in 2008, in which Postlethwaite played every character. As well as Australia, the play toured Canada, New Zealand and the UK to great acclaim.{{cite news |last1=Wheatley |first1=Jane |title=The Coronation of Pete Postlethwaite |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-coronation-of-pete-postlethwaite-wvtkrjgdxlh |access-date=28 August 2019 |work=The Times |date=27 October 2008}}
In The Art of Discworld (2004), Terry Pratchett wrote that he had always imagined Sam Vimes as "a younger, slightly bulkier version of Pete Postlethwaite".Pratchett, Terry and Kidby, Paul. The Art of Discworld, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 2004; {{ISBN|0-575-07511-2}}
Steven Spielberg, who directed Postlethwaite in 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park, called him "the best actor in the world".{{cite news|title=Pete's progress|date=1 October 2000|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,375560,00.html|work=The Observer|access-date=25 April 2007|location=London}} Postlethwaite quipped: "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'The thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world.{{'"}}{{cite news|first=Dominic|last=Cavendish|title=The poet in Pete's soul|date=25 April 2007|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/25/btpete125.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202160116/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/04/25/btpete125.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 December 2008|work=The Telegraph|access-date=25 April 2007|location=London, UK}} Postlethwaite next starred in a Liverpool stage production of King Lear in 2008 at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and at the Young Vic, London. He appeared in the climate change-themed film The Age of Stupid, which premiered in March 2009.
One of his more notable roles was Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in ITV's Sharpe series. The actor said this was one of his favourite roles and that he and fellow actor Sean Bean played well off each other because of their mutual love and respect. Bernard Cornwell, the author and creator of the Sharpe series, specifically wrote Hakeswill's character in later novels to reflect Postlethwaite's performance as the character in the TV series. Postlethwaite co-starred with Bean in When Saturday Comes. {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Terminally ill, Postlethwaite made a return to Hollywood in three 2010 films, first as Spyros in Clash of the Titans. He next appeared in the blockbuster hit Inception as Maurice Fischer, an industrialist who is slowly dying. Lastly, his performance in The Town as florist and crime boss Fergus "Fergie" Colm was well received by critics, which would earn him a posthumous nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and making several publications' lists of Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/for_your|title=For Your Consideration: Final 2011 Oscar Predictions|first=Peter|last=Knegt|date=24 January 2011}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2011/01/18/oscar-predictions-final-pre-nomination-rankings|title=Oscar predictions: Final pre-nomination rankings|magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/130154-crave-online-predicts-the-2011-oscar-nominations|title=CRAVE Online Predicts the 2011 Oscar Nominations! – CraveOnline|date=24 January 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211122/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/130154-crave-online-predicts-the-2011-oscar-nominations|archive-date=23 September 2015}} His final appearance on screen was in Nick Hamm's film Killing Bono, based on the memoir of Neil McCormick. The role was written specially for Postlethwaite to accommodate his illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.meg.ie/killing-bono-premier/|title=Killing Bono premier – meg}} The film was released on 1 April 2011. He was scheduled to be in the BBC series Exile, but had to pull out because of ill health and was replaced by Jim Broadbent.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12890291 "Jim Broadbent takes Pete Postlethwaite part in drama"], BBC.co.uk; accessed 24 January 2014.
Activism
Postlethwaite appeared as a taxi driver in a political broadcast for the Labour Party during the 1997 general election,{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Michael|url=http://country-standard.blogspot.com/2011/01/pete-postlethwaite-1997-ppb-taxicab.html|title=Country Standard: Pete Postlethwaite – 1997 PPB Taxicab Angel|publisher=Country-standard.blogspot.com|date=3 January 2011|access-date=29 January 2011}} and marched in London against the Iraq War in 2003.{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|title=Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/actor-pete-postlethwaite-dies|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 January 2011|location=London}}
In his later years, Postlethwaite was vocal in calling for action on climate change, and installed a wind turbine in his garden; he wrote in The Sun, "The stakes [of climate change] are very, very high. They're through the roof. How could we willingly know that we're going into extinction ... and let it happen?"{{cite web|url=http://www.ageofstupid.net/video/making_of_petes_reaction|title=Reactions: Spanner Films|publisher=Ageofstupid.net|access-date=3 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ageofstupid.net/video/channel_4_news_16th_feb_2008|title=Press: Stupid on Channel 4 News|publisher=Ageofstupid.net|date=16 February 2008|access-date=3 January 2011}} At the UK premiere of The Age of Stupid in 2009, he told then-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband that he would return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station was given the go-ahead by the Labour government.{{cite news|last=Siegle|first=Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ethicallivingblog/2009/mar/16/the-age-of-stupid-renewableenergy|title=The night Miliband said 'I'm with Stupid, but...'|work=The Guardian|location=UK|date=16 March 2009|access-date=29 January 2011}}
Personal life
Postlethwaite lived in West Itchenor before moving near Bishop's Castle. He was a lifelong supporter of Liverpool FC.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-remembered-colleagues|title=Pete Postlethwaite remembered|first=Tim|last=Lusher|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 January 2011}} He began a relationship with former BBC producer Jacqueline Morrish in 1987, and they were married in 2003 at St Nicholas' Church in West Itchenor. They had a son, actor Billy Postlethwaite (born 1989), and a daughter, Lily Postlethwaite (born 1996).
Health issues and death
Postlethwaite was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1990, and had his right testicle removed.{{cite web|url=http://seanmartella.blogspot.com/2008/01/cancer-survivors-part-1-pete.html|title=Sean Martella's Testicular Cancer Update Blog: Cancer Survivors Part 1 – Pete Postlethwaite |publisher=Seanmartella.blogspot.com|date=17 January 2008|access-date=3 January 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,375560,00.html#article_continue|work=The Observer|location=London|title=Pete's progress|access-date=22 May 2010|date=1 October 2000}} A life-long smoker since he was 10,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8237344/Pete-Postlethwaite.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite |work=The Telegraph|date=16 February 1945 |access-date=4 January 2011|location=London}} he said during a 2009 interview with Scotland on Sunday, "We've got to hope the next generation will do things differently. I'm sure that in 20 years' time the kids will say: 'Can you believe that people actually used to smoke – put these funny little things in their mouths, lit them and sucked all that crap into their lungs?"{{cite news|title=Pete Postlethwaite interview: For the love of Pete|author=Smith, Aidan|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sos-review/Pete-Postlethwaite-interview-For-the.5048415.jp|newspaper=Scotland on Sunday|date=8 March 2009|access-date=26 December 2010}}
Postlethwaite was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2009,{{Cite web | url=https://www.moviesteve.com/film-of-the-day-02-january-the-usual-suspects-1995/ | title=Film of the Day: 2 January – the Usual Suspects (1995)| date=29 October 2023}} and continued acting for the next year and a half, showing clear signs of weight loss during his last performances.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/postlethwaites-last-take-director-recalls-dying-stars-final-film-2254170.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/postlethwaites-last-take-director-recalls-dying-stars-final-film-2254170.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Five years on: Celebrating Pete Postlethwaite's legacy|date=7 January 2017|access-date=19 June 2018}} On 2 January 2011, at the age of 64, he died at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury.{{cite news|url=http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/entertainment/film/daniel-day-lewis-pays-tribute-to-pete-postlethwaite-$21385579.htm|author=Lesnik, Tim|title=Daniel Day Lewis Pays Tribute to Pete Postlethwaite|date=17 February 2011|access-date=17 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304124603/http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/entertainment/film/daniel-day-lewis-pays-tribute-to-pete-postlethwaite-$21385579.htm|archive-date=4 March 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12106753 |title=Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64 |publisher=BBC |date= 3 January 2011|access-date=4 January 2011}}[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/actor-pete-postlethwaite-dies-age-64-2174887.html Actor Pete Postlethwaite dies age 64] The Independent (London) 3 January 2011{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/04/pete-postlethwaite-film-actor|title=Pete Postlethwaite: A face we won't forget|date=1 January 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 January 2011|location=London|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|author-link=Peter Bradshaw}} In his final two years, he worked on his memoir A Spectacle of Dust with writer Andy Richardson, which was published in June 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/06/20/pete-postlethwaites-book-serialised-in-the-shropshire-star/|title=Pete Postlethwaite's book serialised in the Shropshire Star|date=20 June 2011|work=Shropshire Star|access-date=13 December 2013}}
Awards
Postlethwaite was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours list and received an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of outstanding contribution to the dramatic arts by Liverpool John Moores University in 2005 and an honorary degree from the University of Liverpool in 2006. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role In the Name of the Father and was posthumously nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance in The Town.
Filmography
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=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1975
| The Racer | Ecco | Short film |
| 1977
| Man Shaving General Treillard | Credited as Peter Postlethwaite |
| 1978
| Doris and Doreen | Mr. Lomax | Television film |
| 1983
| Fords on Water | Winston's Boss | Credited as Peter Postlethwaite |
| 1984
| Douglas J. Nuttal | |
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| Isai | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac
| Ragueneau | Television film |
| 1987
| Kecks McGuinness | Television film |
| rowspan="5"| 1988
| Father | |
| Tumbledown
| Major at Rehabilitation Centre | Television film |
| To Kill a Priest
| Josef | Credited as Peter Postlethwaite |
| The Dressmaker
| Jack | Credited as Peter Postlethwaite |
| Number 27
| Becket | |
| rowspan="2"| 1990
| Hamlet | Player King | |
| Treasure Island
| George Merry | Television film |
| rowspan="3"| 1991
| The Dipper | Television film |
| A Child from the South
| Harry | Television film |
| They Never Slept
| Panter | Television film |
| rowspan="4"| 1992
| Paulsen | |
| Alien 3
| David | |
| Waterland
| Henry Crick | Credited as Peter Postlethwaite |
| The Last of the Mohicans
| Captain Beams | |
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| William Carpenter | |
| In the Name of the Father
| Giuseppe Conlon | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| rowspan="4"| 1994
| Suite 16 | Glover | |
| Sin Bin
| Mitch | Television film |
| Sharpe's Company
| Television film |
| Sharpe's Enemy
| Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill | Television film |
| 1995
| Mr. Kobayashi |
| rowspan="6"| 1996
| Ken Jackson | |
| James and the Giant Peach
| Magic Man | |
| Dragonheart
| Brother Gilbert of Glockenspur | |
| Crimetime
| Sidney | |
| Romeo + Juliet
| |
| Brassed Off
| Danny | |
| rowspan="4"| 1997
| Thomas Smithers | |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park
| Roland Tembo | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Bastard
| Sincai | |
| Amistad
| |
| 1998
| Ray | |
| rowspan="6"| 1999
| Television film |
| Alice in Wonderland
| Television film |
| Butterfly Collectors
| John McKeown | Television film |
| Wayward Son
| Ben Alexander | |
| The Divine Ryans
| Uncle Reg Ryan | |
| Animal Farm
| Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| Martin Shaughnessy | |
| Rat
| Hubert Flynn | |
| rowspan="2"| 2001
| Reid Braxton | |
| The Shipping News
| Tert Card | |
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| Ben Cutler | |
| Between Strangers
| John | |
| 2003
| The Selfish Giant | Arthur | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| Gale | |
| Strange Bedfellows
| Russell McKenzie | |
| rowspan="4"| 2005
| Veeck | |
| The Constant Gardener
| Dr. Lorbeer / Dr. Brandt | |
| Red Mercury
| Gold Commander | |
| Æon Flux
| Keeper | |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Valley of the Heart's Delight | Albion Munson | |
| The Omen
| Father Brennan | |
| rowspan="3"| 2007
| Doc | |
| Closing the Ring
| Quinlan | |
| Liyarn Ngarn
| Documentary |
| 2008
| Player | Colin | Short film |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| The Archivist | Documentary |
| Solomon Kane
| William Crowthorn | |
| Waving at Trains
| Douglas | Short film |
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| Spyros | |
| Inception
| Maurice Fischer | Nominated – Central Ohio Film Critics' Association Award for Best Ensemble |
| The Town
| Fergus "Fergie" Colm | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast |
| 2011
| Karl | Posthumous release |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1975
| Second City Firsts | | Episode: "Thwum" |
| 1976
| Plays for Britain | Soldier | Episode: "The Paradise Run" |
| 1978
| Customer in Sid's Cafe | Episode: "A Merry Heatwave" |
| 1978
| Thomas Clifford Crowther | Episode: "Going Going Gone" |
| 1979
| Gallery Attendant | |
| 1979
| Horse in the House | Uncle Doug | 6 episodes |
| 1981
| Danny Duggan | Episode: "The Muscle Market" |
| 1981
| Detective Sergeant Cross | Episode 2061 |
| 1981
| | Episode: "The Merry Widow: Part 1" |
| 1982{{ndash}}1993
| Minder | Jack "Oily" Wragg | 2 episodes |
| 1984
| Mitch | Jack Frost | Episode: "Squealer" |
| 1985
| Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV | Barry | Episode 1.6 |
| 1985
| Summer Season | | Episode: "A Crack in the Ice" |
| 1987–1994
|Screen Two | | |
| | 1989
| Tales of Sherwood Forest | Eric | 7 episodes |
| 1990
| Screenplay | Paula's Father | Episode: "Needle" |
| 1990
| Debut on Two | Tony | 2 episodes |
| 1990
| Boon | Steve McLaughlin | Episode: "Undercover" |
| 1990
| Zorro | | Episode: "The Marked Man" |
| 1990{{ndash}}1993
| Casualty | Ralph Peters | 2 episodes |
| 1992
| Vince | Episode 3.1: "Making Amends" |
| 1992
| Chief Superintendent Jameson | Episode: "Out of the Game" |
| 1992
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Quince | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 1992
| The Bill | Ray Goller | Episode: "Principled Negotiation" |
| 1993
| Lovejoy | Terence Sullivan | Episode: "Goose Bumps" |
| 1994
|Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill |Episode: "Sharpe's Enemy" Episode: "Sharpe's Company" |
| 1994
| Kevin Tasker | Episode 1.8: "A Matter of Taste" |
| 1994
| 5 episodes |
| 2000
| The Sins | Len Green | Miniseries |
| 2003
| Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Charles Burchell | Miniseries |
| 2008
| Hooch | Miniseries |
References
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