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RIP Mr. Kobayashi
LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movi...ex.html?hpt=T2
I'm really, really upset by this. Loved his career. Stole many a movie with his ability and acting doesn't get any finer than his performance as Giuseppe Conlon in 1993's In The Name Of The Father.London (CNN) -- Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, who starred in "Inception" and "The Usual Suspects," has died at the age of 64, his agent said Monday.
Highly intense, with a bulbous nose, high cheekbones and ruddy complexion, the actor was immediately recognizable in films ranging from the second "Jurassic Park" movie to "Romeo + Juliet."
It was for his role as Daniel Day-Lewis's father in the IRA drama "In the Name of the Father" that he got his only Oscar nomination, for best supporting actor. He lost out to Tommy Lee Jones for "The Fugitive."
He also starred in the British brass band movie "Brassed Off," and worked with Steven Spielberg on the slave revolt story "Amistad."
Spielberg reportedly called him "the best actor in the world," prompting Postlethwaite to respond that what the director actually said was that he "thought he was the best actor in the world."
He made his name as part of a cohort of great British actors including Bill Nighy, Anthony Sher, Jonathan Pryce and Julie Walters at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, England, in the 1970s.
He returned to the Everyman in 2008 to play King Lear in Shakespeare's great tragedy.
He was awarded the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, in 2004.
Postlethwaite died of cancer, British media reported.
RIP Mr. Kobayashi
Damn shame. He was one of those guys that always owned a scene no matter what the role or what the movie.
Sad news.
Dang, never knew the dude's name but a memorable character indeed.
Apart from the fact that Romeo and Juliet was made at the height of Leonardo DiCaprio's hotness he made the movie as Friar Laurence.
Good actor ,sad news.
Pete Postlethwaite was a badass. He truly stole every scene he was in.
My favorite Postlethwaite movie?
sucks his character didn't get a decent ending in The lost world tbqh
I guess his last movie was "The Town".
to be fair, nobody in that movie did, nor the audience. That's one of Spielberg's bigger turds.
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