Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, a craggy-faced British character actor described by director Steven Spielberg as “the best actor in the world,” has died at age 64 after a long battle with ...

When British actor Pete Postlethwaite was studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1970s, the head of the school predicted he would fare well as an actor but couldn’t resist telling him ...

There was no mistaking Pete Postlethwaite for anyone else. Postlethwaite, who died Sunday at age 64, was the kind of character actor who immediately impressed audiences with his distinctive features.

LONDON (AP) - Leading actors Daniel Day Lewis and Kevin Spacey have celebrated the life of late actor Pete Postlethwaite at a London memorial service. Day Lewis, who co-starred with Postlethwaite in ...

When British actor Pete Postlethwaite was studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1970s, its head predicted he’d fare well as an actor but couldn’t resist telling him that he had a face ...

LONDON – He could have stayed in teaching. That's what his parents wanted: it was the safe, secure route for a young man with working-class roots and a face few would describe as handsome. But Pete ...

Actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was virtually unknown in America until his Oscar-nominated role in the 1993 film In The Name of the Father, died Jan. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 64.

Unfortunately, we have sad news to kick-off our return to work in 2011 as Reuters has learned that Oscar nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite has passed away at 64 years old after a long fight with ...

Actor Matthew Postlethwaite is recalling the scary moment when he was on a plane and the engine exploded. “Ten minutes after takeoff, one of the plane’s engines caught on fire and exploded,” the ...