Editing Pete Postlethwaite (section)

==Early life==
Peter William Postlethwaite was born into a working-class [[Catholic]] family at 101 Norris Street<ref>{{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}}</ref> in [[Warrington]], [[Lancashire]] on 7 February 1946,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/stars/star-9155|title=Pete Postlethwaite Biography}}</ref> the son of Mary Geraldine (née Lawless; 1913–2000) and [[cooper (profession)|cooper]], wood machinist, and school caretaker William Postlethwaite (1913–1988).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> He had an older brother named Michael (1944–2006) and two older sisters named Patricia and Anne. He would later portray [[Irish people|Irish]] characters on multiple occasions, leading some to mistakenly believe that he was of Irish descent.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Postlethwaite attended St Benedict's RC Junior School and a [[seminary]], then joined [[De La Salle School, St Helens#Grammar schools|West Park Grammar School]] in [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]], where he enjoyed sports including [[rugby union]]. He spent an extra year re-sitting some of his [[GCE Ordinary Level|O-levels]], and then took four [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]] in English, history, geography, and French.<ref name=autobiography>{{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}}</ref> Before his acting career, he trained as a teacher at [[St Mary's University, Twickenham|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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> but later settled on a career in acting. He trained as an actor at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]] in 1970.<ref>{{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 (TV network)|ITV]] |date=7 January 2016 |access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>

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 (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' and as Jack ''"Oily''" Wragg in the ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' episode ''Back In Good Old England,''<ref>https://www.minder.org/episodeguide/S03E12_BackInGoodOldEngland.htm</ref> 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 (film)|Amistad]]'', ''[[Brassed Off]]'', ''[[The Shipping News (film)|The Shipping News]]'', ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'', ''[[Inception]]'', ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' and as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]''. {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}