PETE POSTLETHWAITE, a veteran of both stage and screen, won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Giuseppe Conlon in Jim Sheridan's controversial film "In the Name of the Father." Postlethwaite's most recent motion picture roles include "The Lost World", "Dragonheart," "The Usual Suspects," "Waterland," "Brassed Off," "Brute," "Serpent's Kiss," "Last of the Mohicans," "Alien ," "Hamlet," "To Kill a Priest" and "Distant Voices, Still Lives."
A former member of England's Royal Shakespeare Company, Postlethwaite's stage credits include "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice," "Richard II," "The Fair Maid of the West," "Macbeth," "King Lear" and "The Duchess of Malfi." He also acted in repertory at the Manchester Royal Exchange, the Bristol Old Vic and the Liverpool Everyman.