What is Pete Postlethwaite?
[[File:Pete Postlethwaite.JPG|right|upright|thumb|Postlethwaite in 2005]] '''Pete Postlethwaite''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011) was a British actor. In 1994, he was nominated for an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for his part in ''[[In the Name of the Father]]''. He was also awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12106753| title = Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64 | publisher = BBC News | date = 3 January 2011 | accessdate = 24 October 2011}}</ref> Postlethwaite was born in [[Warrington]], [[Lancashire]] and died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Shrewsbury]], [[Shropshire]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Postlethwaite}} [[Category:Actors from Lancashire]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in England]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English voice actors]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:People from Warrington]] [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]]