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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 (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 ...

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.

Hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block remember British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died Sunday at age 64 after a long battle with cancer. Postlethwaite became an international film star in 1993, ...