of cancer spread quickly among movie buffs. The British actor starred in many movies, perhaps most notably "In the Name of the Father," the 1993 film for which he was nominated for a best supporting ...

But Pete Postlethwaite wanted more. He wanted to pursue his passion for acting and, at 24, he left teaching to train at the Bristol Old Vic theater. His parents remained skeptical, but when he was ...

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 ...

Friend and journalist Andrew Richardson said Monday that Postlethwaite died in a hospital Sunday. The actor was instantly recognizable for his unusually shaped face - with prominent cheekbones that ...