A Spectacle Of Dust - The Autobiography

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After training as a teacher, Pete Postlethwaite started his acting career at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where his colleagues included Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher & Julie Walters. After routine early appearances in small parts for television programmes such as THE PROFESSIONALS, Postlethwaite's first success came with the acclaimed British film DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES in 1988. He then received an Academy Award nomination for his role in THE NAME OF THE FATHER in 1993. His performance as the mysterious lawyer " Kobayashi" in THE USUAL SUSPECTS is also well-known, & he has appeared in many successful films including ALIEN 3, BRASSED OFF, THE SHIPPING NEWS, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's ROMEO + JULIET, & in INCEPTION with Leonardo di Caprio. He is one of the best-loved & widely admired performers on stage, TV (SHARPE, THE SINS) & in cinema. In THE ART OF DISCWORLD, Terry Pratchett said that he had always imagined Sam Vimes as 'a younger, slightly bulkier version of Pete Postlethwaite', while Steven Spielberg called him 'the best actor in the world', about which Postlethwaite says: 'I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, the thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world.' This is the story of a diverse & multi-talented actor's eventful like, told in his own candid & vibrant words.