Billy Postlethwaite
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Less than one month after his death, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Fergie Colm in The Town (2010). Early life [ edit ]
The Town Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
The Town is a 2010 American crime thriller film co-written and directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. The film stars Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper and Slaine.
- $154 million
- $37 million
In 2010, he was seen in Clash of the Titans (2010), Inception (2010) and The Town (2010). Postlewaite died on January 2, 2011, at age 64, of pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his wife and son, and by his daughter from a prior relationship.
- Actor, Producer
- February 7, 1946
- 1 min
- January 2, 2011
Sep 19, 2010 · When Ben Affleck needed to add some brawn to his shoot-’em-up flick “The Town,” he hired real-life Townie Dennis McLaughlin. McLaughlin, a 6-foot-2, 300-pound, fourth-generation longshoreman from the square mile, plays Rusty, henchman to actor Pete Postlethwaite’s (“In the Name of the Father”) villain Fergus Colm.
Jan 4, 2011 · At the very end of his career, Postlethwaite was to play Fergie Colm in Ben Affleck's drama The Town (2010), a West Belfast hard man in Boston, a villain who is the very antithesis of...
Sep 17, 2010 · With Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner. A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold an assistant manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
