Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died after suffering from cancer. He was 64. Postlethwaite was nominated for an Oscar for his role in “In the Name of the Father”, the 1993 film about the wrongful convictions of the so-called Guildford Four for an Irish Republican Army bombing. Postlethwaite was well known for his political activism, appearing as front man in the climate change film The Age of Stupid and arriving at the 2009 London premiere on a bicycle. Postlethwaite had been described by director Steven Spielberg as probably the best actor in the world today.