How old was Pete Postlethwaite in the movie James and the Giant Peach?

Pete Postlethwaite was 50 in James and the Giant Peach when he played the character 'Old Man'.

That was over 28 years ago in 1996.

In 2011 he died aged 65, starring in 79 films in his career, 45 of those after James and the Giant Peach was first released. If he were alive today he would be 79.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In James and the Giant Peach, I think Pete Postlethwaite looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Henry Selick has worked with Pete Postlethwaite just once in his career.
  • Pete Postlethwaite's first movie was as 'Duffy' in Thwum, released in 1975 when he was 29
  • James and the Giant Peach scores 6.53 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of James and the Giant Peach

Pete Postlethwaite's other movies