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name: "Billy Postlethwaite"
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born: "1 January 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T16:53:14.441731+00:00"
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# Billy Postlethwaite

Actor. Born 1 January 1989 in Shropshire.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1989, Shropshire
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** William Postlethwaite, بیلی پستلتویت, בילי פוסלתווייט
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, History 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $830m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Postlethwaite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109593419, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5037475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1642036

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Silo*](https://film.one/tv/silo.md) (75)

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## Biography

Billy Postlethwaite is an English actor. The son of actor Pete Postlethwaite and former BBC producer Jacqueline Morrish, he grew up in Shropshire and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 2011.

He made his stage debut in 2011 and has appeared in supporting roles in films including *Tomb Raider* (2018), *1917* (2019) and *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), and on television in *Game of Thrones* (2017), *Chernobyl* (2019) and *The Winter King* (2023). He plays Deputy Hank Murphy in the Apple TV+ series *Silo* (2023–present), initially recurring and later as a main cast member.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Prof. Donner — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *Silo* (2023), Fi1m 75, as Hank Murphy — [page](https://film.one/tv/silo.md)
- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, as The Sultan — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *1917* (2019), Fi1m 78, as NCO Harvey — [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *SEED* (2026), Acting
- *William Tell* (2025), as The Wolfshot
- *7 Keys* (2024), as Daniel
- *The Winter King* (2023), series, as Cadwys
- *Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny* (2023), as Prof. Donner — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny.md)
- *Silo* (2023), series, as Hank Murphy — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/silo.md)
- *The Everlasting Club* (2021), Acting
- *The Great* (2020), series, as The Sultan — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *1917* (2019), as NCO Harvey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/1917.md)
- *Beforeigners* (2019), series, as Isaac Ben Joseph
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Boris Stolyarchuk — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III* (2018), as Braun
- *Tomb Raider* (2018), as Bill
- *Tea for Two* (2015), as Young Man
- *Containment* (2015), as Aiden
- *The Murder in Angel Lane* (2013), as Stephen Gann
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Edmund Noon
- *National Theatre Live: Collaborators* (2011), as Grigory
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Lannister Soldier — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Nicholas Greenfeld
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Noah Evans

## Gallery

- ![Billy Postlethwaite](https://film.one/media/person/359387/gallery-203ac8c41c6f.jpg) Billy Postlethwaite — Image via TMDB
- ![Billy Postlethwaite](https://film.one/media/person/359387/gallery-78cef9681ec1.jpg) Billy Postlethwaite — Image via TMDB

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