Billy Postlethwaite

William John Postlethwaite^{[citation needed]} is the son of actor Pete Postlethwaite^[1] and former BBC producer Jacqueline Morrish.^[2] He grew up in Shropshire.^[3]

He began training in acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2008 and graduated in 2011.^[1]

Postlethwaite made his stage debut as Grigory in the John Hodge play Collaborators in 2011.^[4]

In 2017, he appeared in the Game of Thrones episode "Dragonstone", alongside singer Ed Sheeran, in a scene that received critical and fan backlash for Sheeran's cameo.^[1][5]

In 2018, he had a role in Tomb Raider, a film adaptation of the video game franchise.^[1] He also starred as Boris Stolyarchuk in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl^[6] and had a small role in Sam Mendes' 2019 war drama, 1917.^[7]

In 2021, Postlethwaite joined the cast of Beforeigners for its second season.^[8]

The actor took up the title role in Macbeth, in addition to the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Watermill Theatre.^[9] His performance as Macbeth received positive reviews by Judi Herman, writing for WhatsOnStage.com.^[10] Macbeth had previously been portrayed by Postlethwaite's father, in 1997.^[1]