Bob Hoskins

Biography

Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014) was an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), and Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).

Known For

Spoor

Brazil

Nikita Khrushchev

Enemy at the Gates

Eddie Valiant

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Smee

Hook

Eddie Mannix

Hollywoodland

Gus Klein

Shattered

Owney Madden

The Cotton Club

George

Mona Lisa

Prof. Challenger

The Lost World

Bart

Unleashed

Bob (Pigalle)

Paris, je t'aime

Vartan Malt

Michael

Vivian Van Damm

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Lou Landsky

Mermaids

J. Edgar Hoover

Nixon

Boris the Goose (voice)

Balto

Charlie Cassotto Maffia

Beyond the Sea

Steven Laws

A Room for Romeo Brass

Alan Darcy

TwentyFourSeven

Lionel Bloch

Maid in Manhattan

Self

Spice World

Sir Pitt Crawley

Vanity Fair

Dr. Leon Patterson

Stay

Rock and Roll Manager

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Big Mac

Inserts

Winston (voice)

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Henry

The Sleeping Dictionary

Mario Mario

Super Mario Bros.

Geppetto

Pinocchio

Father Michael Da Costa

A Prayer for the Dying

Walter Lewis

Outlaw

Bill Nelson

Doomsday

James Madden

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

Badger

The Wind in the Willows

Jack Moony

Heart Condition

Joey

American Virgin

Ray

Last Orders

Harold Shand

The Long Good Friday

Vince

Sparkle

Johnny Scanlan

Passed Away

Albert Passingham

Made in Dagenham

Sam Garcia

Blue Ice

Verloc

The Secret Agent

Darius Paskevic

Den of Lions

Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)

A Christmas Carol

Joe Hilditch

Felicia's Journey

Recruiting Sergeant

Up the Front

Brother Edgar

The White River Kid

Stanley Gould

Sweet Liberty

C.S.M. Williams

Zulu Dawn

Self

Ding Dong

Colonel Perez

The Honorary Consul

Cesar Crevel

Cousin Bette

The Baron

Go Go Tales

Jack

Ruby Blue

Beria

The Inner Circle

Jack Armistead

Captain Jack

Davey

Will

Inspector John Becker

Lassiter

Sharkey

Where Eskimos Live

The Secret Policeman (voice)

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Muir

Snow White and the Huntsman

Self

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Percy 'Smudge' Smith

Outside Bet

Louis Aubinard

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Blake (Tom's Boss)

Schmoedipus

Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII

Il Papa buono

Robotham (voice)

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

Darky

The Raggedy Rawney

Foster

The National Health

Sancho Panza

Don Quixote

The Sexton

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them

Teddy (voice)

The Forgotten Toys

Self

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Eddie Valiant (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

An Audience with Dudley Moore

Sidney, plumber's mate

The Big Freeze

Self (uncredited)

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

An Audience with Billy Connolly

The Last Word Monologues

Beggar

The Beggar's Opera

Self - Mario Mario (archive footage)

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

Frank Bailey

Rainbow

Self

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'

Manuel Noriega

Noriega: God's Favorite

Himself

Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday

Narrator (Older College)

Big Jim and the Figaro Club

Self

The Movie Life of George

Gerd Layton

Parting Shots

Police Constable

Royal Flash

Brecht and Co

George

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

Iago

Othello

Self (archive footage)

An Accidental Studio

Morrie Mendellsohn

The Dunera Boys

Self

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Odin

Son of the Mask

De Flores

The Changeling

Peter

Let the Good Times Roll

Taxi driver

The Bankrupt

Woodbine

Her Majesty's Pleasure

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nothing Like a Dame

Sammy Draper

Kill Two Birds

Self

The Story of Pantomime

Self

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

Reg

Three Piece Suite

Narrator (voice)

Rabbit Ears - The Bremen Town Musicians

Self

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-10-26

Place of Birth

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

Also Known As

Robert William Hoskins, Jr.