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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-10-26 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

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

Acting

2019

An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)

2018

Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game as Self - Mario Mario (archive footage)

2012

Outside Bet as Percy 'Smudge' Smith

2011

Will as Davey
Neverland as Smee

2010

Made in Dagenham as Albert Passingham

2009

Pinocchio as Geppetto
A Christmas Carol as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Pinocchio as Geppetto

2008

Doomsday as Bill Nelson
The Englishman's Boy as Damon Ira Chance

2007

Outlaw as Walter Lewis
Sparkle as Vince
Go Go Tales as The Baron
Ruby Blue as Jack

2006

Hollywoodland as Eddie Mannix
Paris Je T'aime as Bob (Pigalle)
The Street as Paddy Gargan

2005

Unleashed as Bart
Mrs. Henderson Presents as Vivian Van Damm
Stay as Dr. Leon Patterson

2004

Beyond the Sea as Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Vanity Fair as Sir Pitt Crawley

2003

Den of Lions as Darius Paskevic
The Good Pope as Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII
Il Papa buono as Angelo Roncalli / Giovanni XXIII

2002

Maid in Manhattan as Lionel Bloch

2001

Enemy at the Gates as Nikita Khrushchev
The Lost World as Prof. Challenger
The Lost World as Professor Challenger

2000

Don Quixote as Sancho Panza
Noriega: God's Favorite as Manuel Noriega

1999

A Room for Romeo Brass as Steven Laws
Felicia's Journey as Joe Hilditch
The White River Kid as Brother Edgar
Captain Jack as Jack Armistead
Parting Shots as Gerd Layton
David Copperfield as Micawber

1998

TwentyFourSeven as Alan Darcy
Cousin Bette as Cesar Crevel
Parkinson as Self

1997

Spice World as Self
The Forgotten Toys as Teddy (voice)

1996

Michael as Vartan Malt
Rainbow as Frank Bailey

1995

Nixon as J. Edgar Hoover
Balto as Boris the Goose (voice)
Ding Dong as Self
The Forgotten Toys as Teddy (voice)

1994

World War II: When Lions Roared as Winston Churchill

1993

Super Mario Bros. as Mario Mario
The Big Freeze as Sidney, plumber's mate
The Changeling as De Flores
Frasier as Coach Fuller

1992

Passed Away as Johnny Scanlan
Blue Ice as Sam Garcia

1991

Hook as Smee
Shattered as Gus Klein
Performance as De Flores

1990

Mermaids as Lou Landsky
Heart Condition as Jack Moony

1989

1988

Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant

1987

A Prayer for the Dying as Father Michael Da Costa
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as The Secret Policeman (voice)

1986

Mona Lisa as George
Sweet Liberty as Stanley Gould

1985

Brazil as Spoor
An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Dunera Boys as Morrie Mendellsohn
Mussolini and I as Benito Mussolini

1984

The Cotton Club as Owney Madden
Lassiter as Inspector John Becker

1983

The Honorary Consul as Colonel Perez

1982

Pink Floyd: The Wall as Rock and Roll Manager

1981

Othello as Iago
Big Jim And The Figaro Club as Narrator (voice)

1980

The Long Good Friday as Harold Shand
Flickers as Arnie Cole

1979

Zulu Dawn as C.S.M. Williams
Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Narrator (Older College)

1978

Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker

1977

1976

The Crezz as Det. Sgt. Marble

1975

Inserts as Big Mac
Royal Flash as Police Constable
Kill Two Birds as Sammy Draper
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

Schmoedipus as Blake (Tom's Boss)
Thick As Thieves as George Dobbs

1973

Thriller as Sammy Draper

1972

Up the Front as Recruiting Sergeant
The Bankrupt as Taxi driver
Crown Court as Freddy Dean
Van der Valk as Johnny Palmer
New Scotland Yard as Eddie Wharton
Villains as Charles 'Knocker' Grindley

1970

Play for Today as Woodbine
Kate as Heavy
Play for Today as Taxi Driver

1969

The Main Chance as Workman

Directing

1999

Tube Tales as Director

1996

Rainbow as Director

1989

1988

The Raggedy Rawney as Director

Writing

1988

The Raggedy Rawney as Screenplay

Production

2005

Mrs. Henderson Presents as Executive Producer

1996

The Secret Agent as Executive Producer