Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

If you know more information about Bob Hoskins help us to improve this page
Birthday: 
26 October 1942, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
Birth Name: 
Robert William Hoskins
Height: 
168 cm
Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. He is the son of Elsie Lillian (Hopkins), a nursery school teacher and cook, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., who drove a lorry and worked as a bookkeeper. Growing up, Hoskins received on... Show more »
Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, where his mother was living after being evacuated as a result of the heavy bombings. He is the son of Elsie Lillian (Hopkins), a nursery school teacher and cook, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., who drove a lorry and worked as a bookkeeper. Growing up, Hoskins received only limited education and he left school at 15, but with a passion for language and literature instilled by his former English teacher. A regular theatre-goer, Hoskins dreamed of starring on stage, but before he could do so he had to work odd jobs for a long time to make ends meet. His acting career started out more by accident than by design, when he accompanied a friend to watch some auditions, only to be confused for one of the people auditioning, getting a script pushed into his hands with the message "You're next". He got the part and acquired an agent. After some stage success, he expanded to television with roles in television series such as Villains (1972) and Thick as Thieves (1974). In the mid-'70s, he started his film career, standing out when he performed alongside Richard Dreyfuss in John Byrum's Inserts (1975) and in a smaller part in Richard Lester's Royal Flash (1975).Hoskins broke through in 1978 in Dennis Potter's mini TV series, Pennies from Heaven (1978), playing "Arthur Parker", the doomed salesman. After this, a string of high-profile and successful films followed, starting with his true major movie debut in 1980's The Long Good Friday (1980) as the ultimately doomed "Harold Shand". This was followed by such works as The Cotton Club (1984), Mona Lisa (1986), which won him an Oscar nomination as well as a BAFTA award, Cannes Film Festival and Golden Globe), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Golden Globe nomination), Mermaids (1990), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Felicia's Journey (1999) and Enemy at the Gates (2001).Hoskins always carefully balanced the riches of Hollywood with the labor of independent film, though leaned more towards the latter than the former. He worked at smaller projects such as Shane Meadows' debut 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997), in which he starred as "Allen Darcy". Besides this, he found time to direct, write and star in The Raggedy Rawney (1988), as well as direct and star in Rainbow (1995), and contributing to HBO's Tales from the Crypt (1989) and Tube Tales (1999).Suffering from Parkinson's disease in later years, Hoskins died of pneumonia at age 71 in a London hospital. Show less «

Bob Hoskins's FILMOGRAPHY

Nothing Like a Dame

SD

The Daily Show - Season 23

EPS162

The Daily Show - Season 22

EPS46

Snow White and the Huntsman

HD

Made in Dagenham

HD

Neverland

HD

A Christmas Carol

HD

Doomsday (2008)

HD

Saturday Night Live - Season 33

EPS12

Outlaw

HD

Paris I Love You (Paris, je t'aime) [Sub: Eng]

SD

Hollywoodland

HD

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

HD

Mrs. Henderson Presents

HD

Unleashed (Danny The Dog)

HD

Stay (2005)

HD

Son of the Mask

HD

Beyond the Sea

HD

Vanity Fair

HD

Frasier - Season 11

EPS23

Last Orders

HD

The Sleeping Dictionary

HD

Frasier - Season 10

EPS24

NEXT PAGE

Example Example Example
HD
Country:
Genre:

Bob Hoskins'S roles

Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
Lionel Bloch
Lionel Bloch
Bart
Bart
Eddie Valiant
Eddie Valiant
Smee
Smee
Mr. Wednesday
Mr. Wednesday
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Mario
Mario
Winston
Winston
Rock and Roll Manager
Rock and Roll Manager
Vartan Malt
Vartan Malt
Gus Klein
Gus Klein
Muir
Muir
Lou Landsky
Lou Landsky
Dr. Leon Patterson
Dr. Leon Patterson
Boris
Boris
George
George
Harold Shand
Harold Shand
Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
Spoor
Spoor
Mr. Fezziwig
Mr. Fezziwig
Coach Fuller
Coach Fuller