
Bob Hoskins
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1942-10-26
- Died
- 2014-04-29
- Place of birth
- Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- Robert William Hoskins, Jr. · Боб Хоскинс
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
TV Shows (36)

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Captain Kidd / Self

Frasier
1993
as Coach Fuller

Play for Today
1970
as Woodbine / Blake / Taxi Driver

Crown Court
1972
as Freddy Dean

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Redmond

Omnibus
1967
as Self

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Thriller
1973
as Sammy Draper

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self

Performance
1991
as De Flores

Van der Valk
1972
as Johnny Palmer

The Main Chance
1969
as Workman

The Street
2006
as Paddy Gargan

TFI Friday
1996

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Eddie Wharton

David Copperfield
1999
as Micawber

Neverland
2011
as Smee
Aspel & Company
1984

Pennies from Heaven
1978
as Arthur Parker

World War II: When Lions Roared
1994
as Winston Churchill

The Forgotten Toys
1997
as Teddy (voice)

Mussolini and I
1985
as Benito Mussolini

Villains
1972
as Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
Kate
1970
as Heavy

Pinocchio
2009
as Geppetto

The Englishman's Boy
2008
as Damon Ira Chance

Thick as Thieves
1974
as George Dobbs

Flickers
1980
as Arnie Cole

The Lost World
2001
as Professor Challenger

The Crezz
1976
as Det. Sgt. Marble

Il Papa buono
2003
as Angelo Roncalli / Giovanni XXIII
Sir Yellow
1973

Three Piece Suite
1977
as Reg
Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (110)

Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Nikita Khrushchev

Hook
1991
as Smee

Pink Floyd: The Wall
1982
as Rock and Roll Manager

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
as Muir

A Christmas Carol
2009
as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Eddie Valiant

Son of the Mask
2005
as Odin

Unleashed
2005
as Bart

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Winston (voice)

Brazil
1985
as Spoor

Super Mario Bros.
1993
as Mario Mario

Stay
2005
as Dr. Leon Patterson

Doomsday
2008
as Bill Nelson

Balto
1995
as Boris the Goose (voice)

Michael
1996
as Vartan Malt

Maid in Manhattan
2002
as Lionel Bloch

Nixon
1995
as J. Edgar Hoover

Spice World
1997
as Bob Hoskins

Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Bob (Pigalle)

Mermaids
1990
as Lou Landsky

The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
as Henry Bullard

Zulu Dawn
1979
as C.S.M. Williams

The Cotton Club
1984
as Owney Madden

Mona Lisa
1986
as George

Vanity Fair
2004
as Sir Pitt Crawley

Hollywoodland
2006
as Eddie Mannix

The Long Good Friday
1980
as Harold Shand

Passed Away
1992
as Johnny Scanlan

Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Vivian Van Damm

Lassiter
1984
as Inspector John Becker

Shattered
1991
as Gus Klein

Heart Condition
1990
as Jack Moony

Outlaw
2007
as Walter Lewis

Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
as Eddie Valiant (archive footage)

Beyond the Sea
2004
as Charlie Cassotto Maffia

Made in Dagenham
2010
as Albert Passingham

Parting Shots
1999
as Gerd Layton

A Prayer for the Dying
1987
as Father Michael Da Costa

Will
2011
as Davey

The Honorary Consul
1983
as Colonel Perez

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999
as Self

Cousin Bette
1998
as Cesar Crevel

The Lost World
2001
as Prof. Challenger

The Secret Agent
1996
as Verloc

The Wind in the Willows
2006
as Badger

Go Go Tales
2008
as The Baron

Pinocchio
2009
as Geppetto

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
as Self

Last Orders
2001
as Ray

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Royal Flash
1975
as Police Constable

Don Quixote
2000
as Sancho Panza

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
as Self

The White River Kid
1999
as Brother Edgar

The Inner Circle
1992
as Beria

Blue Ice
1992
as Sam Garcia

Rainbow
1996
as Frank Bailey

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991
as Louis Aubinard

Schmoedipus
1974
as Blake (Tom's Boss)

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
1987
as James Madden

American Virgin
2000
as Joey

Noriega: God's Favorite
2000
as Manuel Noriega

Inserts
1975
as Big Mac

Outside Bet
2012
as Percy 'Smudge' Smith

Othello
1981
as Iago

Sparkle
2007
as Vince

An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

TwentyFourSeven
1998
as Alan Darcy

Let the Good Times Roll
1998
as Peter

The Movie Life of George
1989
as Self

Sweet Liberty
1986
as Stanley Gould

Den of Lions
2003
as Darius Paskevic

Felicia's Journey
1999
as Joe Hilditch

Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012
as Self

An Accidental Studio
2019
as Self (archive footage)

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
as The Secret Policeman (voice)
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1974
as The Sexton

Up the Front
1972
as Recruiting Sergeant

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
2014
as Self - Mario Mario (archive footage)

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self

Where Eskimos Live
2002
as Sharkey

Captain Jack
1999
as Jack Armistead

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'
2008
as Self

A Room for Romeo Brass
1999
as Steven Laws

The Big Freeze
1993
as Sidney, plumber's mate

The Raggedy Rawney
1988
as Darky

The Forgotten Toys
1995
as Teddy (voice)

The Good Pope
2003
as Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII

Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
1981
as Robotham (voice)

Three Piece Suite
1977
as Reg

An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981

The Beggar's Opera
1983
as Beggar

The Changeling
1993
as De Flores

Kill Two Birds
1975
as Sammy Draper

The Dunera Boys
1985
as Morrie Mendellsohn

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)

The National Health
1973
as Foster

Her Majesty's Pleasure
1973
as Woodbine

Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday
2006
as Himself

Ruby Blue
2007
as Jack
The Last Word Monologues
2008

The Bankrupt
1972
as Taxi driver

Big Jim and the Figaro Club
1979
as Narrator (Older College)

George
1972
as Knocker

Of Mycenae and Men
1979

The Story of Pantomime
1976
as Self

Ding Dong
1995
as Male Model

Brecht and Co
1979
Rabbit Ears - The Bremen Town Musicians
1991
as Narrator (voice)

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
1985
as George
About Bob Hoskins
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). With 146 credits spanning from 1967 to 2019, Bob Hoskins has appeared in 110 films and 36 TV shows.
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- Enemy at the Gates (2001) — as Nikita Khrushchev
- Hook (1991) — as Smee
- Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) — as Rock and Roll Manager
- Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) — as Muir
- A Christmas Carol (2009) — as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)
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