First Name
Bob
Last Name
Hoskins
Date of Birth
26 October 1942
Height
66
Build
Large
Hair Color
Bald
Place of Birth
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Star Sign
Scorpio
Ethnicity
White
Claim to Fame
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Super Mario Brothers
Gender
Male
Nationality
English
Wikipedia Text
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 October 1942) is 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).
Role ID
Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Director
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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. 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 (1974) 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) (mini), 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 has always carefully balanced the riches of Hollywood with the labor of independent film, though leaning more towards the latter than the former. He works 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) (TV).
Full Name at Birth
Robert William Hoskins
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Count - Awards
35
Age
69
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