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Bob Hoskins

Birth name: Robert William Hoskins

Birth date: 26.10.1942

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 (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) (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 (1996), and contributing to HBO's "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) and Tube Tales (1999) (TV).

Filmography

# The Wind in the Willows (2006) (TV) (filming) .... Badger # Sparkle (2007) (post-production) .... Vince # Outlaw (2007) (post-production) # Ruby Blue (2006) (post-production) (attached) .... Jack # Hollywoodland (2006) .... Eddie Mannix # Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) (voice) .... Winston ... aka Garfield 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title) (UK) (USA: working title) # Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... Bob Leander (segment 'Pigalle') # Stay (2005/I) .... Dr. Leon Patterson # Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) .... Vivian Van Damm ... aka Mrs Henderson Presents (USA) # Son of the Mask (2005) .... Odin # Danny the Dog (2005) .... Bart ... aka Unleashed (Philippines: English title) (UK: DVD title) (USA) ... aka Danny the Dog (Hong Kong: English title) # Beyond the Sea (2004) .... Charlie Maffia # Vanity Fair (2004) .... Sir Pitt Crawley # Den of Lions (2003) .... Darius Paskevic # "Frasier" - Trophy Girlfriend (2003) TV Episode .... Coach Fuller # The Sleeping Dictionary (2003) .... Henry # Papa buono, Il (2003) (TV) .... Angelo Roncalli/Pope John XXIII ... aka Papa buono - Giovanni Ventitreesimo, Il (Italy) ... aka The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (USA) # Maid in Manhattan (2002) .... Lionel Bloch, Beresford Butler ... aka Made in New York (USA: poster title) # Where Eskimos Live (2002) .... Sharkey ... aka Tam, gdzie zyja Eskimosi (Poland) # The Lost World (2001) (TV) .... Prof. George Challenger ... aka Vergessene Welt, Die (Germany) # Last Orders (2001) .... Ray 'Raysie' Johnson ... aka Letzte Runde (Germany) # Enemy at the Gates (2001) .... Nikita Khrushchev ... aka Duell - Enemy at the Gates (Germany) # Don Quixote (2000) (TV) .... Sancho Panza # Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV) .... Manuel Noriega # American Virgin (2000) .... Joey ... aka Live Virgin (France) (UK) (USA: working title) # David Copperfield (1999) (TV) .... Micawber # The White River Kid (1999) .... Brother Edgar ... aka White River (USA: video title) # "The Forgotten Toys" (1999) TV Series .... Teddy # A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) .... Steven Laws # Felicia's Journey (1999) .... Hilditch ... aka Voyage de Félicia, Le (Canada: French title) # Captain Jack (1999) .... Jack Armistead ... aka An Inch Over the Horizon # Parting Shots (1999) .... Gerd Layton # Let the Good Times Roll (1999) # Cousin Bette (1998) .... Cesar Crevel # "Saturday Night Live" ... aka SNL (USA: informal title) ... aka SNL 25 (USA) - Episode #23.18 (1998) TV Episode .... Captain Kidd/Himself # Spice World (1997) .... Geri's Disguise # 24 7: Twenty Four Seven (1997) .... Alan Darcy ... aka TwentyFourSeven # Michael (1996) .... Vartan Malt # The Secret Agent (1996) .... Verloc ... aka Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent # Rainbow (1996) .... Frank Bailey ... aka Voyageurs de l'arc-en-ciel, Les (Canada: French title) # "Tales from the Crypt" ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - Fatal Caper (1996) TV Episode # Balto (1995) (voice) .... Boris the Goose # Nixon (1995) .... J. Edgar Hoover # The Forgotten Toys (1995) (voice) .... Teddy # The Changeling (1994) (TV) .... De Flores # Super Mario Bros. (1993) .... Mario Mario # The Big Freeze (1993) .... Sidney, plumber's mate # Blue Ice (1992) .... Sam Garcia # Passed Away (1992) .... Johnny Scanlan # The Inner Circle (1991) .... Beria ... aka Blizhniy krug (Russia) ... aka Proiezionista, Il (Italy) ... aka The Projectionist # Hook (1991) .... Smee # Shattered (1991) .... Gus Klein (pet store owner/private investigator) # The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) .... Louis Aubinard ... aka Montre, la croix et la manière, La ... aka Rue Saint-Sulpice (France) # Mermaids (1990) .... Lou Landsky # Heart Condition (1990) .... Jack Moony # The Raggedy Rawney (1988) .... Darky # Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) .... Eddie Valiant # The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) .... James Madden # A Prayer for the Dying (1987) .... Father Michael Da Costa # Mona Lisa (1986) .... George # Sweet Liberty (1986) .... Stanley Gould # Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (1985) (TV) .... Benito Mussolini ... aka Ich und der Duce (West Germany) ... aka Io e il duce (Italy) ... aka Mussolini and I # Brazil (1985) .... Spoor # The Dunera Boys (1985) (TV) .... Morrie Mendellsohn # The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985) .... George # The Cotton Club (1984) .... Owney Madden # Lassiter (1984) .... Inspector John Becker ... aka The Magnificient Thief (Philippines: English title) # The Honorary Consul (1983) .... Colonel Perez ... aka Beyond the Limit (USA) # The Beggar's Opera (1983) (TV) .... Beggar # Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) .... Rock and Roll Manager ... aka The Wall # Othello (1981) (TV) .... Iago ... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Othello (USA: video title) # The Long Good Friday (1980) .... Harold Shand # "Flickers" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Arnie Cole # "Big Jim and the Figaro Club" (1979) TV Series .... Narrator # Zulu Dawn (1979) .... C.S.M. Williams # Of Mycenae and Men (1979) (TV) .... Mr. Taramasalatopoulos # "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Arthur Parker # "On the Move" (1978) TV Series .... Alf # "Rock Follies of '77" - The Real Life (1977) TV Episode .... Johnny Britten - The Divorce (1977) TV Episode .... Johnny Britten - The Loony Tunes (1977) TV Episode .... Johnny Britten # "Van der Valk" - Dead on Arrival (1977) TV Episode .... Johnny Palmer # "Thriller" - Kill Two Birds (1976) TV Episode .... Sammy Draper # Royal Flash (1975) .... Police Constable # "Play for Today" - Schmoedipus (1974) TV Episode .... Blake - Her Majesty's Pleasure (1973) TV Episode - The Bankrupt (1972) TV Episode # "Thick as Thieves" .... George Dobbs - Good Conduct (1974) TV Episode .... Dobbs - The Homecoming (1974) TV Episode .... George Dobbs - Happy Release (????) TV Episode .... Dobbs - Two Men in My Life (????) TV Episode .... Dobbs # "Shoulder to Shoulder" (1974) (mini) TV Series .... Jack Dunn # Inserts (1974) .... Big Mac # "Softly Softly" ... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title) - Signed Off (1973) TV Episode .... Parker # "New Scotland Yard" - Weight of Evidence (1973) TV Episode .... Eddie Wharton # "Crown Court" - A Crime in Prison (1973) TV Episode # The National Health (1973) .... Foster ... aka The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair # "Villains" (1972) TV Series # Up the Front (1972) .... Recruiting Sergeant