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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

# A Christmas Carol (2009) .... Mr. Fezziwig # Pinocchio (2008) (TV) .... Geppetto # Doomsday movie download page (2008) .... Bill Nelson ... aka Doomsday movie download page - Tag der Rache (Germany) # "The Englishman's Boy" (2008) TV mini-series .... Damon Ira Chance # Go Go Tales (2007) .... The Baron # Ruby Blue (2007) .... Jack # Outlaw movie download page (2007) .... Walter Lewis # Sparkle (2007) .... Vince # The Wind in the Willows (2006) (TV) .... Badger ... aka Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (UK: complete title) # Hollywoodland movie download page (2006) .... Eddie Mannix # Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties movie download page (2006) (voice) .... Winston ... aka Garfield 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title) (UK) (USA: working title) # Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... Bob Leander (segment 'Pigalle') ... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title) # Stay (2005/I) .... Dr. Leon Patterson # Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) .... Vivian Van Damm ... aka Mrs Henderson Presents (USA) # Son of the Mask (2005) .... Odin ... aka Maske 2 - Die nächste Generation, Die (Germany) # Danny the Dog (2005) .... Bart ... aka Unleashed (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK: DVD title) (USA) ... aka Danny the Dog (France) (Hong Kong: English title) # Beyond the Sea (2004) .... Charlie Cassotto Maffia ... aka Beyond the Sea - Musik war sein Leben (Germany) # Vanity Fair (2004) .... Sir Pitt Crawley # Den of Lions (2003) .... Darius Paskevic # "Frasier" .... Coach Fuller (1 episode, 2003) - 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 movie download page (2002) .... Lionel Bloch ... 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 ... aka Letzte Runde (Germany) # Enemy at the Gates movie download page movie download page (2001) .... Nikita Khrushchev ... aka Duell - Enemy at the Gates movie download page movie download page (Germany) # Don Quixote (2000) (TV) .... Sancho Panza # Noriega: God's Favorite (2000) (TV) .... Manuel Noriega # American Virgin movie download page (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) .... Joe Hilditch ... aka Voyage de Félicia, Le (Canada: French title) # Captain Jack (1999) .... Jack Armistead ... aka An Inch Over the Horizon # Let the Good Times Roll (1999) # Cousin Bette (1998) .... Cesar Crevel # Parting Shots (1998) .... Gerd Layton # "Saturday Night Live" .... Captain Kidd / ... (1 episode, 1998) ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title) ... aka SNL (USA: informal title) ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title) ... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title) ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title) ... aka The Best of Saturday Night Live (USA: rerun title) - Greg Kinnear/All Saints (1998) TV episode .... Captain Kidd/Himself # 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 # "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1996) ... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt - Fatal Caper (1996) TV episode # Balto (1995) (voice) .... Boris the Goose # Nixon (1995) .... J. Edgar Hoover # Rainbow (1995) .... Frank Bailey ... aka Voyageurs de l'arc-en-ciel, Les (Canada: French title) # The Forgotten Toys (1995) (voice) .... Teddy # World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) (TV) .... Winston Churchill ... aka Then There Were Giants # "Performance" .... De Flores (1 episode, 1993) - The Changeling (1993) TV episode .... De Flores # The Big Freeze (1993) .... Sidney, plumber's mate ... aka Umpijäässä (Finland: TV title) # Super Mario Bros. (1993) .... Mario Mario # Blue Ice (1992) .... Sam Garcia # Passed Away (1992) .... Johnny Scanlan # The Inner Circle (1991) .... Beria ... aka ??????? ???? (Soviet Union: Russian title) ... aka Blizhniy krug (Soviet Union: Russian title) ... aka Proiezionista, Il (Italy) # Hook (1991) .... Smee # Shattered (1991) .... Gus Klein # 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 movie download page (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 and I (1985) (TV) .... Benito Mussolini ... aka Ich und der Duce (West Germany) ... aka Io e il duce (Italy) ... aka Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce # Brazil (1985) .... Spoor # The Dunera Boys (1985) (TV) .... Morrie Mendellsohn # The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985) .... George # The Cotton Club (1984) .... Owney Madden # You Don't Have to Walk to Fly (1984) (TV) .... Eddie Reed # 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 movie download page (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) TV mini-series .... Arnie Cole # Brecht and Co (1979) (TV) .... Member of Brecht's company/Prologue # "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" .... Arthur Parker (5 episodes, 1978) - Says My Heart (1978) TV episode .... Arthur Parker - Better Think Twice (1978) TV episode .... Arthur Parker - Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) TV episode .... Arthur Parker - The Sweetest Thing (1978) TV episode .... Arthur Parker - Down Sunnyside Lane (1978) TV episode .... Arthur Parker # "On the Move" (1978) TV series .... Alf # "Rock Follies of '77" .... Johnny Britten (3 episodes, 1977) - 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" .... Johnny Palmer (1 episode, 1977) - Dead on Arrival (1977) TV episode .... Johnny Palmer # "Three Piece Suite" .... Reg (Wonderful Woman) (1 episode, 1977) - After You're Gone/Little Things... Parking/Wonderful Woman (1977) TV episode .... Reg (Wonderful Woman) # "The Crezz" .... Det. Sgt. Marble (1 episode, 1976) - A Flash of Inspiration (1976) TV episode .... Det. Sgt. Marble # "Thriller" .... Sammy Draper (1 episode, 1976) - Kill Two Birds (1976) TV episode .... Sammy Draper # Royal Flash (1975) .... Police Constable # "Play for Today" .... Blake / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1974) - Schmoedipus (1974) TV episode .... Blake - Her Majesty's Pleasure (1973) TV episode .... Woodbine - The Bankrupt (1972) TV episode .... Taxi driver # "Thick as Thieves" .... Dobbs / ... (4 episodes, 1974) - 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" .... Jack Dunn (1 episode, 1974) - Outrage (1974) TV episode .... Jack Dunn # Inserts (1974) .... Big Mac # "Softly Softly" .... Parker (1 episode, 1973) ... aka Softly, Softly: Task Force (UK: new title) - Signed Off (1973) TV episode .... Parker # "New Scotland Yard" .... Eddie Wharton (1 episode, 1973) - Weight of Evidence (1973) TV episode .... Eddie Wharton # "Crown Court" .... Freddy Dean (1 episode, 1973) - A Crime in Prison (1973) TV episode .... Freddy Dean # The National Health (1973) .... Foster ... aka The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair # "Villains" .... Knocker (1 episode, 1972) - George (1972) TV episode .... Knocker # Up the Front (1972) .... Recruiting Sergeant