Bob Hoskins

Acting · Born 1942-10-26 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK

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).

Filmography

• Brazil as Spoor
• Enemy at the Gates as Nikita Khrushchev
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant
• Unleashed as Bart
• Balto as Boris the Goose (voice)
• Pink Floyd: The Wall as Rock and Roll Manager
• The Long Good Friday as Harold Shand
• Hook as Smee
• Hollywoodland as Eddie Mannix
• Shattered as Gus Klein

TV

• Tales from the Crypt as Redmond
• Frasier as Coach Fuller
• Thriller as Sammy Draper
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
• Crown Court as Freddy Dean
• Van der Valk as Johnny Palmer
• Play for Today as Woodbine
• Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker
• Three Piece Suite
• Thick As Thieves as George Dobbs