Bob Hoskins
Born: 1942-10-26 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK
Died: 2014-04-29
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Hook: Never, Never Ending as Self (archive footage)
- El Santo Padre Juan XXIII (duplicado) as Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli - Juan XXIII
- Dinosaur Drive-In as Self - (archive footage)
2019
- An Accidental Studio as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Nothing Like a Dame as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
- Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game as Self - Mario Mario (archive footage)
2012
- Snow White and the Huntsman as Muir
- Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice as Self
- Outside Bet as Percy 'Smudge' Smith
2010
- Made in Dagenham as Albert Passingham
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
2009
- A Christmas Carol as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)
- Pinocchio as Geppetto
- Pinocchio as Geppetto
2008
- Doomsday as Bill Nelson
- The Englishman's Boy as Damon Ira Chance
- Go Go Tales as The Baron
- Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' as Self
- The Last Word Monologues
2007
- British Film Forever
- Outlaw as Walter Lewis
- Sparkle as Vince
- Ruby Blue as Jack
2006
- The Street as Paddy Gargan
- Paris Je T'aime as Bob (Pigalle)
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Winston (voice)
- Hollywoodland as Eddie Mannix
- The Wind in the Willows as Badger
- Bloody Business: Making The Long Good Friday as Himself
2005
- Son of the Mask as Odin
- Unleashed as Bart
- Stay as Dr. Leon Patterson
- Mrs. Henderson Presents as Vivian Van Damm
2004
- Vanity Fair as Sir Pitt Crawley
- Beyond the Sea as Charlie Cassotto Maffia
2003
- The Sleeping Dictionary as Henry Bullard
- Cher: The Farewell Tour as Self – Lou Landsky (archive footage)
- Il Papa buono as Angelo Roncalli / Giovanni XXIII
- Den of Lions as Darius Paskevic
- The Good Pope as Angelo Roncalli / Papa Giovanni XXIII
2002
- Maid in Manhattan as Lionel Bloch
- Where Eskimos Live as Sharkey
2001
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- Enemy at the Gates as Nikita Khrushchev
- The Lost World as Professor Challenger
- The Lost World as Prof. Challenger
- Last Orders as Ray
2000
- Don Quixote as Sancho Panza
- Noriega: God's Favorite as Manuel Noriega
- American Virgin as Joey
- A Room for Romeo Brass as Steven Laws
1999
- David Copperfield as Micawber
- The White River Kid as Brother Edgar
- Tube Tales ... (Director)
- From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic as Self
- Felicia's Journey as Joe Hilditch
- Captain Jack as Jack Armistead
- Parting Shots as Gerd Layton
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Cousin Bette as Cesar Crevel
- TwentyFourSeven as Alan Darcy
- Let the Good Times Roll as Peter
1997
- The Forgotten Toys as Teddy (voice)
- Spice World as Bob Hoskins
1996
- TFI Friday
- Michael as Vartan Malt
- The Secret Agent as Verloc
- Rainbow as Frank Bailey
1995
- Balto as Boris the Goose (voice)
- Nixon as J. Edgar Hoover
- The Forgotten Toys as Teddy (voice)
- Ding Dong as Male Model
1994
- World War II: When Lions Roared as Winston Churchill
- Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects as Self
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Frasier as Coach Fuller
- Super Mario Bros. as Mario Mario
- The Big Freeze as Sidney, plumber's mate
- The Changeling as De Flores
1992
- Blue Ice as Sam Garcia
- The Inner Circle as Beria
- Passed Away as Johnny Scanlan
1991
- Performance as De Flores
- Hook as Smee
- Shattered as Gus Klein
- The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish as Louis Aubinard
- Rabbit Ears - The Bremen Town Musicians as Narrator (voice)
1990
- Mermaids as Lou Landsky
- Heart Condition as Jack Moony
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Redmond
- The Movie Life of George as Self
1988
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Eddie Valiant
- The Raggedy Rawney as Darky
- One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self – Eddie Valiant
1987
- A Prayer for the Dying as Father Michael Da Costa
- The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as James Madden
- The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as The Secret Policeman (voice)
1986
- Mona Lisa as George
- Sweet Liberty as Stanley Gould
1985
- Brazil as Spoor
- Mussolini and I as Benito Mussolini
- An Audience with Billy Connolly as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Woman Who Married Clark Gable as George
- The Dunera Boys as Morrie Mendellsohn
1984
- Aspel & Company
- The Cotton Club as Owney Madden
- Weekend Playhouse as Eddie Reed
- Lassiter as Inspector John Becker
1983
- The Honorary Consul as Colonel Perez
- The Beggar's Opera as Beggar
1982
- Pink Floyd: The Wall as Rock and Roll Manager
1981
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Narrator (voice)
- Othello as Iago
- Stainless Steel and the Star Spies as Robotham (voice)
- An Audience with Dudley Moore
1980
- The Long Good Friday as Harold Shand
- Flickers as Arnie Cole
- Sheppey as Sheppey
1979
- Zulu Dawn as C.S.M. Williams
- Turning Year Tales as Self – Narrator
- Big Jim and the Figaro Club as Narrator (Older College)
- Of Mycenae and Men
- Brecht and Co
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Pennies from Heaven as Arthur Parker
1977
1976
- The Crezz as Det. Sgt. Marble
- The Story of Pantomime as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Captain Kidd / Self
- Inserts as Big Mac
- Royal Flash as Police Constable
- Kill Two Birds as Sammy Draper
1974
- Thick as Thieves as George Dobbs
- Schmoedipus as Blake (Tom's Boss)
- If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them as The Sexton
1973
- Thriller as Sammy Draper
- Sir Yellow
- The National Health as Foster
- Her Majesty's Pleasure as Woodbine
1972
- Crown Court as Freddy Dean
- New Scotland Yard as Eddie Wharton
- Van der Valk as Johnny Palmer
- Villains as Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
- Up the Front as Recruiting Sergeant
- George as Knocker
- The Bankrupt as Taxi driver
1971
- Film '72 as Self
1970
- Play for Today as Woodbine
- Kate as Heavy
1969
- The Main Chance as Workman
1967
- Omnibus as Self