Bob Hoskins

**Robert William Hoskins** (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was a British actor. He was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and raised in Finsbury Park, London.

Hoskins' movies include: _The Long Good Friday_, _Mona Lisa_ and _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_. He won a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role as George in Mona Lisa.

He was also awarded a doctorate degree (degree in acting) at the graduation ceremony of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

On 8 August 2012, Hoskins said he had retired, having being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in late 2011. He died of pneumonia on the morning of 29 April 2014 in London.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1972|_Up the Front_|Recruiting sergeant|||
|1973|_The National Health_|Foster|||
|1975|_Royal Flash_|Police Constable|||
|_Inserts_|Big Mac||||
|1979|_Zulu Dawn_|CSM Williams|||
|1980|_The Long Good Friday_|Harold Shand|Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role||
|1982|_Pink Floyd The Wall_|Band manager|||
|1983|_The Honorary Consul_|Colonel Perez|Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role||
|1984|_Lassiter_|Inspector John Becker|||
|_The Cotton Club_|Owney Madden||||
|1985|_The Woman Who Married Clark Gable_|George|||
|_The Dunera Boys_|Morrie Mendellsohn||||
|_The Black Cauldron_|Horned King's Guards|Voice|||
|_Brazil_|Spoor||||
|1986|_Sweet Liberty_|Stanley Gould|||
|_Mona Lisa_|George|BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor <small>(tied with Michel Blanc in _Ménage_)</small> Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year <small>(tied with William Hurt in _Kiss of the Spider Woman_)</small> Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor|||
|1987|_A Prayer for the Dying_|Father Michael Da Costa|||
|_The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne_|James Madden|Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor|||
|1988|_Who Framed Roger Rabbit_|Eddie Valiant|Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor||
|_The Raggedy Rawney_|Darky|Also director|||
|1990|_Heart Condition_|Jack Moony|||
|_Mermaids_|Lou Landsky||||
|1991|_The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish_|Louis Aubinard|||
|_Shattered_|Gus Klein||||
|_Hook_|Smee||||
|_The Inner Circle_|Lavrentiy Beria||||
|1992|_Passed Away_|Johnny Scanlan|||
|_Blue Ice_|Sam Garcia||||
|1993|_Super Mario Bros._|Mario Mario|||
|_The Big Freeze_|Sidney||||
|1995|_Nixon_|J. Edgar Hoover|Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture||
|_Balto_|Boris|Voice|||
|1996|_Rainbow_|Frank Bailey|Also director||
|_The Secret Agent_|Verloc||||
|_Michael_|Vartan Malt||||
|1997|_Twenty Four Seven_|Alan Darcy|European Film Award for Best Actor||
|_Spice World_|Ginger Spice's disguise|Cameo|||
|1998|_Cousin Bette_|Cesar Crevel|||
|1999|_Parting Shots_|Gerd Layton|||
|_Captain Jack_|Jack Armistead||||
|_Felicia's Journey_|Hilditch|Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|||
|_A Room for Romeo Brass_|Steven Laws||||
|_The White River Kid_|Brother Edgar||||
|2000|_American Virgin_|Joey|||
|2001|_Enemy at the Gates_|Nikita Khrushchev|||
|_Last Orders_|Ray "Raysie" Johnson|National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor <small>(shared with ensemble cast)</small>|||
|2002|_Where Eskimos Live_|Sharkey|||
|_Maid in Manhattan_|Lionel Bloch||||
|2003|_The Sleeping Dictionary_|Henry|DVD Exclusive Award for Best Supporting Actor in a DVD Premiere Movie||
|_Den of Lions_|Darius Paskevic||||
|2004|_Vanity Fair_|Sir Pitt Crawley|||
|_Beyond the Sea_|Charlie Maffia||||
|2005|_Unleashed_|Bart|||
|_Son of the Mask_|Odin|Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|||
|_Mrs Henderson Presents_|Vivian Van Damm|National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|||
|_Stay_|Dr. Leon Patterson||||
|2006|_Paris, je t'aime_|Bob Leander|Segment: "Pigalle"||
|_The Wind in the Willows_|Badger||||
|_Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties_|Winston|Voice|||
|_Hollywoodland_|Eddie Mannix||||
|2007|_Sparkle_|Vince|||
|_Outlaw_|Walter Lewis||||
|_Ruby Blue_|Jack|Oxford International Film Festival - Best Actor|||
|_Go Go Tales_|The Baron||||
|2008|_Doomsday_|Bill Nelson|||
|2009|_A Christmas Carol_|Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe|Motion capture; voice||
|2010|_Made in Dagenham_|Albert|Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor||
|2011|_Will_|Davey|||
|2012|_Outside Bet_|Percy "Smudge" Smith|||
|2012|_Snow White and the Huntsman_|Muir|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Bob Hoskins
- **image**: Bob hoskins filming ruby blue cropped (cropped).jpgborder
- **caption**: Hoskins during the filming of _Ruby Blue_ in 2007
- **birth name**: Robert William Hoskins
- **birth place**: Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England
- **death place**: London, England
- **death cause**: Pneumonia
- **resting place**: Highgate Cemetery
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1969–2012
- **spouse**: Jane Livesey (1967-1978; divorced)
Linda Banwell (m. 1982-2014; his death)
- **children**: 4