Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins

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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 October 1942) is an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for his performances in family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).Hoskins was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, the son of Elsie Lillian (née Hopkins), a cook and nursery-school teacher, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., a bookkeeper and lorry driver. One of Hoskins' grandmothers was a Romani. In 1967, while aged 25, he spent a short period in kibbutz Zikim in Israel.

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Mr. Fezziwig

Bill Nelson

The Baron

Walter

Vince

Voice of Winston

Edgar Mannix

Vivian Van Damm

Odin

Dr. Leon Patterson

Bart

Charlie Cassotto Maffia

Sir Pitt Crawley

Lionel Bloch

Nikita Krushchev

Ray

Joey Quinn

Steven Laws

Hilditch

Gerd Layton

Brother Edgar

Captain Jack Armistead

Mayor Cesar Crevel

Himself

Alan Darcy

Frank Bailey

Vartan Malt

Adolph Verloc

Voice of of Boris

J Edgar Hoover

Mario Mario

Sam Garcia

Johnny Scanlan

Louis Aubinard

Smee

Gus Klein

Beria

Jack Moony

Lou Landsky

Darky

Umpire

Eddie Valiant

Father DaCosta

James Madden

Secret Policeman's Voice

George

Stanley Gould

Spoor

Morrie Mendelsohn

Becker

Owney Madden

Colonel Perez

Rock and Roll Manager

Harold Shand

Company Sergeant Major Williams

Big Mac

Foster

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Ranked #97 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

Children, with Banwell, Rosa and Jack

Children, with Livesey, Alex and Sarah

Has claimed to never have taken an acting lesson in his life and believes in the talent to be "all natural".

Worked in a circus as a fire eater.

Has portrayed four WWII leaders in films - Nikita Khrushchev (Enemy at the Gates (2001)), Winston Churchill (World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) (TV)), Benito Mussolini (Mussolini and I (1985) (TV)) and Lavrenti Beria (The Inner Circle (1991)).

He was Brian De Palma's second choice for the role of "Al Capone" in 1986's _Untouchables, The (1986)_ if 'Robert DeNiro' was not available. Hoskins was reportedly given a six-figure paycheck by De Palma for "being a great standby".

He adopted an American Accent for the role of "Eddie Valiant" on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Describes himself as "Five-foot-six and cubic".

His mother was German Romani (Gypsy) and his film The Raggedy Rawney (1988) was based on stories his gypsy grandmother used to tell him.

He was awarded the 1982 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor of 1981 for his performance in Guys and Dolls and True West.

Is probably best known to American audiences for his role as down and out detective "Eddie Valiant" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Spent several seasons with the Royal National Theatre and the Old Vic Theatre in London, where his credits included everything from a range of Shakespeare to Chechov to Shaw.

Graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England.

Was considered for the role of "Senator Ralph Owen Brewster" in The Aviator (2004) before Alan Alda.

Replaced Danny DeVito as "Mario" in Super Mario Bros. (1993).

He won the best actor prize in 1986 at the Festival de Cannes for his performance in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa (1986).

In his earlier years before acting he wound up looking after camels in Syria and later packing fruit on a kibbutz in Israel, among many other odd jobs.

According to Barry Letts in Beginning the End: Making 'The Time Warrior' (2007) (V), Hoskins was his first choice for the role of Irongron. Hoskins was not available to take the part but recommended David Daker, who was cast instead.

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