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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... See full bio »

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Robert William Hoskins
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2012 Snow White and the Huntsman
Muir
 
2012 Outside Bet
Percy 'Smudge' Smith
 
2011 Neverland (TV mini-series)
Mr. Smee
 
2011/I Will
Davey
 
2010 Made in Dagenham
Albert Passingham
 
2009 A Christmas Carol
Fezziwig / Old Joe
 
2009 The Street (TV series)
Paddy Gargan
– Episode #3.6 (2009) … Paddy Gargan
– Episode #3.1 (2009) … Paddy Gargan
 
2008 Pinocchio (TV movie)
Geppetto
 
2008 Doomsday
Bill Nelson
 
2008 The Englishman's Boy (TV mini-series)
Damon Ira Chance
– Part Two (2008) … Damon Ira Chance
– Part One (2008) … Damon Ira Chance
 
2007 Ruby Blue
Jack
 
2007 Go Go Tales
The Baron
 
2007 Outlaw
Walter Lewis
 
2007 Sparkle
Vince
 
2006 The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
Badger
 
2006 Hollywoodland
Eddie Mannix
 
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Winston (voice)
 
2006 Paris, je t'aime
Bob (segment "Pigalle")
 
2005/I Stay
Dr. Leon Patterson
 
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents
Vivian Van Damm
 
2005 Son of the Mask
Odin
 
2005 Unleashed
Bart
 
2004 Beyond the Sea
Charlie Cassotto Maffia
 
2004 Vanity Fair
Sir Pitt Crawley
 
2003 Den of Lions
Darius Paskevic
 
2003 Frasier (TV series)
Coach Fuller
– Trophy Girlfriend (2003) … Coach Fuller
 
2003 The Sleeping Dictionary
Henry
 
2003 The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (TV movie)
Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII
 
2002 Maid in Manhattan
Lionel Bloch
 
2002 Where Eskimos Live
Sharkey
 
2001 The Lost World (TV movie)
Prof. George Challenger
 
2001 Last Orders
Ray
 
2001 Enemy at the Gates
Nikita Khrushchev
 
2000 Don Quixote (TV movie)
Sancho Panza
 
2000 Noriega: God's Favorite (TV movie)
Manuel Noriega
 
1999 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Micawber
 
1999 The White River Kid
Brother Edgar
 
1999 A Room for Romeo Brass
Steven Laws
 
1999 American Virgin
Joey
 
1999 Captain Jack
Jack Armistead
 
1999 Felicia's Journey
Joe Hilditch
 
1999 Let the Good Times Roll (short)
Peter
 
1998-1999 The Forgotten Toys (TV series)
Teddy
 
1998 Cousin Bette
Cesar Crevel
 
1998 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Captain Kidd / Himself
– Greg Kinnear/All Saints (1998) … Captain Kidd/Himself
 
1998 Parting Shots
Gerd Layton
 
1997 Twenty Four Seven
Alan Darcy
 
1996 Michael
Vartan Malt
 
1996 The Secret Agent
Verloc
 
1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Redmond
– Fatal Caper (1996) … Redmond
 
1995 The Forgotten Toys (short)
Teddy (voice)
 
1995 Balto
Boris the Goose (voice)
 
1995 Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
 
1995 Rainbow
Frank Bailey
 
1994 World War II: When Lions Roared (TV movie)
Winston Churchill
 
1993 Performance (TV series)
De Flores
– The Changeling (1993) … De Flores
 
1993 The Big Freeze
Sidney, plumber's mate
 
1993 Super Mario Bros.
Mario Mario
 
1992 Blue Ice
Sam Garcia
 
1992 Passed Away
Johnny Scanlan
 
1991 The Inner Circle
Beria
 
1991 Hook
Smee
 
1991 The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
Louis Aubinard
 
1991 Shattered
Gus Klein
 
1990 Mermaids
Lou Landsky
 
1990 Heart Condition
Jack Moony
 
1989 Tummy Trouble (short)
Eddie Valiant (uncredited)
 
1988 The Raggedy Rawney
Darky
 
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Eddie Valiant
 
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
James Madden
 
1987 A Prayer for the Dying
Father Michael Da Costa
 
1986 Mona Lisa
George
 
1986 Sweet Liberty
Stanley Gould
 
1985 Mussolini and I (TV movie)
Benito Mussolini
 
1985 Brazil
Spoor
 
1985 The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (short)
George
 
1985 The Dunera Boys (TV movie)
Morrie Mendellsohn
 
1984 The Cotton Club
Owney Madden
 
1984 Weekend Playhouse (TV series)
Eddie Reed
– You Don't Have to Walk to Fly (1984) … Eddie Reed
 
1984 Lassiter
Inspector John Becker
 
1983 Beyond the Limit
Colonel Perez
 
1983 The Beggar's Opera (TV movie)
Beggar
 
1982 Pink Floyd The Wall
Rock and Roll Manager
 
1981 Othello (TV movie)
Iago
 
1979-1981 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (TV series)
Narrator
– The Pursuit of Courtly Love (1981) … Narrator
– A Bit of Rough Shooting (1981) … Narrator (voice)
– Hearts of Oak (1981) … Narrator (voice)
– Laughing Like a Drain (1981) … Narrator (voice)
– Dung from a Rocking Horse (1981) … Narrator (voice)
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1980 The Long Good Friday
Harold Shand
 
1980 Flickers (TV mini-series)
Arnie Cole
– Episode #1.4 (1980) … Arnie Cole
– Episode #1.3 (1980) … Arnie Cole
– Episode #1.2 (1980) … Arnie Cole
– Episode #1.1 (1980) … Arnie Cole
 
1979 Brecht and Co (TV movie)
Member of Brecht's company/Prologue
 
1979 Zulu Dawn
C.S.M. Williams
 
1979 Of Mycenae and Men (TV short)
Mr. Taramasalatopoulos
 
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV mini-series)
Arthur Parker
– Says My Heart (1978) … Arthur Parker
– Painting the Clouds (1978) … Arthur Parker
– Better Think Twice (1978) … Arthur Parker
– Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) … Arthur Parker
– The Sweetest Thing (1978) … Arthur Parker
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1977 Rock Follies of '77 (TV series)
Johnny Britten
– The Real Life (1977) … Johnny Britten
– The Divorce (1977) … Johnny Britten
– The Loony Tunes (1977) … Johnny Britten
 
1977 Van der Valk (TV series)
Johnny Palmer
– Dead on Arrival (1977) … Johnny Palmer
 
1977 Three Piece Suite (TV series)
Reg (Wonderful Woman)
– After You're Gone/Little Things... Parking/Wonderful Woman (1977) … Reg (Wonderful Woman)
 
1976 The Crezz (TV series)
Det. Sgt. Marble
– A Flash of Inspiration (1976) … Det. Sgt. Marble
 
1976 Thriller (TV series)
Sammy Draper
– Kill Two Birds (1976) … Sammy Draper
 
1975 On the Move (TV series)
Alf
 
1975 Royal Flash
Police Constable
 
1974 Thick as Thieves (TV series)
Dobbs
– Holy Deadlock (1974) … Dobbs
– Home & Away (1974) … Dobbs
– Three Into Two Won't Go (1974) … Dobbs
– The Trouble with Tommy (1974) … Dobbs
– Two Men in My Life (1974) … Dobbs
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1972-1974 Play for Today (TV series)
Blake / Taxi driver / Woodbine
– Schmoedipus (1974) … Blake
– Her Majesty's Pleasure (1973) … Woodbine
– The Bankrupt (1972) … Taxi driver
 
1974 Shoulder to Shoulder (TV mini-series)
Jack Dunn
– Outrage (1974) … Jack Dunn
 
1974 If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (TV movie)
The Sexton
 
1974 Inserts
Big Mac
 
1973 Softly Softly: Task Force (TV series)
Parker
– Signed Off (1973) … Parker
 
1973 Sir Yellow (TV series)
– I'll Tag Along with Thee (1973)
 
1973 New Scotland Yard (TV series)
Eddie Wharton
– Weight of Evidence (1973) … Eddie Wharton
 
1973 The National Health
Foster
 
1973 Crown Court (TV series)
Freddy Dean
– A Crime in Prison: Regina vs. Ager and Lanigan - Part 3 (1973) … Freddy Dean
– A Crime in Prison: Regina v Ager and Lanigan: Part 2 (1973) … Freddy Dean
– A Crime in Prison: Regina v Ager and Lanigan: Part 1 (1973) … Freddy Dean
 
1973 And All Who Sail in Her (TV movie)
Billy
 
1972 Kate (TV series)
Heavy
– A Nice Rest (1972) … Heavy
 
1972 Villains (TV series)
Charles 'Knocker' Grindley / Charles Grindley
– Knocker (1972) … Charles Grindley
– Move In, Move On (1972) … Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
– George (1972) … Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
 
1972 Up the Front
Recruiting Sgt.
 
1972 The Main Chance (TV series)
Workman
– Acting for Self (1972) … Workman
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (performer: "Merry-Go-Round Broke Down")
 
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV mini-series)
– Says My Heart (1978) ("Says My Heart" - uncredited, "Pick Yourself Up" - uncredited, "Haunting Me" - uncredited, "Pennies from Heaven" - uncredited, "Roll Along Covered Wagon" - uncredited, "I Like to Go Back in the Evening" - uncredited, "The Glory of Love" - uncredited)
– Painting the Clouds (1978) (performer: "My Woman" - uncredited / "Hands Across the Table" - uncredited)
– Better Think Twice (1978) (performer: "Okay Toots" - uncredited / "We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines" - uncredited, "Fancy Our Meeting" - uncredited, "Roll Along Prairie Moon" - uncredited)
– Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) (performer: "You and the Night and the Music" - uncredited / "Roll Along Prairie Moon" - uncredited, "Easy Come, Easy Go" - uncredited)
– The Sweetest Thing (1978) (performer: "You Couldn't Be Cuter" - uncredited / "Without That Certain Thing" - uncredited, "Dreaming a Dream" - uncredited, "Yes, Yes My Baby Said Yes, Yes" - uncredited, "Just Let Me Look at You" - uncredited)
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Show ShowDirector (4 titles)
1999 Tube Tales (segment "My Father the Liar")
 
1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
– Fatal Caper (1996)
 
1995 Rainbow
 
1988 The Raggedy Rawney
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents (executive producer)
 
1996 The Secret Agent (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1988 The Raggedy Rawney (screenplay)
 
Show ShowSelf (50 titles)
2011 Neverland: Where It All Began (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Paul O'Grady Live (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.3 (2010) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 Xposé (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.42 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' (video short)
Himself
 
2008 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 January 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Guns, Gangsters and Getaways: The Story of the British Crime Thriller (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2007 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.15 (2007) … Himself
– Episode #9.5 (2005) … Himself
 
2005-2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Films of the Year (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2006 MovieReal: Hollywoodland (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Fame Can Be a Killer: The Making of 'Hollywoodland' (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Bloody Business (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Mrs Henderson Presents: Making Of (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
 
2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Richard & Judy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Cast & Crew (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Long Good Friday (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Bobby's World: The Making of 'Beyond the Sea' (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Tribute to John Mills (TV documentary)
Himself - Contributor
 
2003 Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Michael Caine (2003) … Himself
 
2002 RIP 2002 (TV documentary)
Himself/interviewee
 
2002 Premio Donostia a Bob Hoskins (TV movie)
Himself - Honoree
 
1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Bob Hoskins (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 April 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #12.9 (1998) … Himself
 
1997 Spice World
Himself
 
1997 The Making of 'Super Mario Brothers' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 De domingo a domingo (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.1 (1997) … Himself - Guest
 
1997 Lo + plus (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
– Very Important Pennis: Part 1 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Des O'Connor Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 March 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Ding Dong
Himself
 
1994 In the Wild (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Tigers with Bob Hoskins (1994) … Himself
 
1994 Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (TV documentary)
 
1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1991-1993 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.11 (1993) … Himself
– Episode #8.10 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Comic Relief (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Movie Life of George (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 July 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1988 Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 November 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (documentary)
The Secret Policeman (voice)
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1987 The Trouble with Michael Caine (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1982 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself / Nathan Detroit
– Guys and Dolls (1982) … Himself / Nathan Detroit
 
1979 Turning Year Tales (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979) … Himself - Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2012 Her Master's Voice (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Great British Sunday (TV documentary)
Alf (uncredited)
 
2007 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Premio Donostia a Max Von Sydow (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection (video)
Lou Landsky
 
2003 Cher: The Farewell Tour (TV documentary)
Lou Landsky
 
2002 Heroes of Black Comedy
Himself
 
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (TV movie)
Himself on Wogan
 

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Height:

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"Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny DeVito, there's only me to play them". See more »

Trivia:

Replaced Danny DeVito as "Mario" in Super Mario Bros.. See more »

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Gravelly Voice See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio