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.

Bob Hoskins
Hoskins during the filming of Ruby Blue in 2007
Born	Robert William Hoskins (1942-10-26)26 October 1942 Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England
Died	29 April 2014(2014-04-29) (aged 71) London, England
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Resting place	Highgate Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–2012
Spouse(s)	Jane Livesey (1967-1978; divorced) Linda Banwell (m. 1982-2014; his death)
Children	4

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.^[1] He died of pneumonia on the morning of 29 April 2014 in London.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	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 (tied with Michel Blanc in Ménage) 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 (tied with William Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman) 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 (shared with ensemble cast)
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