ROSA HOSKINS recalls how her father, the late, great actor Bob, used to describe himself as "five foot six cubic and not your typical movie star". (1990), Major League TV acting debut, "Villains on the High Road" (London Weekend Television), an episode of the series "Villains", Co-starred on the comedy series "Thick as Thieves" (LWT), Starred in the popular BBC miniseries "Pennies From Heaven," scripted by Dennis Potter, Appeared opposite France de la Tour in the ATV series "Flickers", Delivered strong turn as a British gangster in "The Long Good Friday", Scored a triumph as Nathan Detroit in the West End production of the stage musical "Guys and Dolls", Featured as a Rock and Roll Manager in "Pink Floyd The Wall," written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters, Cast as nighclub owner Owney Madden in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club", U.S. miniseries debut, played the title character in HBO's "Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce", Earned critical acclaim as a cab driver who falls in love with a prostitute in "Mona Lisa"; nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, Played an American screenwriter in Alan Alda's "Sweet Liberty", Starred opposite Maggie Smith in "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne", Made feature directorial and screenwriting debut with "The Raggedy Rawney"; also starred, First mainstream American film, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", Cast as the pirate Smee in Steven Spielberg's "Hook", First U.S. TV-movie, the Russell Mulcahy directed "Blue Ice" for HBO, Teamed with John Leguizamo for the big-budget disappointment "Super Mario Bros.", Portrayed Winston Churchill in the NBC miniseries "World War II: When Lions Roared", Portrayed J. Edgar Hoover in Oliver Stone's "Nixon", Returned to the London stage to star in "Old Wicked Songs", TV directorial debut (also starred), "A Fatal Caper" episode of "Tales From the Crypt", Directed (also starred) the family adventure film "Rainbow", Landed acclaimed screen role as the owner of a boxing club in Shane Meadows' "TwentyFourSeven", Re-teamed with Shane Meadows for a cameo role as a teacher in "A Room for Romeo Brass", Earned plaudits for his performance as a serial killer in Atom Egoyan's "Felicia's Journey", Starred as the Panamanian dictator in "Noriega: God's Favorite" (Showtime), Portrayed Sancho Panza in the TNT production "Don Quixote", Played Nikita Khruschev in the war drama "Enemy at the Gates", Appeared as a paternal butler in "Maid in Manhattan", Featured in the period romance "The Sleeping Dictionary", Portrayed Bobby Darin's (Kevin Spacey) brother in law in "Beyond the Sea," a biopic of the legendary signer Bobby Darin, Co-starred with Jet Li in "Unleased," written by Luc Besson, Co-starred (also produced) in "Mrs. Henderson Presents," directed by Stephen Frears; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Played MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix in "Hollywoodland", Co-starred in the science fiction film "Doomsday", Lent his voice to Robert Zemeckis' animated adaptation of "A Christmas Carol", Cast as one of the eight dwarfs in "Snow White and the Huntsman" opposite Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron, Announced retirement from acting due to Parkinson's disease. Hoskins was not the first choice for the role;Harrison Ford,Bill Murray, andEddie Murphywere all considered for the part. Denzel Washington stars as Napoleon Stone, a lawyer, and Bob Hoskins stars as Jack Moony, a police officer. [37], After his death,Robert Zemeckis, the director ofWho Framed Roger Rabbit, said that Hoskins brought enjoyment to audiences worldwide. Heart Condition is a 1990 American buddy fantasy comedy film starring Bob Hoskins, Denzel Washington and Chloe Webb. seal-lucky.com communaut francophone N1 du tlchargement gratuit des films , series, jeux, music , Logiciels, mangas, ebooks gratuitement sur uptobox, 1fichier, uploaded et en Streaming sur mystream.to In an Adventure with Scientists! The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of . Brazil (1985), Lowest Rated: Private eyes, gangsters, working class toughs - English actor Bob Hoskins excelled at them all during an international stage and screen career that concurrently showcased the everyman's ability to pass as American, Italian or even Russian. (1988). People always think I play gangsters but God knows how many films Ive made and Ive played three gangsters in all that time.. [35], On 29 April 2014, he died ofpneumoniaat a hospital inLondon,Englandat age 71. Born in Suffolk in 1942, he arrived in London when he was two weeks old. (1986), Mona Lisa [13]His breakthrough in television came later in the original BBC version ofDennis Potter's innovative 6-part fantasy-dramaPennies from Heaven(1978), in which he portrayed adulterous sheet music salesman Arthur Parker. Hoskins reveals in the interview that he was told that Super Mario Bros.was a video game by his son, who then proceeded to show him the little red pixelated plumber jumping up and down. Hoskins has said he was able to maintain control of the skill he'd given himself for some time, but after eight months of filming, that control began to degrade. Highlights included his playful odd-couple double act with Fred Gwynne in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984), and his portrayal of a down-at-heel businessman wooing an alcoholic piano teacher (Maggie Smith) in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). (1979), Inserts By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and His son and daughter are now 44 and 40 respectively and relations were repaired enough for Alex to work as assistant editor on Rainbow, a children's film Hoskins directed in 1995. (1988), Cry Terror! (1991), Hook Father of Rosa Hoskins (born 1983) and Jack Hoskins (born 1986) with Linda . (2000), Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects Bob Hoskins was born in an ordinary English family. Liz Thomas This film has long been absent from the DVD market and gets a deserved release now. He weighted 165 lbs (75 kg) - approximately. Sony Pictures Entertaiment Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. He concentrated predominantly on his film career. In a press release through his agent, the actor stated that he looked forward to spending time with his family in a quiet retirement, asking only that the press respect his privacy in the matter. He eventually began seeing cartoon . Hoskins returned to working class territory as a fatherly butler in the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy "Maid in Manhattan" (2002), but fared better co-starring with Brenda Blethyn in the 1920s-set romance "The Sleeping Dictionary" (2003). His nuanced performance as an ex-con who lands a job driving a beautiful call girl (Cathy Tyson) only to get drawn into her personal life proved Hoskins as a believable romantic lead, earning him a Best Actor Academy Award nomination and a win at the Golden Globe Awards. Hes never afraid of expressing his opinion. But he was characteristically subtle as a publican standing up to thugs in Jimmy McGovern's BBC series The Street (2009), for which he won an International Emmy award. It was a weird and wild production, guys. When Mooney and Stone's mother are standing at the foot of the bed and Mooney opens his shirt, you can see Stone's mother's hand on his chest, but in the next shot, she is just now reaching for his chest. [20]As his character interacts and makes physical contact withanimated charactersin the film, Hoskins was required to take mime training courses in preparation. (1996), David Copperfield [25]In 2009 he returned to television forJimmy McGovern's drama serialThe Street, playing a publican who opposes a local gangster. 'She is very pretty, very elegant - and very tall.'. He was raised by a bookkeeper (father) and a teacher (mother). Somehow it worked. In 1981, he played Iago opposite Anthony Hopkins in Jonathan Miller's BBC adaptation of Othello and also met Linda Banwell. In Hollywood he made The Cotton Club for Francis Ford Coppola, Brazil for Terry Gilliam and Super Mario Bros for a husband-and-wife team who he has described as such nightmares that their agent told them not to turn up on set. (1998), Parting Shots [2][3]His grandmother wasRomani. [5] He attended Stroud Green Secondary School where he . (1984), Lassiter British filmssuch asThe Long Good Friday(1980) andMona Lisa(1986) won him the wider approval of critics, the latter film winning him aCannes Award, Best ActorGolden Globe,BAFTAAwards, and anAcademy Awardnomination forBest Actor. (1994), Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown It's also a cinematic masterpiece in its devotion to detail ensuring that each point the two-dimensional characters touch in the three-dimensional world leave traces of their existence in the form of fingerprints, jostled furniture, and being affected by the lighting around them. This meant that Hoskins had to perform all his scenes opposite nothing rubber mock-up puppets were used for rehearsing and blocking scenes, but cameras started rolling, he was almost completely on his own. His birthday was on October 26, 1942. (1994), Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (2003), Maid in Manhattan As Hoskins played with her and observed how she crafted this imaginary pal, he learnt how to "hallucinate.". We shouldnt have been together. https://www.britannica.com/facts/Bob-Hoskins, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Linda Banwell (married 1982) Jane Livesey (19671978), Golden Globe Award (1987): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012) "Outside Bet" (2012) "Neverland" (2011) "Will" (2011) "Made in Dagenham" (2010) "A Christmas Carol" (2009) "The Street" (2009) "The Last Word Monologues" (2008) "Doomsday" (2008) "The Englishman's Boy" (2008) "Ruby Blue" (2007) "Go Go Tales" (2007) "Outlaw" (2007) "Sparkle" (2007) "Hollywoodland" (2006) "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties" (2006) "Paris, je t'aime" (2006) "Stay" (2005) "Mrs Henderson Presents" (2005) "Son of the Mask" (2005) "Unleashed" (2005) "Beyond the Sea" (2004) "Vanity Fair" (2004) "Den of Lions" (2003) "Frasier" (2003) "The Sleeping Dictionary" (2003) "Maid in Manhattan" (2002) "Where Eskimos Live" (2002) "Last Orders" (2001) "Enemy at the Gates" (2001) "David Copperfield" (1999) "The White River Kid" (1999) "A Room for Romeo Brass" (1999) "American Virgin" (1999) "Captain Jack" (1999) "Felicia's Journey" (1999) "Parting Shots" (1998) "Cousin Bette" (1998) "TwentyFourSeven" (1997) "The Forgotten Toys" (1997) "Michael" (1996) "The Secret Agent" (1996) "Tales from the Crypt" (1996) "Balto" (1995) "Nixon" (1995) "Rainbow" (1995) "Then There Were Giants" (1994) "Performance" (1993) "Super Mario Bros." (1993) "Blue Ice" (1992) "Passed Away" (1992) "The Inner Circle" (1991) "Hook" (1991) "The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish" (1991) "Shattered" (1991) "Mermaids" (1990) "Heart Condition" (1990) "The Raggedy Rawney" (1988) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" (1987) "A Prayer for the Dying" (1987) "Mona Lisa" (1986) "Sweet Liberty" (1986) "The Dunera Boys" (1985) "Mussolini and I" (1985) "Brazil" (1985) "The Cotton Club" (1984) "Weekend Playhouse" (1984) "Lassiter" (1984) "The Honorary Consul" (1983) "Pink Floyd: The Wall" (1982) "Big Jim and the Figaro Club" (19791981) "Flickers" (1980) "The Long Good Friday" (1980) "Zulu Dawn" (1979) "Pennies from Heaven" (1978) "Rock Follies of '77" (1977) "Van der Valk" (1977) "Three Piece Suite" (1977) "The Crezz" (1976) "Thriller" (1975) "On the Move" (1975) "Royal Flash" (1975) "Inserts" (1975) "Thick as Thieves" (1974) "Play for Today" (19721974) "Shoulder to Shoulder" (1974) "Softly Softly: Task Force" (1973) "Sir Yellow" (1973) "New Scotland Yard" (1973) "Omnibus" (1973) "The National Health" (1973) "Crown Court" (1973) "Kate" (1972) "Villains" (1972) "Up the Front" (1972) "The Main Chance" (1972), "Tube Tales" (1999) "Tales from the Crypt" (1996) "Rainbow" (1995) "The Raggedy Rawney" (1988). Wednesday, 1st March 2023See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. The live-action footage ofWho Framed Roger Rabbit was shot first, since director Robert Zemeckis insisted it be captured like any other live-action production with dynamic camera movement and lighting rather than the static framing and one-dimensional lighting often seen in animated films for the sake of simplicity and cost reduction. Bob Hoskins died of pneumonia on April 29, 2014. (2002), The White River Kid In the wake of the film's success, he worked widely in Hollywood: with Denzel Washington in the comic thriller Heart Condition, and Cher in Mermaids (both 1990) and playing Smee (a role he reprised on TV in the 2011 Neverland) in Spielberg's Hook (1991). More screen success followed. Captain Jack is a 1999 British comedy film produced by John Goldschmidt and written by Jack Rosenthal.The cast includes Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Gemma Jones, Anna Massey, Peter McDonald, Maureen Lipman and Michele Dotrice.The film was produced by Goldschmidt's own company Viva Films Ltd. and was distributed on video by Koch Vision. However, he has admitted that the experience sent him off his rocker and it took a psychologist to explain that he was having a breakdown. Playing an ambitious East End gangster in The Long Good Friday (1980), he added an intimidating quality to the vulnerability already established. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.". You do that for eight months it becomes hard to get rid of. Not Available, Birthday: Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and raised in north London, he was the only child of Robert, a bookkeeper, and Elsie, a teacher and school cook. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. His wicked turn as a decidedly gay J. Edgar Hoover in Oliver Stone's sprawling "Nixon" (1995) put him back at the top of Hollywood's character want-list, and he held that position with his amusing performance as a tabloid editor in search of an angel in "Michael" (1996). Funny as that sounds, it has to be quite terrifying to live through. He went on to playIagoinJonathan Miller'sBBC Television Shakespeareproduction ofOthello(1981). The film about a WWI soldier (Dexter Fletcher) who encounters a band of gypsies led by Hoskins received a mixed reception, with some complaining of the shift in tones from whimsical to serious, while others praised the acting and camera work. Its a great loss to the business that hes leaving it., An undiluted radical who hates Tony Blair even more than he hated Margaret Thatcher, he never wants to be Sir Bob Hoskins. Sign Up now to stay up to date with all of the latest news from TCM. [15][16]Other television work includedFlickers, portrayingWilkins MicawberinDavid Copperfield(1999), andThe Wind in the Willows(2006). Bob Hoskins' son got upset when his dad didn't introduce him to the cartoon characters. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex, Bob Hoskins in Pennies From Heaven. Hoskins was introduced to American audiences with his performance as American gangster Owen Madden in Francis Ford Coppola's major misfire, "The Cotton Club," (1984) as well as his portrayal of fascist leader Mussolini in the HBO miniseries "Mussolini and I" (1985). I was concentrating on making my name as an actor. Alex Hoskins was born in 1969. In The Long Good Friday, he showed the charismatic swagger necessary to fill a cinema screen, though it was the picture's final shot a protracted close-up of Hoskins's defiant face that sticks most indelibly in the memory. He started but did not complete a 3-yearaccountancycourse. That's all an actor is. Bob Hoskins, 73, of Georgetown died at 6:28 a.m. Thursday (Dec. 19, 2002) at home. (1988). He then did a turn as cruel Uncle Bart, a British gangster who cruelly raises a young man (Jet Li) to be a cold-blooded fighter in Luc Besson's "Unleashed" (2005). Bob Hoskins was an English actor, theatre artist, voice actor, and director known for his roles like Vivian Van Damm in Mrs Henderson Presents, Albert in Made in Dagenham, Ray "Raysie" Johnson in Last Orders, Hilditch in Felicia's Journey, Arthur Parker in Pennies from Heaven , J. Edgar Hoover in Nixon, Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Bob Hoskins (Robert William Hoskins) was born on 26 October, 1942 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK, is an Actor, Soundtrack, Director. As Bob used to describe himself, he was fat and short, nevertheless Hoskins was the most changeable person in the world. He says he fitted into the business like a sore foot in a soft shoe and he would be heartbroken if he were ever told as he now has been that he would never make another film. This site uses cookies to serve you better. (1999), Rainbow He was also nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Actorfor the same role. He studied accountancy but couldnt face the thought of office life and went travelling, ending up picking fruit on a kibbutz in Israel. Their goal would be to find the mysterious men that shot and killed . The chief catalyst of his disillusionment with Hollywood was his work on the disastrous 1993 videogame spin-off Super Mario Bros. His parts in US films were intermittent thereafter, and included playing JEdgar Hoover in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995). [37]Among the actors who paid tribute at his funeral wereStephen Fry,Samuel L. Jackson, andHelen Mirren, who said that "London will miss one of her best and most loving sons". [31][32]He made light of his similarities with film actorDanny DeVito, whom he joked would play him in a film about his life. Moving into the early 1990s, the seemingly stalled actor churned out a few commercial vehicles that were decidedly unworthy of his talents, i.e., "Passed Away" (1992) and "Super Mario Bros." (1993). (1994), World War II: When Lions Roared (Charles Fleischer was standing off-set feeding him Roger Rabbit's dialogue while wearing a full-size Roger Rabbit costume he insisted be made for him to help get into character. In 2012, Hoskins retired from acting due toParkinson's disease, and he died from pneumonia on 29 April 2014, at age 71. (1995), The Big Freeze Private eyes, gangsters, working class toughs - English actor Bob Hoskins excelled at them all during an international stage and screen career that concurrently showcased the everyman's ability to . (1990), Heart Condition Doctors told him to take just a few months off, but Hoskins decided not to work again for an entire year after Who Framed Roger Rabbit; those releases after his return to working were Heart Condition and Mermaids in 1990. "[10]His audition was successful and Frost became his understudy. Plenty of better-looking performers than Bob Hoskins, who has died aged 71 of pneumonia, have found themselves consigned to a life of bit parts. Maggie Smith in her BAFTA winning performance as Judith Hearne, supported by Bob Hoskins as her flirtatious fellow lodger. (1998), Cousin Bette This creature became flesh on July 29, 1981, the day Prince Charles married Diana. If anyone gets out of their car and wants to have a fight with me, they suddenly look at me and see themselves hanging up on a meat hook and soon bottle out.. In 2011, he was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease and retired from acting the following year. 4. (2010), Disney's A Christmas Carol After they married they had a daughter, Sarah, but they were not happy. Bob starred in comedies, drama movies, actions and TV series. As he puts it: For me a knighthood is like a bowler hat. By creating an account, you agree to the His breakout leading role in the gritty British thriller "The Long Good Friday" (1980) established Hoskins' streetwise charm, and from there, the following he had acquired on British television and the stages of London's West End spread internationally. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Last Orders VHS Big Box Video, Caine Hoskins Mirren at the best online prices at eBay! (1991), Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. Son Jack Hoskins (with Linda Banwell) It was the most awful time in my life. 1978) Hoskins went on to execute an amusing turn as the idiosyncratic Sir Pitt Crawley opposite Reese Witherspoon in Mira Nair's witty adaptation of "Vanity Fair" (2004), which thankfully overshadowed his supporting role in the abysmal sequel, "Son of the Mask" (2005), less than a year later. More recently TV viewers have seen him in the legal drama, The Good Wife, opposite Julianna Margulies. He suffered hallucinations for months after production on the film had ended. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Part of why Bob Hoskins signed on to play Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit was that he knew it was a film his children would enjoy, in particular youngest son Jack, who was two years old at the time. (2001), Enemy at the Gates He met his wife Tracy Pollan when she played his girlfriend Ellen in the American show Family Ties. Hoskins revealed toThe Express back in 2009, "I think I went a bit mad doing that. (1991), The Favour, the Watch, and the Very Big Fish Contribute to this page. Why Bob Hoskins Was Never The Same After Who Framed Roger Rabbit. (2004), The Sleeping Dictionary He curbs his own symptoms with the drug Sinemet and in 1998 had a thalamotomy, an operation to destroy the part of the brain responsible for tremors. (1976), A Fatal Caper Actress Rosa takes . [14]In 1983 Hoskins voiced an advert forWeetabixand during the late 1980s and early 1990s, he appeared in advertising forBritish GasandBritish Telecom(now BT Group). More mainstream fare came with Hoskins' appearance as Muir the Dwarf in the blockbuster fantasy "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012), starring Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth in the title roles, alongside Charlize Theron as the evil queen, Ravenna. (1989), The Dunera Boys Photograph: Moviestore Collection/REX, BobHoskins: we should remember him for his TV work too, BobHoskins appreciation: 'He was fun, likable, generous, warm and clever', BobHoskins: 'A beautiful, kind man who wanted most to be with his family', Helen Mirren on Bob Hoskins: 'A spectacular firework just as it takes off', BobHoskins: forget Mona Lisa, Felicia's Journey was his masterpiece. Bob Hoskins's height was 5ft 6in (169 cm). He is the son of Elsie . In another surprising choice of roles, Hoskins co-starred as a pornographer in "Live Virgin" and rejoined Meadows for a cameo as a teacher in "A Room for Romeo Brass" (1999). HE WAS star of the Eighties Back To The Future trilogy but it was in 1998 while filming the third season of Spin City (a TV show that won him three Golden Globe Awards) that Michael J Fox announced to the cast and crew that he was suffering from early-onset Parkinsons disease. Bob Hoskins was a versatile actor, who had no special theatrical line as he could play any character. The complicated method by which Who Framed Roger Rabbit presented the animated and the real-world together on screen required almost two years of work, stretched the boundaries of physical film technology, and demanded much of its actors. Hoskins is survived by Linda; their children, Rosa and Jack; and Alex and Sarah, the children of his first marriage. [8], Hoskins' acting career began in 1968 at the Victoria Theatre inStoke-on-Trent, in a production ofRomeo and Julietin which he portrayed a servant named Peter. His mother Elsie, who taught him to believe that if anyone didnt like him it was because they had bad taste, was a nursery school cook. National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble, Nominated British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. I had trained myself to hallucinate and in the end it screwed up my brain, he recalled. Bob Hoskinss height was 5ft 6in (169 cm). (1988), carrying the live action/animation hybrid with his convincing interactions with a goofy talking rabbit and a sultry cartoon sex symbol and in the process, earning a Golden Globe for his efforts. (2007), Go Go Tales The ambitious teenager was ready to do any kind of job he was salesman, cleaner, circus performer etc. As the beleaguered, optimistic sheet-music salesman in the BBC series Pennies from Heaven (1978), written by Dennis Potter, he was sweetly galumphing and sincere. Privacy Policy Hoskins was a self-proclaimed rebellious youth who left school at 15 and set off to explore the world, holding a variety of odd jobs along the way, studying accounting and working as a circus fire eater. Hoskins did first-time film director Allen Coulter a favor with his charismatic portrayal of early MGM studio brass Eddie Mannix in the George Reeves (Ben Affleck) biopic, "Hollywoodland" (2006), as well as putting his timeless quality to further good use in family classics "Pinocchio" (ION, 2008) and "A Christmas Carol" (2009), Robert Zemeckis' big budget holiday event starring Jim Carrey as Dickens' holiday grump and Hoskins as his underling Mr. Fezziwig. (1988), Who Framed Roger Rabbit At the heart of Who Framed Roger Rabbit sits Bob Hoskins, who portrays Eddie Valiant theprivate detective attempting toexonerate the titular Roger Rabbit who has been wrongly accused of murder, despite his baggage attached to Toons after his brother was killed years before by one of them. I married her because shed had my son. H e is fiercely proud of his humble roots. The Pirates! Free delivery for many products! See full summary Watch Now: Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and raised in north London, he was the only child of Robert, a bookkeeper, and Elsie, a teacher and school cook. (2006), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties With Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins. He was a delight as the pioneering filmmaker in the series "Flickers" (ATV, 1980) and delivered an outstanding performance as a doomed London mobster in "The Long Good Friday" (1980). Even Hoskins's performance in Super Mario Bros., a feature film based onof all thingsa video game, has much to recommend it, although apart from the obvious money factor, why an actor of Hoskins's gifts would consent to appear in like this and Spice World (the cinematic debut and swan song of the flashin-the-pan British all-girl rock band . A New York mobster in Francis Ford Coppola's "Cotton Club" (1984), Hoskins lent an emotional depth to the ex-con he portrayed in Neil Jordan's "Mona Lisa" (1986), earning a Golden Globe Award for his performance and returning to the ceremony two years later as a nominee for one of the era's most inventive comedies, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" She made me aware that when I drank I was being a complete pain in the arse., I probably wouldn't be alive without her. Your email address will not be published. On April 29, 2014, he died ofpneumoniaat the age of 71 in London, England, United Kingdom. How tall was Bob Hoskins? Without skipping a beat he gave an inspired turn as the notorious Panamanian dictator in "Noriega: God's Favorite" (2001) for Showtime and inhabited a different kind of leader when he portrayed Nikita Khrushchev in the World War II drama, "Enemy at the Gates" (2001). , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. An activist who has won plaudits for his commitment to Parkinsons research and fundraising, Foxs last major film role was in The Frighteners in 1996. Photograph: Everett Collection/REX, Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. (1997), Neverland Hoskins received thebest actor awardat theCannes Film Festival, theBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Roleand theGolden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picturesque Dramafor his role inMona Lisa. Hoskins' situation is one of the most unique ways for a film to leave an imprint on one's life, but in the years following, he recalled itgood cheer and remembered the film as one of his favorites in his career (unlike the flick he's more ignobly known,Super Mario Brothers, which he has referred to as "a f******' nightmare"). Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Son of Bob Hoskins and Jane Livesay. Born Oct. 26, 1942, in Suffolk, Hoskins was raised in North London by his cook mother and clerk father. 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