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| Born | Robert William Hoskins 26 October 1942 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Livesey Linda Banwell |
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland (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). Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 Live-action/animated film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released See also Hook (video game Hook is a 1991 family Fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Early life
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. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland , a bookkeeper and lorry driver. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. [1][2] One of Hoskins' grandmothers was a Romani. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins [3] In 1967, while aged 25, he spent a short period in kibbutz Zikim in Israel. Zikim (זיקים is a Kibbutz in the southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon
Career
After beginning his acting career on the London stage in the late 1960s, Hoskins first gained wide attention in the original BBC television serial version of Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven as sheet music salesman Arthur Parker and On the Move (both 1978), an educational series intended to tackle adult illiteracy. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935&ndash7 June 1994 was a controversial English Dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. Later, he played Iago in Jonathan Miller's BBC Television Shakespeare production of Othello. Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is a British Neurologist, Theatre and Opera director
Hoskins' performances in British films such as The Long Good Friday (1980) and Mona Lisa (1986) won him the wider approval of the critics and, in the case of the latter, a Cannes Award, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The United Kingdom has been influential in the technological, commercial and artistic development of cinema. The Long Good Friday is a British Gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. Mona Lisa is a 1986 British film about a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class Call girl. The Best Actor Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize He also delivered comic turns in Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985) and Super Mario Bros. (1993). Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. Super Mario Bros is a 1993 adventure - family comedy based loosely on the popular video game of the same name. Hoskins was not initially aware that Super Mario Bros. was based on the popular video game of the same name. Super Mario Bros is a 1993 adventure - family comedy based loosely on the popular video game of the same name. His son had asked him what film he was working on, and recognizing it, showed Hoskins the video game on the Nintendo video game console. The Nintendo Entertainment System (often abbreviated as NES or simply Nintendo) is an 8-bit Video game console that was released by In a 2007 interview, he referred to the film as "the worst thing I ever did. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set!". [2] During the late 1980s and early 1990s he appeared in advertising for the recently privatised companies of British Gas and British Telecom (now BT Group).
Hoskins made a cameo appearance as a rock band's manager in the Pink Floyd film The Wall, with a two-word expletive spoken part. Pink Floyd are Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 Musical film by British director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album He has also directed films. He was slated to be a last-minute replacement in the film The Untouchables if star Robert De Niro had not decided to play Al Capone. The Untouchables is a 1987 crime drama film based on the 1959 television series, and follows Eliot Ness 's Autobiographical Robert Mario De Niro Jr (born August 17 1943 is a two-time Academy Award -winning American Film Actor, director and producer Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who When De Niro took the part, director Brian De Palma mailed Hoskins a cheque for US$ 200,000 with a Thank You note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more movies he didn't want him to be in. Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11 1940 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Film director.
Hoskins' first appearance to mainstream American audiences was in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Some of Hoskins' other notable appearances include playing opposite Cher in Mermaids (1990), boatswain Smee to Captain Hook in Hook (1991), and Uncle Bart, the violent "owner" of Jet Li in Unleashed. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Mermaids is a 1990 comedy - Drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, A boatswain or bosun /ˈbosn̩/ is an unlicensed member of the Deck department of a Merchant ship. The works of J M Barrie about Peter Pan feature many memorable characters. "Captain Hook" is also a nickname for former baseball manager Sparky Anderson. See also Hook (video game Hook is a 1991 family Fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. Li Lianjie (born April 26 1963 better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese martial artist (Kung fu Actor, Wushu champion Unleashed (also known as Danny the Dog) is a 2005 action / thriller film, directed by Louis Leterrier He has also performed in several television productions for the BBC, including Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven, Flickers, David Copperfield, and Wind in the Willows. Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935&ndash7 June 1994 was a controversial English Dramatist, best known for The Singing Detective Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial by the highly-regarded television playwright Dennis Potter. David Copperfield is a two part BBC television drama Adaptation of Charles Dickens ' novel David Copperfield, adapted He played Nikita Khrushchev in the movie Enemy at the Gates (2001). Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 War film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law and Ed Harris set during the Battle Khrushchev was shown in his political commissar days during the Battle of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad is a commonly used name in English sources for several large operations by Germany and its allies and Soviet forces conducted with the He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Mrs Henderson Presents. Mrs Henderson Presents is a Academy Award nominated comedy film of 2005 directed by Stephen Frears.
Hoskins has done some of the voice-overs on advertisements for Tesco and more recently Argos. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain He recently starred in the music video for Jamie T's Sheila, playing the eponymous girl's father and lip-syncing to the music. Jamie Treays (born 8 January 1986) known by his stage name Jamie T, is a 22-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, " Sheila " is the first single by Jamie T from his debut album Panic Prevention. Lip-sync or Lip-synch (short for lip Synchronization) is a technical term for matching lip movements with voice
Personal life
Hoskins has two children with his current wife, and two children from a previous marriage.
Filmography
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References
- ^ Bob Hoskins Biography (1942-)
- ^ a b 'The Method? Living it out? Cobblers!' | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film
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