Bob Hoskins

Born: 1942-10-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor, known for playing Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as The Long Good Friday (1980), and Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Hook (1991).


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Hook

as William Smee / Sweeper in Kensington Gardens
Released: 1991-04-10

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate...

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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

as Winston (voice)
Released: 2006-06-15

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield...

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as Eddie Valiant
Released: 1988-06-21

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the...

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as Nikita Khrushchev
Released: 2001-02-28

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

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as Muir
Released: 2012-05-30

After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered...

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Mermaids

as Lou Landsky
Released: 1990-12-14

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different...

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Unleashed

as Bart
Released: 2005-02-02

Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart,...

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Brazil

as Spoor
Released: 1985-02-20

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring...

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Mona Lisa

as George
Released: 1986-06-13

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of...

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A Christmas Carol

as Fezziwig / Old Joe (voice)
Released: 2009-11-04

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...

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Stay

as Dr. Leon Patterson
Released: 2005-09-24

Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to...

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Balto

as Boris the Goose (voice)
Released: 1995-12-22

An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

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Doomsday

as Bill Nelson
Released: 2008-03-14

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of...

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Nixon

as J. Edgar Hoover
Released: 1995-12-22

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...

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Shattered

as Gus Klein
Released: 1991-10-11

Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married...

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Maid in Manhattan

as Lionel Bloch
Released: 2002-12-13

Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a...

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Son of the Mask

as Odin
Released: 2005-02-18

Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the...

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Hollywoodland

as Eddie Mannix
Released: 2006-08-31

When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired...

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Super Mario Bros.

as Mario Mario
Released: 1993-05-28

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved...

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Michael

as Vartan Malt
Released: 1996-12-25

Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from...

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Heart Condition

as Jack Moony
Released: 1990-02-02

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black...

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Vanity Fair

as Sir Pitt Crawley
Released: 2004-09-01

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving...

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Paris Je T'aime

as Bob (Pigalle)
Released: 2006-06-21

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished...

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Cousin Bette

as Cesar Crevel
Released: 1998-06-12

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy...

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Outlaw

as Walter Lewis
Released: 2007-03-09

A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form...

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Spice World

as Self
Released: 1997-12-18

World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour...

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as Albert Passingham
Released: 2010-10-01

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked...

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Pink Floyd: The Wall

as Rock and Roll Manager
Released: 1982-07-14

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation...

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Pinocchio

as Geppetto
Released: 2009-11-01

The enchanted story of Pinocchio.

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The Sleeping Dictionary

as Henry
Released: 2003-01-31

A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government....

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Passed Away

as Johnny Scanlan
Released: 1992-04-24

Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving...

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Tight Spot

as TV Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1955-03-19

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious...

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Zulu Dawn

as C.S.M. Williams
Released: 1979-05-14

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

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The Long Good Friday

as Harold Shand
Released: 1980-11-01

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate...

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Sweet Liberty

as Stanley Gould
Released: 1986-05-16

Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The...

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Eddie Valiant (archive footage)
Released: 2009-09-05

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The...

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The Cotton Club

as Owney Madden
Released: 1984-12-14

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves...

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Last Orders

as Ray
Released: 2001-09-10

Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he...

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Royal Flash

as Police Constable
Released: 1975-10-10

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...

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Mrs. Henderson Presents

as Vivian Van Damm
Released: 2005-09-08

Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby....

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Will

as Davey
Released: 2011-11-04

Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a...

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Lassiter

as Inspector John Becker
Released: 1984-02-17

Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German...

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Othello

as Iago
Released: 1981-10-04

Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet...

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Outside Bet

as Percy 'Smudge' Smith
Released: 2012-04-27

A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.

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Don Quixote

as Sancho Panza
Released: 2000-04-09

Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for...

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Beyond the Sea

as Charlie Cassotto Maffia
Released: 2004-11-16

Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and...

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Inserts

as Big Mac
Released: 1975-02-20

A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early...

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TwentyFourSeven

as Alan Darcy
Released: 1997-08-31

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around...

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A Prayer for the Dying

as Father Michael Da Costa
Released: 1987-09-11

Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job"

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Blue Ice

as Sam Garcia
Released: 1992-10-09

An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid...

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Parting Shots

as Gerd Layton
Released: 1999-05-14

Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only...

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Go Go Tales

as The Baron
Released: 2007-05-23

A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.

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The Lost World

as Prof. Challenger
Released: 2001-12-25

This Lost World is a splendid BBC TV dramatisation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous adventure...

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Felicia's Journey

as Joe Hilditch
Released: 1999-10-08

Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead...

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American Virgin

as Joey
Released: 2000-06-02

When your father is a pornographer, what can you do to shock him? If you're Katrina Bartalotti,...

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The Honorary Consul

as Colonel Perez
Released: 1983-09-30

Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English...

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Captain Jack

as Jack Armistead
Released: 1999-05-28

A sea captain with a vessel not deemed sea worthy by the ship inspectors assembles a motley crew...

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The Changeling

as De Flores
Released: 1993-12-11

Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes...

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Rainbow

as Frank Bailey
Released: 1996-07-26

Four kids and a dog embark on the adventure of a lifetime -- the search for the end of the...

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Ruby Blue

as Jack
Released: 2007-05-17

An elderly man's innocent friendship with an eight year old girl is tarnished by the assumptions...

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Sparkle

as Vince
Released: 2007-08-17

Liverpool chancer Sam moves to London with his aspiring chanteuse mum and begins an affair with...

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The White River Kid

as Brother Edgar
Released: 1999-01-01

Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial...

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Nothing Like a Dame

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2018-05-02

BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Elieen...

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Neverland

as Spugna
Released: 2011-12-02

Peter grew up on the streets of London in the late 19th century. Together with other...

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Schmoedipus

as Blake (Tom's Boss)
Released: 1974-06-20

Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and...

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The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as James Madden
Released: 1987-12-23

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She...

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The Inner Circle

as Beria
Released: 1992-02-28

Life changes for a Moscow worker when he's made Stalin's personal film projectionist but cannot...

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Noriega: God's Favorite

as Manuel Noriega
Released: 2000-03-04

The story of Panamanian dictator, Manuel Noriega.

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The Good Pope

as Angelo Roncalli / Pope John XXIII
Released: 2003-01-28

Angelo Roncalli, born in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, is known for his profound spirituality as well...

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Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-11-03

A documentary about the making of the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie.

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Up the Front

as Recruiting Sergeant
Released: 1972-01-01

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er...

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Den of Lions

as Darius Paskevic
Released: 2003-05-13

A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.

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A Room for Romeo Brass

as Steven Laws
Released: 1999-08-23

Two twelve-year-old boys, Romeo and Gavin, undergo an extraordinary test of character and...

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The Dunera Boys

as Morrie Mendellsohn
Released: 1985-10-03

At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter...

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The Favor, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

as Louis Aubinard
Released: 1991-05-01

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a...

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The Secret Agent

as Verloc
Released: 1996-11-08

In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government,...

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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

as Self
Released: 1999-06-15

The incredible evolution of George Lucas' special effects dream factory, including an inside...

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The Bankrupt

as Taxi driver
Released: 1972-11-27

Ellis Cripper has lost his money and his memory; in different ways he tries to make sense of his...

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An Accidental Studio

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-07-12

Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel,...

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The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

as The Secret Policeman (voice)
Released: 1987-01-01

When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format...

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Mussolini and I

as Benito Mussolini
Released: 1985-04-14

A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days...

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An Audience with Billy Connolly

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: 1985-10-26

Billy Connolly delivers his special brand of stand-up comedy and abrasive humour in front of a...

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The Raggedy Rawney

as Darky
Released: 1988-09-20

During WWII a youth deserts his country's army after a combat experience, but not before...

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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1988-12-25

The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.

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The National Health

as Foster
Released: 1973-03-06

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A...

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The Wind in the Willows

as Badger
Released: 2006-12-18

Matt Lucas as a marvellous Toad, Mark Gatiss as a spiky rat, Lee Ingleby as a nervous Mole, and...

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The Forgotten Toys

as Teddy (voice)
Released: 1995-01-01

A festive tale about two lost toys searching for a new home.

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Ding Dong

as Self
Released: 1995-06-14

Door to Door Make Overs...Madness...Murder!!! Ding Dong is the story of two women in love. They...

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The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

as George
Released: 1985-08-28

Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with...

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The Beggar's Opera

as Beggar
Released: 1983-01-01

A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC...

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Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday'

as Self
Released:

The Making of 'Doomsday'

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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

as Self
Released: 1988-07-14

A behind-the-scenes documentary hosted by Joanna Cassidy on the making of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

as Himself
Released: 2012-03-11

Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and...

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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

as Self
Released: 1994-02-01

A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of...

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The Big Freeze

as Sidney, plumber's mate
Released: 1993-11-17

A silent comedy. Two accident-prone plumbers go to fix the plumbing at a home for retired...

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Brecht and Co

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-10

Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his...

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Kill Two Birds

as uncredited
Released: 1975-10-28

Two female tourists are taken hostage by an ex-con attempting to recover money he once robbed...

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Where Eskimos Live

as Sharkey
Released: 2002-01-11

Sharkey, part of the sinister world of child trade, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war, dreaming...

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The Story of Pantomime

as Self
Released: 1976-12-23

This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the...

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Her Majesty's Pleasure

as Woodbine
Released: 1973-10-25

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making.Their...

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An Audience with Dudley Moore

as uncredited
Released: 1981-12-26

Outstanding comedian and musician Dudley Moore regales his spellbound audience in typical...

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Bob Hoskins in a coach talking about film 'Rainbow'

as Himself
Released:

Bob Hoskins in a coach talking about the film Rainbow.

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Frasier

as Coach Fuller
First aired: 1993-09-16

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Blake
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Redmond
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Van der Valk

as Johnny Palmer
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as Self
First aired: 2001-11-02

Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from...

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The Main Chance

as Workman
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Crown Court

as Freddy Dean
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Thriller

as Sammy Draper
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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New Scotland Yard

as Eddie Wharton
First aired: 1972-04-22

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV...

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Performance

as De Flores
First aired: 1991-02-22

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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The Forgotten Toys

as Teddy (voice)
First aired: 1997-01-01

The Forgotten Toys is an animated series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment, featuring the...

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David Copperfield

as Micawber
First aired: 1999-12-25

Charles Dickens' haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather...

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The Street

as Paddy Gargan
First aired: 2006-04-13

Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.

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Pennies from Heaven

as Arthur Parker
First aired: 1978-03-07

Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is...

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Neverland

as Smee
First aired: 2011-12-04

Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by...

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Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce

as Benito Mussolini
First aired: 1985-09-08

A docu-drama about Italy's fascist regime leader Benito Mussolini.

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The Lost World

as Professor Challenger
First aired: 2001-12-25

Professor Challenger, on an expedition to South America, shoots an animal that he claims is a...

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Flickers

as Arnie Cole
First aired: 1980-09-17

Arnie Cole (Hoskins) and his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the...

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The Englishman's Boy

as Damon Ira Chance
First aired: 2008-03-02

Haunting Film recalls a tragic journey that culminates in one of the most brutal historical...

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Thick As Thieves

as George Dobbs
First aired: 1974-06-01

British ITV sitcom starring John Thaw and Bob Hoskins as two friends in a love triangle.

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World War II: When Lions Roared

as Winston Churchill
First aired: 1994-01-01

A 1994 war television miniseries which portrays Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as they...

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Shoulder to Shoulder

as Jack Dunn
First aired: 1974-04-03

The lives of the Pankhurst women and their role in the Suffragette Movement.

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Pinocchio

as Geppetto
First aired: 2009-11-01

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The Crezz

as Det. Sgt. Marble
First aired: 1976-09-16

The Crezz is a British television drama produced by Thames Television and shown on the ITV...

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Three Piece Suite

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-15

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Villains

as Charles 'Knocker' Grindley
First aired: 1972-07-22

Villains is a crime drama series, shown in the UK in 1972, following the linked fates of nine...

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