Bob Hoskins

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Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins AKA Robert William Hoskins Jr.

Born: 26-Oct-1942
Birthplace: Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Bob Hoskins quit school at 15, and to support himself, he worked as a window cleaner, truck driver, steeplejack, merchant seaman, circus performer, ditch-digger, commercial artist, and accountant. He spent two years in Syria living amongst Bedouin tribes. He says he became an actor accidentally, in 1968, after several drinks in a British pub. His first marriage ended in divorce when Hoskins had an affair. When the divorce was finalized in 1978, Hoskins was left with nothing, and had a nervous breakdown. At rock bottom, he lived in his Jeep, but rock bottom didn't last long. His 1980 role as a British gangster in The Long Good Friday with Helen Mirren made him a star. His films include Mona Lisa with Michael Caine, and Terry Gilliam's classic nightmare Brazil. Hoskins has also earned good reviews playing J. Edgar Hoover, Nikita Khrushchev, Benito Mussolini, and Manuel Noriega, but he remains best known for co-starring with cartoons in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

Father: Robert Hoskins Sr. (bookkeeper)
Mother: Elsie (German gypsy, nursery school teacher, d. 1995)
Wife: Jane Livesey (teacher, m. 1967, div. 1978, two children)
Son: Alex (with Livesey)
Daughter: Sarah (with Livesy)
Wife: Linda Banwell (teacher, m. 1982)
Daughter: Rosa (with Banwell, b. 1985)
Son: Jack (with Banwell, b. 1986)

High School: Stroud Green School, London (dropped out)

Nervous Breakdown 1978

FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Raggedy Rawney (10-Sep-1988)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Doomsday (14-Mar-2008)
Outlaw (24-Feb-2007)
Hollywoodland (31-Aug-2006)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (15-Jun-2006) [VOICE]
Paris, je t'aime (18-May-2006)
Stay (24-Sep-2005)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (9-Sep-2005)
Unleashed (2-Feb-2005)
Beyond the Sea (11-Sep-2004)
Vanity Fair (01-Sep-2004)
Son of the Mask (2004)
Den of Lions (13-May-2003)
The Sleeping Dictionary (31-Jan-2003)
Maid in Manhattan (13-Dec-2002)
Where Eskimos Live (11-Jan-2002)
The Lost World (25-Dec-2001)
Last Orders (10-Sep-2001)
Enemy at the Gates (7-Feb-2001)
Don Quixote (9-Apr-2000)
Noriega: God's Favorite (4-Mar-2000)
American Virgin (11-Feb-2000)
David Copperfield (25-Dec-1999)
The White River Kid (12-Nov-1999)
A Room for Romeo Brass (23-Aug-1999)
Felicia's Journey (May-1999)
Parting Shots (18-Mar-1999)
Cousin Bette (12-Jun-1998)
Spice World (15-Dec-1997)
TwentyFourSeven (31-Aug-1997)
Michael (25-Dec-1996)
The Secret Agent (7-Sep-1996)
Balto (22-Dec-1995) [VOICE]
Nixon (20-Dec-1995)
Super Mario Bros. (28-May-1993)
Blue Ice (9-Oct-1992)
Passed Away (24-Apr-1992)
The Inner Circle (25-Dec-1991)
Hook (11-Dec-1991)
Shattered (25-Sep-1991)
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (9-Sep-1991)
Mermaids (14-Dec-1990)
Heart Condition (02-Feb-1990)
The Raggedy Rawney (10-Sep-1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (21-Jun-1988)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (23-Dec-1987)
A Prayer for the Dying (21-Aug-1987)
Mona Lisa (13-Jun-1986)
Sweet Liberty (14-May-1986)
Brazil (20-Feb-1985)
The Cotton Club (14-Dec-1984)
Lassiter (17-Feb-1984)
The Honorary Consul (30-Sep-1983)
Pink Floyd The Wall (14-Jul-1982)
Othello (4-Oct-1981)
The Long Good Friday (Nov-1980)
Zulu Dawn (15-May-1979)
Pennies From Heaven (7-Mar-1978)
Royal Flash (2-Oct-1975)
Inserts (19-Feb-1975)

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