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'Robert William "Bob" Hoskins Jr.' (born October 26, 1942) is an English Academy Award-nominated actor best 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). He has two children with his current wife, and two children from a previous marriage.

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Career

After beginning his acting career on the London stage in the late 1960's, 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, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also delivered comic turns in Terry Gilliam's ''Brazil'' (1985), ''Super Mario Bros.'' (1993) and ''Mrs Henderson Presents'' (2005)—for which he received a Golden Globe nomination (Best Supporting Actor). 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).
He played Nikita Khrushchev in the movie ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001). Khrushchev was shown in his political commissar days during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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. He has also directed films. He was slated to be a last-minute replacement in the film ''The Untouchables'' if star Robert DeNiro had not decided to play Al Capone. When DeNiro took the part, director Brian DePalma mailed Hoskins a cheque for US$ 200,000 with a Thank You note, which prompted Hoskins to call up DePalma and ask him if there were any more movies he didn't want him to be in.
Some of Hoskins' other notable appearances include playing the fallen-on-hard-times detective Eddie Valiant in the classic animation/live action film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988), playing opposite Cher in ''Mermaids'' (1990), bosun Smee to Captain Hook in ''Hook'' (1991), and Uncle Bart, the violent "owner" of Jet Li in ''Unleashed''. 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''.
Hoskins' first appearance to mainstream American audiences was in ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''. His American accent was so convincing, many cinema goers who hadn't previously known of him simply assumed he was actually an American actor.
Hoskins has done some of the voice-overs on advertisements for Tesco and more recently Argos.
Hoskins wasn't initially aware that Super Mario Bros. was based on the popular video game of the same name. His son had asked him what film he was working on, and recognising it, showed Hoskins the video game on the Nintendo video game console. In a 2007 interview, he referred to the film as "the worst thing I ever did".
He recently starred in the music video for Jamie T's ''Sheila'', playing the titular girl's father and lip-syncing to the music.
Hoskins will reunite with ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' director Robert Zemeckis for a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Jim Carrey will star as Ebeneezer Scrooge as well as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Hoskins will play Mr Fezziwig.

Filmography

★ ''A Christmas Carol'' (2008) (pre-production) - Mr Fezziwig ★ ''Doomsday'' (2007) (filming) - Bill Nelson ★ ''Go Go Tales'' (2007) (post-production) - The Baron ★ ''The Englishman's Boy'' (2007) (TV) (post-production) - Damon Ira Chance ★ ''Ruby Blue'' (2007) (completed) - Jack ★ ''Outlaw'' (2007) - Walter Lewis ★ ''Sparkle'' (2007) - Vince ★ ''The Wind in the Willows'' (2006) (TV) - Badger ★ ''Hollywoodland'' (2006) - Eddie Mannix ★ '' (2006) (voice) - Winston ★ ''Paris, je t'aime'' (2006) - Bob Leander (segment 'Pigalle') ★ ''Stay'' (2005) - Dr. Leon Patterson ★ ''Mrs Henderson Presents'' (2005) - Vivian Van Damm ★ ''Son of the Mask'' (2005) - Odin ★ ''Unleashed'' (2005) - Bart ★ ''Beyond the Sea'' (2004) - Charlie Maffia ★ ''Vanity Fair'' (2004) - Sir Pitt Crawley ★ ''Den of Lions'' (2003) - Darius Paskevic ★ ''Frasier'' (2003) (TV series) - Coach Fuller ★ ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' (2003) - Henry ★ '' (2003) (TV) - Angelo Roncalli/Pope John XXIII ★ ''Maid in Manhattan'' (2002) - Lionel Bloch, Beresford Butler ★ ''Where Eskimos Live'' (2002) - Sharkey ★ ''The Lost World'' (2001) (TV) - Prof. George Challenger ★ ''Last Orders'' (2001) - Ray 'Raysie' Johnson ★ ''Enemy at the Gates'' (2001) - Nikita Khrushchev ★ ''Don Quixote'' (2000) (TV) - Sancho Panza ★ '' (2000) (TV) - Manuel Noriega ★ ''American Virgin'' (2000) - Joey ★ ''David Copperfield'' (1999) (TV) - Micawber ★ ''The White River Kid'' (1999) - Brother Edgar ★ ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' (1999) - Steven Laws ★ ''Felicia's Journey'' (1999) - Hilditch ★ ''Captain Jack'' (1999) - Jack Armistead ★ ''Parting Shots'' (1999) - Gerd Layton ★ ''Let the Good Times Roll'' (1999) - ★ ''Cousin Bette'' (1998) - Cesar Crevel ★ ''Saturday Night Live'' (1998) (TV) - Captain Kidd ★ ''Spice World'' (1997) - Geri's Disguise ★ '' (1997) - Alan Darcy ★ ''Michael'' (1996) - Vartan Malt ★ ''The Secret Agent'' (1996) - Verloc ★ ''Rainbow'' (1996) - Frank Bailey ★ ''Tales from the Crypt'' (1996) (TV series) ★ ''Balto'' (1995) (voice) - Boris the Goose ★ ''Nixon'' (1995) - J. Edgar Hoover ★ ''The Forgotten Toys'' (1995-1999) (voice) - Teddy ★ ''World War II - When Lions Roared'' (1994) (TV) - Winston Churchill ★ ''The Changeling'' (1994) (TV) - De Flores ★ ''The Big Freeze'' (1993) - Sidney, plumber's mate

★ ''Super Mario Bros.'' (1993) - Mario ★ ''Blue Ice'' (1992) - Sam Garcia ★ ''Passed Away'' (1992) - Johnny Scanlan ★ ''The Inner Circle'' (1991) - Beria ★ ''Hook'' (1991) - Smee ★ ''Shattered'' (1991) - Gus Klein (pet store owner/private investigator) ★ ''The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish'' (1991) - Louis Aubinard ★ ''Mermaids'' (1990) - Lou Landsky ★ ''Heart Condition'' (1990) - Jack Moony ★ ''The Raggedy Rawney'' (1988) - Darky ★ ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) - Eddie Valiant ★ ''The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne'' (1987) - James Madden ★ ''A Prayer for the Dying'' (1987) - Father Michael Da Costa ★ ''Mona Lisa'' (1986) - George ★ ''Sweet Liberty'' (1986) - Stanley Gould ★ '' (1985) (TV) - Benito Mussolini ★ ''Brazil'' (1985) - Spoor ★ ''The Dunera Boys'' (1985) (TV) - Morrie Mendellsohn ★ ''The Woman Who Married Clark Gable'' (1985) - George ★ ''The Cotton Club'' (1984) - Owney Madden ★ ''Lassiter'' (1984) - Inspector John Becker ★ ''The Honorary Consul'' (1983) - Colonel Perez ★ ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1983) (TV) - Beggar ★ ''Pink Floyd The Wall'' (1982) - Rock and Roll Manager ★ ''Othello'' (1981) (TV) - Iago ★ ''The Long Good Friday'' (1980) - Harold ★ ''Flickers'' (1980) (TV) - Arnie Cole ★ ''Big Jim and the Figaro Club'' (1979) (TV) - Narrator ★ ''Zulu Dawn'' (1979) - C.S.M. Williams ★ ''Of Mycenae and Men'' (1979) (TV) - Mr. Taramasalatopoulos ★ ''Pennies from Heaven'' (1978) (TV) - Arthur Parker ★ ''On the Move'' (1978) (TV) - Alf ★ ''Rock Follies of '77'' (1977) (TV) - Johnny Britten ★ ''Van der Valk'' (1977) - Johnny Palmer ★ ''The Crezz'' (1976) (TV) - Det. Sgt. Marble ★ ''Thriller'' (1976) (TV) - Sammy Draper ★ ''Royal Flash'' (1975) - Police Constable ★ ''Thick as Thieves'' (1974) (TV) - Dobbs ★ ''Shoulder to Shoulder'' (1974) (TV) - Jack Dunn ★ ''Inserts'' (1974) - Big Mac ★ ''Softly Softly'' (1973) (TV) - Parker ★ ''New Scotland Tard'' (1973) (TV) - Eddie Wharton ★ ''Crown Court'' (1973) (TV) ★ ''The National Health'' (1973) - Foster ★ ''Villians'' (1972) (TV) ★ ''Up the Front'' (1972) - Recruiting Sergeant

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★ Interview in The Guardian 3/8/2007 : 'The Method? Living it out? Cobblers!'