Bob Hoskins

Robert William Hoskins (October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014) was an English actor. His work included lead roles in Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980), with Helen Mirren; Neil Jordan‘s Mona Lisa (1986), with Cathy Tyson and Michael Caine; Robert Zemeckis‘ Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), with Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, the voices of Charles Fleischer and Kathleen Turner; Richard Benjamin‘s Mermaids (1990), with Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci; and Super Mario Bros. (1993), with John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper.

Notable supporting performances include Terry Gilliam‘s Brazil (1985), with Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, and Ian Holm; Steven Spielberg‘s Hook (1991), with Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, and Maggie Smith; Oliver Stone‘s Nixon (1995), with Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, J.T. Walsh, James Woods, Paul Sorvino, Ed Harris, Madeline Kahn, and David Hyde Pierce; Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Enemy at the Gates (2001), with Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Harris, Joseph Fiennes, and Ron Perlman; Stephen Frears‘s Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Judi Dench, Kelly Reilly, Will Young, and Christopher Guest; A Christmas Carol (2009), with Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, and Cary Elwes; Made in Dagenham (2010), with Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Geraldine James, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone, Daniel Mays and Richard Schiff; and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), with Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, and Toby Jones.

Other notable films include Heart Condition (1990), with Denzel Washington; The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), with Jeff Goldblum and Natasha Richardson; Wolfgang Petersen‘s Shattered (1991), with Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley, and Corbin Bernsen; Passed Away (1992), with Blair Brown, Tim Curry, Frances McDormand, William Petersen, Pamela Reed, Peter Riegert, Maureen Stapleton, Nancy Travis, and Jack Warden; The Big Freeze (1993), with John Mills, Donald Pleasence, and Spike Milligan; The Secret Agent (1996), with Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, and Christian Bale; Nora Ephron‘s Michael (1996), with John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Joey Lauren Adams, and Robert Pastorelli; and Cousin Bette (1998), with Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie, Aden Young, Kelly Macdonald, Geraldine Chaplin; Peter Yates‘s TV movie Don Quixote (2000), with John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Lambert Wilson, Amelia Warner, Tony Haygarth, Peter Eyre, Lilo Baur, James Purefoy, and Trevor Peacock; Sparkle (2007), with Stockard Channing, Shaun Evans, and Anthony Head.

Hoskins also directed two feature films: The Raggedy Rawney (1988), with Dexter Fletcher, Zoe Nathenson, and Zoë Wanamaker; and Rainbow (1996), with Terry Finn, Jacob Tierney, Saul Rubinek, and Dan Aykroyd. He received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mona Lisa. He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the same role. In 2009, Hoskins won an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his appearance on the BBC One drama The Street. Hoskins retired from acting in 2012 because he had developed Parkinson’s disease, and died from pneumonia on 29 April 2014, at age 71.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

Up the Front (1972) – directed by Bob Kellett
And All Who Sail in Her (1973) – directed by Kenneth Ives – TV short
The National Health (1973) – directed by Jack Gold
If There Weren’t Any Blacks You’d Have to Invent Them (1974) – directed by Bill Hays – TV movie
Inserts (1975) – directed by John Byrum
Royal Flash (1975) – directed by Richard Lester
Pennies from Heaven (1978) – directed by Piers Haggard – miniseries
Of Mycenae and Men (1979) – directed by Hugh David – TV short
Zulu Dawn (1979) – directed by Douglas Hickox
Brecht and Co (1979) – directed by Robert Vas – TV movie
Sheppey (1980) – directed by Anthony Page – TV movie
The Long Good Friday (1980) – directed by John Mackenzie
Flickers (1980) – directed by Cyril Coke – miniseries
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981) – directed by Anthony Simmons – TV movie
Othello (1981) – directed by Jonathan Miller – TV movie
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) – directed by Alan Parker
The Honorary Consul (1983) – directed by John Mackenzie – aka Beyond the Limit
The Beggar’s Opera (1983) – directed by Jonathan Miller – TV movie
Lassiter (1984) – directed by Roger Young
The Cotton Club (1984) – directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Brazil (1985) – directed by Terry Gilliam
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985) – directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan – short
Mussolini and I (1985) – directed by Alberto Negrin – miniseries
The Dunera Boys (1985) – directed by Ben Lewin – miniseries
Sweet Liberty (1986) – directed by Alan Alda
Mona Lisa (1986) – directed by Neil Jordan
A Prayer for the Dying (1987) – directed by Mike Hodges
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) – directed by Jack Clayton
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) – directed by Robert Zemeckis & Richard Williams (uncredited animation director)
The Raggedy Rawney (1988) – also director, co-writer
Tummy Trouble (1989) – directed by Frank Marshall (live action) & Rob Minkoff (animation) – uncredited – short
Heart Condition (1990) – directed by James D. Parriott
Mermaids (1990) – directed by Richard Benjamin
Shattered (1991) – directed by Wolfgang Petersen
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) – directed by Ben Lewin
Hook (1991)* – directed by Steven Spielberg
The Inner Circle (1991) – directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Passed Away (1992) – directed by Charlie Peters
Blue Ice (1992) – directed by Russell Mulcahy
Super Mario Bros. (1993) – directed by Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel
The Big Freeze (1993) – directed by Eric Sykes – TV movie
The Changeling (1993) – directed by Simon Curtis – TV movie
World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) – directed by Joseph Sargent – miniseries – aka Then There Were Giants
Nixon (1995) – directed by Oliver Stone
Balto (1995) – directed by Simon Wells
Rainbow (1996) – also director
The Secret Agent (1996) – directed by Christopher Hampton
Michael (1996)* – directed by Nora Ephron
Twenty Four Seven (1997) – directed by Shane Meadows
Spice World (1997) – directed by Bob Spiers – cameo
Cousin Bette (1998) – directed by Des McAnuff
Parting Shots (1999) – directed by Michael Winner
Felicia’s Journey (1999) – directed by Atom Egoyan
Captain Jack (1999) – directed by Robert Young
A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) – directed by Shane Meadows
The White River Kid (1999) – directed by Arne Glimcher – aka White River, The Conmen
David Copperfield (1999) – directed by Simon Curtis – miniseries
Let the Good Times Roll (1999) – directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite – short
American Virgin (2000) – directed by Jean-Pierre Marois
Noriega: God’s Favorite (2000) – directed by Roger Spottiswoode – TV movie
Don Quixote (2000) – directed by Peter Yates – TV movie
Enemy at the Gates (2001) – directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Last Orders (2001) – directed by Fred Schepisi
The Lost World (2001) – directed by Stuart Orme – TV movie
Where Eskimos Live (2002) – directed by Tomasz Wiszniewski – aka Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi
Maid in Manhattan (2002) – directed by Wayne Wang
The Good Pope (2003) – directed by Ricky Tognazzi – TV movie
The Sleeping Dictionary (2003) – directed by Guy Jenkin – straight to video
Den of Lions (2003) – directed by James Bruce – straight to video
Vanity Fair (2004) – directed by Mira Nair
Beyond the Sea (2004) – directed by Kevin Spacey
Unleashed (2005) – directed by Louis Leterrier – aka Danny the Dog
Son of the Mask (2005) – directed by Lawrence Guterman
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) – directed by Stephen Frears
Stay (2005) – directed by Marc Forster
Paris, je t’aime (2006) – directed by Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel & Ethan Coen, Isabel Coixet, Gérard Depardieu, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Nobuhiro Suwa, Alexander Payne, Tom Tykwer, Walter Salles, Yolande Moreau, & Gus Van Sant – anthology – aka Paris, I Love You
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) – directed by Tim Hill
Hollywoodland (2006) – directed by Allen Coulter
The Wind in the Willows (2006) – directed by Rachel Talalay – TV movie
Sparkle (2007) – directed by Tom Hunsinger & Neil Hunter
Outlaw (2007) – directed by Nick Love
Go Go Tales (2007) – directed by Abel Ferrara
Ruby Blue (2008) – directed by Jan Dunn
The Englishman’s Boy (2008) – directed by John N. Smith – miniseries
Doomsday (2008) – directed by Neil Marshall
Pinocchio (2008) – directed by Alberto Sironi – TV movie
A Christmas Carol (2009) – directed by Robert Zemeckis
Made in Dagenham (2010) – directed by Nigel Cole
Will (2011) – directed by Ellen Perry
Neverland (2011) – directed by Nick Willing – miniseries
Outside Bet (2012) – directed by Sacha Bennett – aka Weighed In: The Story of the Mumper
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) – directed by Rupert Sanders

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