Bob Hoskins

1942–2014 · English actor

Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker in the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven. He subsequently played acclaimed lead roles in the films The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), TwentyFourSeven (1997), Felicia's Journey (1999), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), Last Orders (2001), The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003) and Ruby Blue (2008).

Bob Hoskins, in order

1974 Thick as Thieves (TV series): acted
1975 Inserts: acted · directed by John Byrum · critics 69%, audiences 56% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, MGM+
1975 Royal Flash: acted · directed by Richard Lester
1978 Pennies from Heaven (TV series): acted · directed by Piers Haggard
1979 Zulu Dawn: acted · directed by Douglas Hickox
1980 The Long Good Friday: acted · directed by John Mackenzie
1982 Pink Floyd – The Wall: acted · directed by Alan Parker
1983 The Honorary Consul: acted · directed by John Mackenzie
1984 Lassiter: acted · directed by Roger Young
1984 The Cotton Club: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 75%, audiences 57% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
1985 Brazil: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 98%, audiences 90%
1985 Mussolini and I (TV movie): acted · directed by Alberto Negrin
1985 The Dunera Boys (TV movie): acted · directed by Ben Lewin
1986 Mona Lisa: acted · directed by Neil Jordan
1986 Sweet Liberty: acted · directed by Alan Alda
1987 A Prayer for the Dying: acted · directed by Mike Hodges · critics 50%, audiences 53% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne: acted · directed by Jack Clayton
1988 The Raggedy Rawney: directed, wrote, acted
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 96%, audiences 85% · streaming on Disney+
1990 Heart Condition: acted · directed by James D. Parriott
1990 Mermaids: acted · directed by Richard Benjamin · critics 71%, audiences 70% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
1991 Hook: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 37%, audiences 76% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, YouTube (free)
1991 Shattered: acted · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · critics 40%, audiences 59% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
1991 The Inner Circle: acted · directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
1992 Blue Ice: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
1992 Passed Away: acted · directed by Charlie Peters
1992 The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish: acted · directed by Ben Lewin
1993 Super Mario Bros.: acted · directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton
1993 The Big Freeze: acted · directed by Eric Sykes
1994 A Century of Cinema: acted · directed by Caroline Thomas
1994 World War II: When Lions Roared (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
1995 Nixon: acted · directed by Oliver Stone · critics 76%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla
1995 Rainbow: directed, acted
1996 Michael: acted · directed by Nora Ephron
1996 The Secret Agent: acted · directed by Christopher Hampton
1997 Spice World: acted · directed by Bob Spiers · critics 35%, audiences 45%
1997 Twenty Four Seven: acted · directed by Shane Meadows
1998 Cousin Bette: acted · directed by Des McAnuff
1998 Parting Shots: acted · directed by Michael Winner
1999 A Room for Romeo Brass: acted · directed by Shane Meadows
1999 American Virgin: acted · directed by Jean-Pierre Marois
1999 Felicia's Journey: produced, acted · directed by Atom Egoyan · critics 88%, audiences 71% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
1999 The White River Kid: acted · directed by Arne Glimcher
1999 Tube Tales: directed
2000 Don Quixote (TV movie): acted · directed by Peter Yates
2000 Noriega: God's Favorite (TV movie): acted · directed by Roger Spottiswoode
2001 Enemy at the Gates: acted · directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud · critics 53%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
2001 Last Orders: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi
2001 The Lost World (TV movie): acted · directed by Stuart Orme
2002 Maid in Manhattan: acted · directed by Wayne Wang
2002 Where Eskimos Live: acted · directed by Tomasz Wiszniewski
2003 Den of Lions: acted · directed by James Bruce
2003 The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (TV movie): acted · directed by Ricky Tognazzi
2003 The Sleeping Dictionary: acted · directed by Guy Jenkin
2004 Beyond the Sea: acted · directed by Kevin Spacey · critics 43%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
2004 Vanity Fair: acted · directed by Mira Nair
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents: produced, acted · directed by Stephen Frears
2005 Son of the Mask: acted · directed by Lawrence Guterman
2005 Stay: acted · directed by Marc Forster
2005 Unleashed: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 67%, audiences 74%
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties: acted · directed by Tim Hill
2006 Hollywoodland: acted · directed by Allen Coulter
2006 Paris, je t'aime: acted · directed by Alexander Payne and Alfonso Cuarón · critics 85%, audiences 84% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
2007 Go Go Tales: acted · directed by Abel Ferrara
2007 Outlaw: acted · directed by Nick Love
2007 Ruby Blue: acted · directed by Jan Dunn
2007 Sparkle: acted · directed by Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger
2008 Doomsday: acted · directed by Neil Marshall
2008 The Englishman's Boy (TV movie): acted · directed by John N. Smith
2009 Pinocchio (TV series): acted · directed by Alberto Sironi
2010 Made in Dagenham: acted · directed by Nigel Cole
2011 Neverland (TV series): acted · directed by Nick Willing
2011 Will: acted · directed by Ellen Perry
2012 Outside Bet: acted · directed by Sacha Bennett
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman: acted · directed by Rupert Sanders
Flickers (TV series): acted