Bob Hoskins

Although Bob Hoskins first became widely known to American audiences as a detective assigned to investigate a cartoon rodent in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), the balding, burly actor had long been r...
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BirthDate
BirthPlace
10/25/1942
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England
  • DiCaprio Circling Eastwood's 'Hoover' Biopic?
    By: Hollywood.com Staff March 31, 2010 11:54am EST
    Superstar may team with the prolific director on Imagine Entertainment's biopic
  • Rep denies Hoskins' retirement claims
    By: WENN.com Source February 28, 2010 12:00pm EST
    A representative for Bob Hoskins has contradicted the actor over his retirement plans, insisting the star is "definitely interested in working."
  • Hoskins quit booze for wife
    By: WENN.com Source November 10, 2009 12:15pm EST
    Movie legend Bob Hoskins credits his wife with forcing him to quit drinking alcohol - because he would have died if he'd carried on boozing.
  • Carrey brings Christmas chaos to London
    By: WENN.com Source November 04, 2009 4:00am EST
    Jim Carrey, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins switched on London's Christmas lights as thousands of people attempted to break the record to hold the world's biggest carol sing-a-long.
  • Disney's A Christmas Carol Review
    By: Thomas Leupp November 03, 2009 1:29pm EST
    Charles Dickens’ timeless holiday tale gets a refreshing update courtesy of Jim Carrey and director Robert Zemeckis.
  • Fascinating fact:
    By: WENN.com Source November 03, 2009 12:15pm EST
    JIM CARREY and his A CHRISTMAS CAROL co-stars BOB HOSKINS and COLIN FIRTH teamed up to switch on Central London's Christmas lights prior to the world premiere of their festive 3-D film on Tuesday (03Nov09).
  • Hoskins: 'Roger Rabbit drove me mad'
    By: WENN.com Source October 27, 2009 11:15am EST
    British actor Bob Hoskins was driven to the brink of insanity by his role in 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit - he spent months suffering hallucinations of cartoon characters from the film.
  • Fascinating fact:
    By: WENN.com Source October 13, 2009 5:00am EST
    Stars including COLIN FIRTH, JIM CARREY and BOB HOSKINS will light up London this Christmas. All three actors, who star in a new animated version of A Christmas Carol, will take part in the ceremony to switch on the holiday lights in the British capital on 3 November (09).
  • British producer Parsons dies
    By: WENN.com Source August 21, 2009 10:15am EST
    Award-winning movie producer Clive Parsons has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 66.
  • Doomsday Review
    By: Mark Burger March 14, 2008 1:41pm EST
    This post-apocalyptic action blowout, courtesy of writer/director Neil Marshall, lives fast and dies hard--but it delivers the goods.