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| 13 | ->''"I came into this business uneducated, dyslexic, 5ft 6in, cubic, with a face like a squashed cabbage -- and they welcomed me with open arms."'' |
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| 15 | Robert William Hoskins, Jr. (26 October 1942 -- 29 April 2014) was an English actor known for playing Cockneys and gangsters. He appeared in films such as ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday'' (1980), ''Film/MonaLisa'' (1986), ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (1988), ''Film/{{Mermaids|1990}}'' (1990), ''Film/{{Hook}}'' (1991), ''[[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1993), ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' (1995), ''Film/MaidInManhattan'' (2002), ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|2009}}'' (2009), and (in his final role) ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' (2012). |
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| 17 | Hoskins was the recipient of the prestigious Prix d'interprétation masculine. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his role in ''Mona Lisa'' (and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor) in 1987 and an International Emmy Award for Best Actor for his appearance on the [[Creator/TheBBC BBC One]] drama ''Series/{{The Street|BBC}}'' in 2009. And he was [[Creator/ChrisClaremont Chris Claremont]]'s choice to play ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. |
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| 19 | He was highly regarded by colleagues, critics and audiences alike. Colleagues such as Creator/HelenMirren knew him as a down-to-Earth professional actor, while critics and audiences recognised his appearances in any production as a bright spot. He retired from acting in 2012 due to the onset of Parkinson's disease and died in 2014 from pneumonia. |
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| 21 | !!Roles with pages on TV Tropes: |
| 22 | * ''Film/UpTheFront'' (1972) - Recruiting Sergeant |
| 23 | * ''Series/PenniesFromHeaven'' (1978) - Arthur Parker |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday'' (1980) - [[LondonGangster Harold Shand]] |
| 25 | * ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' (1981) - Iago |
| 26 | * ''[[Music/TheWall Pink Floyd — The Wall]]'' (1982) - Band Manager |
| 27 | * ''Film/TheCottonClub'' (1984) - Owney Madden |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' (1985) - Spoor |
| 29 | * ''Film/SweetLiberty'' (1986) - Stanley Gould |
| 30 | * ''Film/MonaLisa'' (1986) - George |
| 31 | * ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' (1988) - [[HardboiledDetective Eddie Valiant]] |
| 32 | * ''Film/HeartCondition'' (1990) - Det. Jack Moony |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Mermaids|1990}}'' (1990) - Lou Landsky |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheInnerCircle'' (1991) - Lavrenti Beria |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Shattered|1991}}'' (1991) - Gus Klein |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Hook}}'' (1991) - [[LargeHam Smee]] |
| 37 | * ''[[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1993) - the eponymous [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario Mario]] |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' (1995) - J. Edgar Hoover |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' (1995) - Boris the Goose |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheForgottenToys'' (1995) - Teddy |
| 41 | * ''{{Film/Rainbow}}'' (1996) - Frank (also directed) |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Michael}}'' (1996) - Vartan Malt |
| 43 | * ''Literature/TheSecretAgent'' (1996) - Adolf Verloc |
| 44 | * ''Film/SpiceWorld'' (1997) - [[AsHimself Himself]] |
| 45 | * ''Film/PartingShots'' (1998) - Gerd Layton |
| 46 | * ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'' (1999) - Wilkins Micawber |
| 47 | * ''Literature/DonQuixote'' (2000) - Sancho Panza |
| 48 | * ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates'' (2001) - Nikita Khrushchev |
| 49 | * ''Film/LastOrders'' (2001) - Ray Johnson |
| 50 | * ''Series/{{The Lost World|2001}}'' (2001) - Professor Challenger |
| 51 | * ''Film/MaidInManhattan'' (2002) - Lionel Bloch |
| 52 | * ''Literature/VanityFair'' (2004) - Sir Pitt Crawley |
| 53 | * ''Film/BeyondTheSea'' (2004) - Charlie Maffia |
| 54 | * ''Film/DannyTheDog'' aka ''Unleashed'' (2005) - [[TheFagin Bart]] |
| 55 | * ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' (2005) - Odin |
| 56 | * ''Film/{{Stay}}'' (2005) - Leon |
| 57 | * ''Film/MrsHendersonPresents'' (2005) - Vivian Van Damm |
| 58 | * ''Film/{{Hollywoodland}}'' (2006) - Eddie Mannix |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Doomsday}}'' (2008) - [[OnlySaneMan Bill Nelson]] |
| 60 | * ''Series/{{The Street|BBC}}'' (2009) - Paddy Gargan |
| 61 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|2009}}'' (2009) - Fezziwig and Old Joe |
| 62 | * ''Series/{{Neverland}}'' (2011) - Smee |
| 63 | * ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' (2012) - Muir |
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| 65 | !!Bob Hoskins' work provides examples of: |
| 66 | %%As with all Creator/ pages, trivia tropes about the creator specifically are to be posted here, not a Trivia/ page, as they technically are InUniverse in the case of the person's career. |
| 67 | %%However: As with all Creator/ pages, items that could go on a specific work's trivia page go there, not here. |
| 68 | * {{Acrofatic}}: A former acrobat, Hoskins was noted for doing many of his own stunts. |
| 69 | * FakeAmerican: Many of his most famous roles are as Americans, but he was a full-blooded Cockney. |
| 70 | * MethodActing: Got so into imagining his costars in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' that he hallucinated cartoon rabbits and weasels in his daily life for months afterwards. |
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