Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 October 1942) is an
English actor, known for playing
Cockney rough diamonds, psychopaths and gangsters, in films such as
The Long Good Friday (1980), and
Mona Lisa (1986), and lighter roles in
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and
Hook (1991).
Early life
Hoskins was born in
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk,
England, the son of Elsie Lillian (
née Hopkins), a cook and nursery-school teacher, and Robert William Hoskins, Sr., a bookkeeper and
lorry (truck) driver.
[Bob Hoskins Biography (1942-)]['The Method? Living it out? Cobblers!' | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film] One of Hoskins' grandmothers was a
Romani.
His father, a
Communist, brought up Hoskins as an
atheist, and he now describes himself as an agnostic.
[www.celebatheists.com/index.php?title=Bob_Hoskins] In 1967, aged 25, he spent a short period in kibbutz
Zikim in
Israel.
