1942 - 2014
Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor. His work included lead roles in films and television series such as Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), and Super Mario Bros. (1993), and supporting performances in Brazil (1985), Hook (1991), Nixon (1995), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), A Christmas Carol (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Hoskins has received more than 4,719,227 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Bob Hoskins is the 368th most popular actor (down from 356th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 537th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Actor.
Bob Hoskins is most famous for his role as the bumbling detective, Eddie Valiant, in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Among actors, Bob Hoskins ranks 368 out of 10,030. Before him are Sammo Hung, Charlize Theron, Ginger Rogers, Oona O'Neill, Juliette Gréco, and Asta Nielsen. After him are Jeff Goldblum, Chow Yun-fat, Monica Vitti, Carole Lombard, Danny Glover, and Charles Laughton.
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 362
1975 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 363
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 364
1925 - 1991
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 365
1927 - 2020
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 366
1881 - 1972
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 367
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 368
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 369
1955 - Present
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 370
1931 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 371
1908 - 1942
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 372
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 373
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 374
Among people born in 1942, Bob Hoskins ranks 44. Before him are Wen Jiabao, John Irving, Javier Solana, Jacques Rogge, Frank Williams, and Michel Mayor. After him are Arto Paasilinna, Giancarlo Giannini, Tobin Bell, Vicente Fox, Tony Buzan, and Michael Crichton. Among people deceased in 2014, Bob Hoskins ranks 31. Before him are Jack Brabham, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Gary Becker, Martin Lewis Perl, H. R. Giger, and Virna Lisi. After him are Adolfo Suárez, Chespirito, Masaru Emoto, Richard Møller Nielsen, Maya Angelou, and Lorin Maazel.
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 38
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 39
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 40
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 42
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 43
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 44
1942 - 2018
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 45
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 46
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 47
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 48
1942 - 2019
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 49
1942 - 2008
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 50
1926 - 2014
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 25
1928 - 2014
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 26
1930 - 2014
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 27
1927 - 2014
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 28
1940 - 2014
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 29
1936 - 2014
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 30
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 31
1932 - 2014
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 32
1929 - 2014
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 33
1943 - 2014
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 34
1937 - 2014
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 35
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 36
1930 - 2014
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Hoskins ranks 533 out of 6,924. Before him are James Clark Ross (1800), Nigel Mansell (1953), Gordon Banks (1937), James III of Scotland (1451), Edmund Ironside (993), and A. S. Neill (1883). After him are Alice Liddell (1852), Tony Scott (1944), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), John Bunyan (1628), Charles Laughton (1899), and Richard Branson (1950).
1800 - 1862
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 527
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 528
1937 - 2019
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 529
1451 - 1488
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 530
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 531
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 532
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 533
1852 - 1934
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 534
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 535
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 536
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 537
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 538
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 539
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bob Hoskins ranks 55. Before him are Sam Neill (1947), Emma Thompson (1959), Wentworth Miller (1972), John Cleese (1939), Daniel Craig (1968), and Kate Winslet (1975). After him are Charles Laughton (1899), Charles Dance (1946), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), and Jean Simmons (1929).
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 49
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 50
1972 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 51
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 52
1968 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 53
1975 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 54
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 55
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 56
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 57
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 58
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 60
1929 - 2010
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 61