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Bob Hoskins
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Actor Born: October 26, 1942 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England Biography: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 recognized in his native England as a performer of exceptional versatility, capable of playing characters from working-class toughs to Shakespearean villains.
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, on October 26, 1942, where his mother had been sent to get away from the then-raging London Blitz, Hoskins was sent back to London with his mother when he was only two weeks old. Growing up in a solidly working-class family in post-war London, Hoskins stayed in school until he was 15, and he then abandoned formal education in favor of a string of diverse jobs. Over the course of the next ten years, he worked as a Covent Garden porter, member of the Norwegian Merchant Marines, steeplejack, plumber's assistant,... Full Biography
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