# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-hoskins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:44:53.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-hoskins"
name: "Bob Hoskins"
slug: "bob-hoskins"
description: "Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of \"tough guy\" characters, he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker on the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven. He subsequently played acclaimed lead roles in the films The Long Good Friday (1980), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Mermaids (1990), TwentyFourSeven (1997), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), Last Orders (2001), The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003) and Ruby Blue (2008)."
tagline: "English actor (1942–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_hoskins_filming_ruby_blue_cropped_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-10-26"
deathDate: "2014-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.66
  momentum:             0.6777774565638461
  historical:           26.659356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001364/"
    handle:    "nm0001364"
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    title: "Bob Hoskins"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump