FrameThrower · Actors · Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
10 films · 534 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1982–2008
Born 26 October 1942 · Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK · died 29 April 2014
Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. was 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 534 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1982–2008
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Donostia Award2002
- European Film Award for Best Actor1997
How their films are shot
Measured across 534 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bob takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Bob takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Doomsday
2008 · Bill Nelson
Mrs Henderson Presents
2005 · Vivian Van Damm
TwentyFourSeven
1997 · Alan Darcy
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Eddie Valiant
Stay
2005 · Dr. Leon Patterson
A Room For Romeo Brass
1999 · Steven Laws
Hook
1991 · Smee
Brazil
1985 · Spoor
The Cotton Club
1984 · Owney Madden
Pink Floyd The Wall
1982 · Rock and Roll Manager
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 534 frames from Bob Hoskins's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.