Bob Hoskins



Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born October 26, 1942 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk – died April 29, 2014) was an Academy Award-nominated English actor. He portrayed the live-action version of Mario seen in the movie Super Mario Bros., which was released in 1993. He retired from acting in 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease and died of pneumonia on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71.