Bob Hoskins

 (October 26, 1942–April 29, 2014) was an Academy Award-nominated English actor born in,. Hoskins is best known for playing the character of in the 1988  film, . Aside from said role, he starred in works like ', ' and . He portrayed the live-action version of Mario in the 1993 movie Super Mario Bros.. He retired from acting in August 2012 due to Parkinson's Disease (having been diagnosed with the disease in 2011) and died of pneumonia on April 29, 2014, at the age of 71.

Hoskins greatly regretted working on the Super Mario Bros. film, frequently calling it the worst work he had done. His frustration with the filming led to him frequently drinking alcohol on set and playing various scenes while drunk; Hoskins broke his finger during filming when John Leguizamo's drunk driving led to Hoskins slamming his finger on the sliding door of the Mario Brothers Plumbing van. Reportedly, Hoskins was not aware the Super Mario Bros. film was based on a video game until months into filming.