Bob Hoskins was born in Bury St Edmunds in 1942, the son of a lorry driver and a nursery school teacher. He left school at 15 with one O-level qualification and went on to work various jobs including as a lorry driver and a window cleaner. His acting career began in 1969 when he was asked by his friend Roger Frost to step in and finish a theatre audition in London. After a selection of minor television roles he won critical acclaim in 1980 for a powerful performance as London gangster Harold Shand in the feature film The Long Good Friday.
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