With over a hundred credits to his name across film and television, Hoskins announced his retirement from acting in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
Hoskins will be remembered far more though for his memorable turns in films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday," "Mona Lisa" "The Honorary Consul," "Brazil," "Hook," "Nixon," "The Cotton Club,"Twenty Four Seven," "Super Mario Bros.," "Last Orders," "Mermaids," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," "Unleashed," "Hollywoodland," "Doomsday," "Enemy at the Gates," "Pink Floyd The Wall " and TV projects like "Pennies from Heaven," "On the Move," "The Lost World" and "The Street".
Hoskins had a dry sense of humor as an anecdote recounted to Metro about Brian De Palma's The Untouchables shows
Hoskins was slated to step in if Robert De Niro decided not to play Al Capone in the pic. De Niro took the part and De Palma mailed Hoskins a a six-figure paycheck by De Palma for "being a great standby". That prompted Hoskins to call De Palma and ask if there were any more movies he didn't want him to be in.
His final films were British comedy "Outside Bet" and big-budget fantasy feature "Snow White and the Huntsman".
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