Bob Hoskins: Performer

Helen Mirren Dept: In a statement released Wednesday through his agent, the 69-year-old performer thanked his fans and said he had had a "wonderful career.", according to CBC. Hoskins, from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, began acting in the late 1960s, and had regular television roles, becoming well-known with the British gangster film The Long Good Friday , alongside Helen Mirren and british actor Bob Hoskins says he is retiring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The statement said Hoskins was diagnosed with the degenerative nerve condition last fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.