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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Hanks' other notable films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hanks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Hanks' other notable films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hanks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Simpsons
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Love Boat
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Oscars
Entertainment Tonight
30 Rock
Golden Globe Awards
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
Happy Days
Today
SNL Digital Shorts
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show
Celebrities Uncensored
From the Earth to the Moon
Family Ties
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Honest Trailers
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Greatest Event in Television History
Fallen Angels
1883
Primetime Glick
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
Cars
The Bloody Hundredth
The Pacific
The Simpsons Movie
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
The War
Prohibition
The Celluloid Closet
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Concert for Valor
Freaky Tales
Toy Story of Terror!
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Quincy
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Asteroid City
Catch Me If You Can
Sleepless in Seattle
The Post
Saving Mr. Banks
Pinocchio
Elvis
Dragnet
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Madden
You've Got Mail
Partysaurus Rex
The Circle
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Toy Story
Hawaiian Vacation
Small Fry
Apollo 13
Joe Versus the Volcano
Charlie Wilson's War
The Money Pit
Toy Story 2
Finch
Here
Road to Perdition
The Man with One Red Shoe
Larry Crowne
A Hologram for the King
Bridge of Spies
Splash
Philadelphia
Toy Story 3
Saving Private Ryan
A League of Their Own
Toy Story 4
A Man Called Otto
Cast Away
Toy Story 5
Cloud Atlas
The 'Burbs
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Greyhound
Sully
News of the World
The Americas
The Da Vinci Code
Forrest Gump
The Polar Express
California Typewriter
Big
Captain Phillips
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Angels & Demons
The Green Mile
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Inferno
Production Credits
Big Love
From the Earth to the Moon
Fallen Angels
Band of Brothers
Parkland
Greyhound
The Movies
News of the World
City of Ember
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Evan Almighty
A Man Called Otto
Where the Wild Things Are
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Charlie Wilson's War
John Adams
The Bloody Hundredth
Cast Away
The Pacific
Mamma Mia!
The Ant Bully
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Masters of the Air
Larry Crowne
Tales from the Crypt
The Polar Express
Olive Kitteridge
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
The Circle
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