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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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Love Boat
Golden Globe Awards
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
Entertainment Tonight
30 Rock
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
Happy Days
Today
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
Fallen Angels
The Greatest Event in Television History
SNL Digital Shorts
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
Freaky Tales
The War
Prohibition
The Celluloid Closet
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Concert for Valor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Phoenician Scheme
Toy Story of Terror!
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Asteroid City
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Quincy
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
You've Got Mail
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
The Circle
Saving Mr. Banks
Dragnet
Partysaurus Rex
Sleepless in Seattle
The Post
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Catch Me If You Can
Elvis
Pinocchio
Madden
Apollo 13
Hawaiian Vacation
Saving Private Ryan
Toy Story 2
Here
Toy Story 5
Toy Story
Small Fry
Toy Story 4
Splash
Inferno
Toy Story 3
The Man with One Red Shoe
Forrest Gump
Philadelphia
Larry Crowne
California Typewriter
Cast Away
The Green Mile
A Man Called Otto
Sully
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Angels & Demons
The Americas
The Money Pit
The 'Burbs
Captain Phillips
Road to Perdition
Finch
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Charlie Wilson's War
A Hologram for the King
News of the World
Bridge of Spies
A League of Their Own
The Da Vinci Code
Greyhound
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Polar Express
Cloud Atlas
Big
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Production Credits
Greyhound
John Adams
Olive Kitteridge
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mamma Mia!
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
City of Ember
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Movies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Tales from the Crypt
Band of Brothers
Parkland
Charlie Wilson's War
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Cast Away
Evan Almighty
Where the Wild Things Are
News of the World
The Bloody Hundredth
Masters of the Air
A Man Called Otto
Larry Crowne
From the Earth to the Moon
The Ant Bully
The Circle
The Pacific
The Polar Express
Big Love
Fallen Angels
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