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