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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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Love Boat
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Oscars
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
1883
Primetime Glick
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
The Bloody Hundredth
Cars
The Simpsons Movie
The Pacific
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
The War
The Celluloid Closet
Prohibition
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Concert for Valor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Toy Story of Terror!
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Asteroid City
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Quincy
The Post
Sleepless in Seattle
Elvis
The Circle
Saving Mr. Banks
Pinocchio
Dragnet
Madden
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Catch Me If You Can
Partysaurus Rex
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
You've Got Mail
The Green Mile
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Cloud Atlas
Captain Phillips
The Money Pit
Toy Story 2
Cast Away
The Polar Express
Joe Versus the Volcano
Toy Story 3
A Hologram for the King
Philadelphia
A Man Called Otto
Apollo 13
The Da Vinci Code
Small Fry
A League of Their Own
Toy Story 5
Bridge of Spies
Hawaiian Vacation
Toy Story 4
Road to Perdition
Inferno
News of the World
The Americas
Angels & Demons
Toy Story
Larry Crowne
Sully
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Splash
The 'Burbs
Saving Private Ryan
Big
California Typewriter
Charlie Wilson's War
Here
Finch
Forrest Gump
The Man with One Red Shoe
Greyhound
Production Credits
Olive Kitteridge
The Ant Bully
Cast Away
Larry Crowne
Evan Almighty
Band of Brothers
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
From the Earth to the Moon
News of the World
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Movies
The Polar Express
Big Love
John Adams
Masters of the Air
Where the Wild Things Are
Mamma Mia!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Circle
Greyhound
Charlie Wilson's War
Tales from the Crypt
The Pacific
The Bloody Hundredth
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Fallen Angels
A Man Called Otto
Parkland
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