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