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