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