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