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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Love Boat
Bambi
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Entertainment Tonight
30 Rock
Golden Globe Awards
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
Parkinson
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
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Greatest Event in Television History
Fallen Angels
1883
Primetime Glick
Ruby Wax Meets
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
Cars
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Simpsons Movie
The Pacific
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Freaky Tales
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
The Phoenician Scheme
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Quincy
Asteroid City
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Toy Story of Terror!
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Catch Me If You Can
The Post
Dragnet
The Circle
Sleepless in Seattle
Partysaurus Rex
You've Got Mail
Madden
Elvis
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Pinocchio
Saving Mr. Banks
Charlie Wilson's War
Small Fry
The Green Mile
The 'Burbs
Apollo 13
Angels & Demons
Cast Away
A Man Called Otto
Road to Perdition
Splash
Captain Phillips
Finch
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Americas
The Bloody Hundredth
A Hologram for the King
Toy Story
Philadelphia
Big
Greyhound
California Typewriter
Forrest Gump
Larry Crowne
The Money Pit
The Da Vinci Code
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 4
Cloud Atlas
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sully
The Terminal
The Man with One Red Shoe
Saving Private Ryan
Toy Story 2
News of the World
Hawaiian Vacation
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Bridge of Spies
A League of Their Own
Toy Story 5
Inferno
Here
The Polar Express
Production Credits
News of the World
Charlie Wilson's War
Larry Crowne
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Tales from the Crypt
Olive Kitteridge
The Movies
Fallen Angels
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
City of Ember
The Bloody Hundredth
The Pacific
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Parkland
Band of Brothers
From the Earth to the Moon
The Polar Express
Masters of the Air
The Circle
Where the Wild Things Are
A Man Called Otto
Cast Away
The Ant Bully
Big Love
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Evan Almighty
John Adams
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
Greyhound
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Mamma Mia!
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