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