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