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