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