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