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