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