Tom Hanks
Acting
- Born:
- 1956-07-09
- Place of birth:
- Concord, California, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
The Comebacker
Sock It to Me: The Legend of George Schlatter
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
Band of Brothers: Legacy
Decades in Sports
The Americas: A Wild 250th
The American Experiment
We're Back! With Brian Williams
Toy Story 5
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
Odyssey
Tom Hanks, un héros ordinaire
World War II with Tom Hanks
Marty, Life Is Short
The Shut Up Fairy
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
The American Revolution
John Candy: I Like Me
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
The Phoenician Scheme
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Freaky Tales
The Americas
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Carrie Underwood: Reflection
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary
Here
The Bloody Hundredth
Masters of the Air
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Asteroid City
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
The 2010s
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Commitment to Life
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
A Man Called Otto
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis
Pinocchio
Elvis
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Halftime
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
1883
We Are Cinema
Finch
Last Meals
A Night at the Academy Museum
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
When Ruby Wax Met...
Die Tom Hanks Story
Celebrating America