Tom Hanks

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.

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Selected Filmography

• The Simpsons(1989)TV Series · 1 epas Tom Hanks (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson(1962)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Daily Show(1996)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• Late Show with David Letterman(1993)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 5 epsas Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live(1975)TV Series · 2 epsas Self (uncredited)
• The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 4 epsas Self - Guest
• Jeopardy!(1984)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Clue Presenter
• The Colbert Report(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Conan(2010)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno(1992)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show(1995)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The View(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993)TV Series · 3 epsas Self - Guest