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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Producer · Actor · Writer

Born July 9, 1956 · Concord, California, USA

Tom Hanks is a renowned American actor and filmmaker known for his versatility in both comedic and dramatic roles. He made his breakthrough with leading roles in Splash (1984) and Big (1988), and went on to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks has collaborated with Steven Spielberg on several films, including Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Catch Me If You Can (2002).

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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

  • Toy Story 2(1999)
  • Toy Story 4(2019)
  • Cars(2006)
  • Cast Away(2000)
  • Apollo 13(1995)
  • The Simpsons Movie(2007)
  • Mamma Mia!(2008)
  • The Terminal(2004)
  • A Man Called Otto(2022)
  • The Post(2017)
  • The Da Vinci Code(2006)
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2020)
  • Cloud Atlas(2012)
  • Angels & Demons(2009)
  • The Polar Express(2004)
  • Greyhound(2020)
  • The Phoenician Scheme(2025)
  • Big(1988)
  • Captain Phillips(2013)
  • You've Got Mail(1998)

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