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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Acting
Born: Jul 09, 1956
From: Concord, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
A Night at the Academy Museum Self 2021 7.0
Toy Story 3 Woody (voice) 2010 7.8
The Simpsons Movie Tom Hanks (voice) 2007 7.02
Charlie Wilson's War Charlie Wilson 2007 6.538
The Da Vinci Code Robert Langdon 2006 6.724
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Narrator (voice) 2005 5.86
The Terminal Viktor Navorski 2004 7.351
The Polar Express Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / … 2004 6.724
The Ladykillers Professor G.H. Dorr 2004 6.129
Catch Me If You Can Carl Hanratty 2002 7.977
Road to Perdition Michael Sullivan 2002 7.351
Shooting War Narrator 2000 6.389
Cast Away Chuck Noland 2000 7.662
The Green Mile Paul Edgecomb 1999 8.504
Saving Private Ryan Captain Miller 1998 8.223
Toy Story Woody (voice) 1995 8.0
Apollo 13 Jim Lovell 1995 7.455
Forrest Gump Forrest Gump 1994 8.464
Sleepless in Seattle Sam Baldwin 1993 6.738
Radio Flyer Older Mike (uncredited) 1992 7.015
A League of Their Own Jimmy Dugan 1992 7.203
Joe Versus the Volcano Joe Banks 1990 5.801
Turner & Hooch Scott Turner 1989 6.334
The 'Burbs Ray Peterson 1989 6.754
Big Josh Baskin 1988 7.185
Dragnet Pep Streebeck 1987 5.987
The Money Pit Walter Fielding, Jr. 1986 6.508
The Man with One Red Shoe Richard 1985 5.71
Splash Allen Bauer 1984 6.258
Bachelor Party Rick Gassko 1984 6.295
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1956
FromConcord, California, USA