Tom Hanks
- Acting
- July 9, 1956 · 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 · Producer
- SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of · Self
- Band of Brothers: Legacy · Executive producer
- Decades in Sports · Executive producer
- The Americas: A Wild 250th · Narrator
- The American Experiment · Executive producer
- We're Back! With Brian Williams · Self
- Toy Story 5 · Woody (Voice)
- Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Odyssey · Executive producer
- Tom Hanks, un héros ordinaire · Self
- World War II with Tom Hanks · Self
- Marty, Life Is Short · Self
- The Shut Up Fairy · Self
- What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas · Self
- The American Revolution · Voice
- John Candy: I Like Me · Self
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes · Executive producer
- The Phoenician Scheme · Leland
- Clint Eastwood : la légende · Self
- Freaky Tales · Hank, Video Store Owner
- The Americas · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Carrie Underwood: Reflection · Executive producer
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night · Self
- Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary · Executive producer
- Here · Richard
- The Bloody Hundredth · Self, Executive producer
- Masters of the Air · Executive producer
- Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks · Narrator, Writer
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 · Producer
- Asteroid City · Stanley Zak
- Tom Hanks: The Nomad · Self
- The 2010s · Self, Executive producer
- A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys · Self
- How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest · Narrator (Voice), Executive producer
- Commitment to Life · Self
- Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen · Self
- A Man Called Otto · Otto Anderson, Producer
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · Self, Executive producer
- Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · Executive producer, Creator
- Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter · Self
- Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis · Self
- Pinocchio · Geppetto
- Elvis · Colonel Tom Parker
- Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear · Woody (voice) (archive footage)
- Halftime · Self
- Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy · Self
- 1883 · General George Meade
- We Are Cinema · Self
- Finch · Finch
- Last Meals · Self
- A Night at the Academy Museum · Self
- Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy · Self
- When Ruby Wax Met... · Self
- Die Tom Hanks Story · Self
- Celebrating America · Self
- Carina Bergfeldt · Self
- News of the World · Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan · Self
- Greyhound · Commander Krause, Screenplay
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood · Fred Rogers
- The Movies · Executive producer
- Toy Story 4 · Woody (Voice)
- The Last Mile · Self
- The Mayo Clinic · Will Mayo (Voice)
- Quincy · Self
- Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal · Self
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again · Executive producer
- The 2000s · Executive producer
- 1968: The Year That Changed America · Executive producer
- Die Clint Eastwood Story · Self
- The Post · Ben Bradlee
- The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special · David S. Pumpkins (Voice)
- Spielberg · Self