Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 09, 1956
Place of Birth
Concord, California, USA
Credits
299 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hanks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Comebacker
The Americas: A Wild 250th
Narrator
The American Experiment
Executive Producer
We're Back! With Brian Williams
Self - Guest
Toy Story 5
Woody (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
World War II with Tom Hanks
Self - Presenter
Marty, Life Is Short
Self
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
The American Revolution
(voice)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor, Splash
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 - Narrator (voice)
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 - Narrator (voice)
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
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Producer
Asteroid City
Stanley Zak
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
The 2010s
Self - Actor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Self
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Narrator (voice)
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
A Man Called Otto
Otto Anderson
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Executive Producer
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Self
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 (archive footage)
1883
General George Meade
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Finch
Finch
Last Meals
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self