Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

1956-07-09

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.

Also appears in

Apollo 13

Apollo 13

7.5

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

6.9

Asteroid City

Asteroid City

6.5

The Terminal

The Terminal

7.3

Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition

7.4

Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle

6.7

You’ve Got Mail

You’ve Got Mail

6.7

Sully

Sully

7.2

Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5

Not yet rated

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

7.5

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

7.2

Big

Big

7.2

Hawaiian Vacation

Hawaiian Vacation

7.0

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

6.3

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Toy Story That Time Forgot

7.0

Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer

7.0

Partysaurus Rex

Partysaurus Rex

7.1

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

6.5

Inferno

Inferno

6.1

The ’Burbs

The ’Burbs

6.8