Tom Hanks
Concord, California, USA
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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.
Movie Credits
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
