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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.
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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.
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Taxi
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Tales from the Crypt
Parkinson
Happy Days
Today
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Family Ties
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Honest Trailers
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Greatest Event in Television History
Fallen Angels
1883
Primetime Glick
Ruby Wax Meets
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
Cars
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Simpsons Movie
The Pacific
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Freaky Tales
The Celluloid Closet
Prohibition
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Concert for Valor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Phoenician Scheme
Toy Story of Terror!
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Asteroid City
Quincy
The War
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Catch Me If You Can
Toy Story 5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
You've Got Mail
Elvis
Madden
Pinocchio
Saving Mr. Banks
Partysaurus Rex
The Circle
Sleepless in Seattle
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
The Post
Dragnet
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Finch
Toy Story 2
Forrest Gump
Sully
Inferno
Apollo 13
The Green Mile
The Da Vinci Code
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
The 'Burbs
The Polar Express
Charlie Wilson's War
From the Earth to the Moon
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Hawaiian Vacation
Toy Story 3
The Americas
Toy Story 4
The Man with One Red Shoe
California Typewriter
Splash
Cloud Atlas
Small Fry
Road to Perdition
News of the World
A League of Their Own
The Bonfire of the Vanities
A Man Called Otto
Bridge of Spies
Cast Away
Larry Crowne
A Hologram for the King
Toy Story
The Money Pit
Saving Private Ryan
Angels & Demons
Here
The Bloody Hundredth
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Terminal
Greyhound
Captain Phillips
Big
Philadelphia
Production Credits
Cast Away
From the Earth to the Moon
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
A Man Called Otto
Tales from the Crypt
Greyhound
Band of Brothers
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
The Circle
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Larry Crowne
The Movies
Masters of the Air
The Bloody Hundredth
Alex
Charlie Wilson's War
Parkland
City of Ember
Mamma Mia!
Olive Kitteridge
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
The Pacific
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Ant Bully
Big Love
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Evan Almighty
Where the Wild Things Are
The Polar Express
Fallen Angels
News of the World
John Adams
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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