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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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Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Bambi
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Golden Globe Awards
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
Fallen Angels
The Greatest Event in Television History
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 War
The Celluloid Closet
Prohibition
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Concert for Valor
The Phoenician Scheme
Toy Story of Terror!
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Asteroid City
Quincy
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Pinocchio
Saving Mr. Banks
Sleepless in Seattle
Partysaurus Rex
You've Got Mail
Dragnet
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Elvis
Toy Story 5
Madden
The Post
Catch Me If You Can
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Circle
Cast Away
Toy Story 2
The Money Pit
Road to Perdition
Forrest Gump
Here
Saving Private Ryan
Inferno
Toy Story 4
The Americas
Toy Story
Small Fry
Toy Story 3
The Bloody Hundredth
Cloud Atlas
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Bridge of Spies
Philadelphia
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Splash
Hawaiian Vacation
Big
The Green Mile
The Da Vinci Code
The 'Burbs
Angels & Demons
Apollo 13
Sully
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Terminal
The Man with One Red Shoe
News of the World
The Bonfire of the Vanities
California Typewriter
A Hologram for the King
Charlie Wilson's War
A League of Their Own
The Polar Express
Larry Crowne
A Man Called Otto
Finch
From the Earth to the Moon
Greyhound
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Captain Phillips
Production Credits
From the Earth to the Moon
Charlie Wilson's War
The Polar Express
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Mamma Mia!
Parkland
City of Ember
Cast Away
Fallen Angels
The Ant Bully
Greyhound
Band of Brothers
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
Big Love
News of the World
The Movies
The Pacific
Where the Wild Things Are
Masters of the Air
Evan Almighty
John Adams
The Circle
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Larry Crowne
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Tales from the Crypt
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Bloody Hundredth
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
A Man Called Otto
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Olive Kitteridge
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