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