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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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The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Love Boat
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Golden Globe Awards
30 Rock
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
Happy Days
Today
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
The Bloody Hundredth
Cars
The Simpsons Movie
The Pacific
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
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
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Quincy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toy Story of Terror!
Asteroid City
Madden
You've Got Mail
Dragnet
Partysaurus Rex
The Post
Sleepless in Seattle
Catch Me If You Can
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Circle
Saving Mr. Banks
Pinocchio
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Toy Story 5
Elvis
Big
Saving Private Ryan
Bridge of Spies
The Americas
The 'Burbs
Cloud Atlas
The Da Vinci Code
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
The Green Mile
Small Fry
A Man Called Otto
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Captain Phillips
California Typewriter
Road to Perdition
Toy Story 4
Joe Versus the Volcano
A League of Their Own
The Money Pit
The Man with One Red Shoe
Toy Story 3
Splash
Larry Crowne
Charlie Wilson's War
Hawaiian Vacation
Toy Story 2
Apollo 13
A Hologram for the King
Inferno
News of the World
Here
Angels & Demons
Sully
Toy Story
Finch
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Philadelphia
Cast Away
Greyhound
The Polar Express
Production Credits
Greyhound
Big Love
Where the Wild Things Are
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Cast Away
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Polar Express
Fallen Angels
The Bloody Hundredth
Tales from the Crypt
The Ant Bully
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
A Man Called Otto
Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The Pacific
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Olive Kitteridge
Charlie Wilson's War
From the Earth to the Moon
Band of Brothers
Larry Crowne
Parkland
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Masters of the Air
News of the World
The Movies
John Adams
Evan Almighty
The Circle
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