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