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