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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
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The Oscars
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Golden Globe Awards
30 Rock
Taxi
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Tales from the Crypt
Happy Days
Today
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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From the Earth to the Moon
Celebrities Uncensored
Family Ties
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Honest Trailers
The Wonderful World of Disney
Fallen Angels
The Greatest Event in Television History
SNL Digital Shorts
1883
Primetime Glick
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
Cars
The Bloody Hundredth
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
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Concert for Valor
Quincy
Toy Story of Terror!
Asteroid City
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story That Time Forgot
The Post
Madden
Elvis
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Catch Me If You Can
Partysaurus Rex
Pinocchio
Sleepless in Seattle
Dragnet
Saving Mr. Banks
The Circle
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
You've Got Mail
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Cast Away
Big
Larry Crowne
Toy Story 4
The Money Pit
Toy Story 5
Bridge of Spies
Finch
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Green Mile
California Typewriter
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Toy Story
Inferno
Here
Forrest Gump
Apollo 13
A Man Called Otto
The 'Burbs
Greyhound
Hawaiian Vacation
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
A Hologram for the King
Joe Versus the Volcano
The Polar Express
News of the World
A League of Their Own
Captain Phillips
Road to Perdition
The Man with One Red Shoe
Cloud Atlas
Sully
Splash
The Americas
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 2
Philadelphia
Saving Private Ryan
The Da Vinci Code
Angels & Demons
Charlie Wilson's War
Small Fry
Production Credits
The Movies
The Bloody Hundredth
Band of Brothers
A Man Called Otto
Tales from the Crypt
Fallen Angels
Mamma Mia!
The Pacific
The Circle
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Olive Kitteridge
Larry Crowne
John Adams
Cast Away
The Polar Express
Masters of the Air
News of the World
Parkland
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Charlie Wilson's War
Evan Almighty
Big Love
From the Earth to the Moon
Where the Wild Things Are
The Ant Bully
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Greyhound
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
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