Tom Hanks
Biography
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.
Known For
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks (voice)
The Simpsons Movie
Captain Miller
Saving Private Ryan
Sam Baldwin
Sleepless in Seattle
Woody (voice)
Toy Story
Paul Edgecomb
The Green Mile
Jim Lovell
Apollo 13
Robert Langdon
The Da Vinci Code
Viktor Navorski
The Terminal
Carl Hanratty
Catch Me If You Can
Woody (voice)
Toy Story 3
Pep Streebeck
Dragnet
Josh Baskin
Big
Joe Banks
Joe Versus the Volcano
Allen Bauer
Splash
Michael Sullivan
Road to Perdition
Walter Fielding, Jr.
The Money Pit
Richard
The Man with One Red Shoe
Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
The Polar Express
Narrator (voice)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Professor G.H. Dorr
The Ladykillers
Older Mike (uncredited)
Radio Flyer
Narrator
Shooting War
Jimmy Dugan
A League of Their Own
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson's War
Scott Turner
Turner & Hooch
Chuck Noland
Cast Away
Ray Peterson
The 'Burbs
Rick Gassko
Bachelor Party
Joe Fox
You've Got Mail
Sherman McCoy
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Mr. White
That Thing You Do!
Andrew Beckett
Philadelphia
Robbie Wheeling
Mazes and Monsters
Robert Langdon
Angels & Demons
Steven Gold
Punchline
David
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Self
The Real Mary Poppins
David Basner
Nothing in Common
Mailbox-Elvis
Elvis Has Left the Building
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
The Walk
Self
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Mr. Gable
The Great Buck Howard
Thomas Schell
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Elliot
He Knows You're Alone
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
Volunteers
Self
There's Something About Romcoms
Woody (voice)
Small Fry
Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
Cloud Atlas
Narrator
Return with Honor
Otto Anderson
A Man Called Otto
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Richard
Here
Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne
Woody (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Le Voyage extraordinaire
Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Walt Disney
Saving Mr. Banks
Captain Richard Phillips
Captain Phillips
Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
Inventing David Geffen
Voice Actor (voice)
Electric City
Woody (voice)
Partysaurus Rex
Self
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Self - Narrator
Killing Lincoln
Self (archive footage)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
Radioman
Woody (Voice)
Toy Story of Terror!
Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Woody (voice) (archive footage)
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Self
Halftime
Self
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20
Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self
Who Needs Sleep?
Alan Clay
A Hologram for the King
Self / Narrator (voice)
A Timeless Call
James B. Donovan
Bridge of Spies
Self - Woody / Scott Turner
The Pixar Story
Woody (voice)
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Self (archive footage)
Die Tom Hanks Story
Mr. Macauley
Ithaca
Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Robert Langdon
Inferno
Self
All In
Self
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
The Concert for Valor
Hank, Video Store Owner
Freaky Tales
Self (archive footage)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Earth to America
Woody Car (voice)
Cars
Self (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Walking the Mile
Eamon Bailey
The Circle
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Bloody Hundredth
Woody (voice)
Toy Story 5
Self
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Narrator
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Self
Live 8
Self (archive footage)
Noi siamo cinema
Self
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
Sully
Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Narrator
Boatlift
Self
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
Everything Is Copy
Leland
The Phoenician Scheme
Woody (voice)
Toy Story 4
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Waitstill Sharp (voice)
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
Self
California Typewriter
Self - Actor
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Ben Bradlee
The Post
Self
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self / Paul Edgecomb
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
David S. Pumpkins (voice)
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
Self
Spielberg
Self - Interviewee
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Self
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Fred Rogers
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Commander Krause
Greyhound
Woody (voice)
Toy Story 2
Finch
Finch
Self (archive footage)
The Universal Story
Will Mayo (voice)
The Mayo Clinic
Self
Quincy
Self
The Last Mile
Narrator
Beyond All Boundaries
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
News of the World
Self
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
Host
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Colonel Tom Parker
Elvis
Baxter (archive footage)
Vault of Horror I
Major Matt Mason
Major Matt Mason
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self / Allen Bauer
Making a 'Splash'
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
Pennis from Heaven
Self - Narrator
The Road We've Traveled
Self
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Geppetto
Pinocchio
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
Celebrating America
Self
Making 'Toy Story'
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Mountie
Concert for George
Stanley Zak
Asteroid City
Self
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Narrator (voice)
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Narrator
Passport to the Universe
Self
Making That Thing You Do
Self
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Captain Krause
Untitled Greyhound Sequel
Self
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis
Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
John Candy: I Like Me
Self
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
Self
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self - Interviewee
What Is An Ocean…Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
173
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-07-09
Place of Birth
Concord, California, USA
Also Known As
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks