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

Sam Baldwin

Sleepless in Seattle

Captain Miller

Saving Private Ryan

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

Himself/Woody (voice)/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

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 (archive footage)

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski

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

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch

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

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

Himself

Making 'Toy Story'

Self

Rescued from the Closet

Mountie

Concert for George

Stanley Zak

Asteroid City

Self

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

Self

The Untold Story of Mary Poppins: A Special Edition of 20/20

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

Himself

Clint Eastwood : la légende

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-07-09

Place of Birth

Concord, California, USA

Also Known As

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks