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.
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Filmography
all 286
Movies 202
self 135
TV Shows 84
Producer 42
Voice 17
Director 4
Narrator 3
Screenplay 1
Writer 1

Toy Story 5 (2026)

The Americas (2025)

Hung Up on a Dream (2024)

Here (2024)

De "Matrix" à "Sense8", la révolution Wachowski (2024)

The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

Masters of the Air (2024)

Freaky Tales (2024)

The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks (2023)

Asteroid City (2023)

The 2010s (2023)

Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen (2023)

A Man Called Otto (2022)

Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022)

'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022)

Pinocchio (2022)

Elvis (2022)

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)

1883 (2021)

We Are Cinema (2021)

Finch (2021)

When Ruby Wax Met... (2021)

Die Tom Hanks Story (2021)

Celebrating America (2021)

Carina Bergfeldt (2021)

News of the World (2020)

Greyhound (2020)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

The Movies (2019)

Toy Story 4 (2019)

You Are My Friend (2018)

The Mayo Clinic (2018)

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

The 2000s (2018)

1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)

The Post (2017)

The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017)

The Nineties (2017)

The Circle (2017)

Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)

Inferno (2016)

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)

Sully (2016)

A Hologram for the King (2016)

The Eighties (2016)

Electric City (2016)

Ithaca (2015)

Bridge of Spies (2015)

The Walk (2015)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

The Seventies (2015)

Walking the Mile (2014)

Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

Olive Kitteridge (2014)

The Sixties (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

The Assassination of President Kennedy (2013)

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)

Captain Phillips (2013)

Parkland (2013)

Killing Lincoln (2013)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Close Up (2012)

Partysaurus Rex (2012)

Electric City (2012)

The Road We've Traveled (2012)

Game Change (2012)

Honest Trailers (2012)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Small Fry (2011)

Prohibition (2011)

Boatlift (2011)

Larry Crowne (2011)

Hawaiian Vacation (2011)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

The Pacific (2010)

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

My Life in Ruins (2009)

Angels & Demons (2009)

City of Ember (2008)

A Timeless Call (2008)

Mamma Mia! (2008)

John Adams (2008)

The War (2008)

The Great Buck Howard (2008)

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

The Pixar Story (2007)

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

Evan Almighty (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

30 Rock (2006)

Starter for 10 (2006)

The Ant Bully (2006)

Cars (2006)

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

Big Love (2006)

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)

The Polar Express (2004)

Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)

The Terminal (2004)

Connie and Carla (2004)

The Ladykillers (2004)

Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s (2003)

Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2003)

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)

Freedom: A History of Us (2003)

The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Life with Bonnie (2002)

Road to Perdition (2002)

We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)

Band of Brothers (2001)

Cast Away (2000)

Shooting War (2000)

Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000)

The Green Mile (1999)

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Return with Honor (1999)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

Taff (1997)

The Harryhausen Chronicles (1997)

That Thing You Do! (1996)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)

Toy Story (1995)

The Naked Truth (1995)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Vault of Horror I (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Philadelphia (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

Fallen Angels (1993)

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

A League of Their Own (1992)

Radio Flyer (1992)

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

The Simpsons (1989)

Turner & Hooch (1989)

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

The 'Burbs (1989)

Punchline (1988)

American Experience (1988)

Big (1988)

Dragnet (1987)

Nothing in Common (1986)

The Money Pit (1986)

Volunteers (1985)

Bachelor Party (1984)

Splash (1984)

Mazes and Monsters (1982)

Family Ties (1982)

Bosom Buddies (1980)

Taxi (1978)

The Love Boat (1977)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Today (1952)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

In the Garden of Beasts

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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1956-07-09 (68 years old)
Birth NameThomas Jeffrey Hanks
Birth PlaceConcord, United States
ReligionEastern Orthodoxy
Height183-centimeter
Net Worth$390 Million
RelationshipsSamantha Lewes (1978 - 1987)
SpouseRita Wilson
ChildrenTruman Theodore, Chet Hanks, Elizabeth Hanks, Colin Hanks
FatherAmos Mefford Hanks
MotherJanet Marylyn Frager
SiblingsJim Hanks, Larry Hanks
RelativesGage Hanks
CitizenshipsGreece, United States
ResidencesLos Angeles · Oakland, United States of America
Also Known AsThomas Jeffrey Hanks, توم هانكس, トム・ハンクス, 톰 행크스, ทอม แฮงส์, 汤姆·汉克斯, Том Хенкс, Τομ Χανκς, टॉम हैंक्स, ടോം ഹാങ്ക്സ്, 湯姆·漢克, 托马斯·杰弗里·汉克斯, Thomas Hanks, טום הנקס, 湯姆·漢克斯
AwardsAFI Life Achievement Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Academy Award for Best Actor, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Silver Bear, Britannia Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Producers Guild of America Awards, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Theatre World Award, honorary doctor of Harvard University
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