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Tom Hanks

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1956-07-09 (67 years old)

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 276

Movies 199

self 124

TV Shows 77

Producer 32

Voice 8

Narrator 5

Tom Hanks

Biography

Filmography

all 276

Movies 199

self 124

TV Shows 77

Producer 32

Voice 8

Narrator 5

Director 4

Toy Story 5 (2026)

The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

Masters of the Air (2024)

Freaky Tales (2024)

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023)

The Moonwalkers: A Journey With Tom Hanks (2023)

'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp (2023)

The Amanpour Hour (2023)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

Asteroid City (2023)

Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)

The 2010s (2023)

A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys (2023)

Hung Up on a Dream (2023)

Commitment to Life (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)

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)

Pinocchio (2022)

Elvis (2022)

Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)

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

Halftime (2022)

Antonio Banderas et Pedro Almodóvar : Du Désir au Double (2022)

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy (2022)

1883 (2021)

We Are Cinema (2021)

Finch (2021)

A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021)

When Ruby Wax Met... (2021)

Die Tom Hanks Story (2021)

Celebrating America (2021)

Carina Bergfeldt (2021)

News of the World (2020)

Television Event (2020)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

Greyhound (2020)

Served: Harvey Weinstein (2020)

Disclosure (2020)

Reunited Apart (2020)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

The Movies (2019)

Toy Story 4 (2019)

The Last Mile (2018)

You Are My Friend (2018)

The Mayo Clinic (2018)

Quincy (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)

Spielberg (2017)

California Typewriter (2017)

The Nineties (2017)

The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

The Circle (2017)

Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)

Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle (2016)

Inferno (2016)

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)

Sully (2016)

There's Something About Romcoms (2016)

Maya & Marty (2016)