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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Actor · Born July 9, 1956 · Concord, California, USA

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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.

Acted in 105

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    The Mayo Clinic

    Will Mayo (voice)

  3. 2017
  4. The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special

    David S. Pumpkins (voice)

  5. 2016
  6. Maya & Marty

    TV

  7. 2015
  8. 2014
  9. 2013
  10. 2012
  11. Electric City

    Cleveland Carr (voice) · 20 episodes

  12. 2011
  13. Prohibition

    Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice) · 3 episodes

  14. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2008
  3. 2007
  4. 2006
  5. 2004
  6. 2003
  7. 2002
  8. 2001
  9. 2000

Produced 56

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. 2025
  3. 2024

    Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary

    Executive Producer

  4. 2023

    The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

    Executive Producer

  5. How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest

    Executive Producer

  6. 2022
  7. Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen

    Executive Producer

No release date

  1. Beautiful

    Producer

  2. In the Garden of Beasts

    Producer

Wrote 8

2020s

  1. 2023

    The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

    Writer

  2. 2020

2010s

  1. 2012

    Electric City

    Writer

  2. 2011

2000s

  1. 2005

    Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

    Writer

  2. 2001

Directed 8

Created 5

2020s

  1. 2022

    Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen

    Creator

2010s

  1. 2017
  2. 2015
  3. 2012

    Electric City

    Creator

Appearances150

2020s

  1. 2026
  2. Tom Hanks, un héros ordinaire

    Self (archive footage)

  3. The Shut Up Fairy

    Self (archival footage)

  4. 2025
  5. 2024
  6. 2023
  7. The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks

    Narrator

  8. A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys

    Self

  9. How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest

    Narrator (voice)

  10. Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen

    Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’

  11. 2022
  12. Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis

    Self

  13. Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20

    Self

  14. 2021

    We Are Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

  15. A Night at the Academy Museum

    Self

  16. Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Self · 9 episodes

  17. When Ruby Wax Met...

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

  18. Die Tom Hanks Story

    Self (archive footage)

  19. 2020

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    The Last Mile

    Self

  3. Die Clint Eastwood Story

    Self

  4. 2017
  5. 2016

    Mike Nichols: An American Master

    Self

  6. There's Something About Romcoms

    Self

  7. A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies

    Self

  8. 2015

    Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

    Self

  9. Everything Is Copy

    Self

  10. 2014
  11. Walking the Mile

    Self

  12. The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

    Self

  13. And the Oscar Goes To...

    Self - Actor

  14. Capturing Captain Phillips

    Self

  15. The Making Of 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' Behind The Scenes

    Self

  16. The Real Mary Poppins

    Self

  17. 2013

    Killing Lincoln

    Self - Narrator

  18. 2012
  19. The Greatest Event in Television History

    Self · 1 episode

  20. Close Up

    Self (archive footage)

  21. Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius

    Self

  22. The Road We've Traveled

    Self - Narrator

  23. 2011

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  24. Boatlift

    Narrator

  25. 2010

2000s

  1. 2009

    The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts

    Host

  2. Beyond All Boundaries

    Narrator

  3. We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

    Self

  4. 2008

    A Timeless Call

    Self / Narrator (voice)

  5. 2007

    The War

    Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice) · 7 episodes

  6. Spielberg on Spielberg

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Making That Thing You Do

    Self

  8. Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

    Self

  9. 2006

    Who Killed the Electric Car?

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Who Needs Sleep?

    Self

  11. 2005

    Earth to America

    Self

  12. Live 8

    Self

  13. Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

    Narrator (voice)

  14. Passport to the Universe

    Narrator

  15. Pennis from Heaven

    Self

  16. Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

  17. 2004
  18. People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    Self

  19. Making a 'Splash'

    Self / Allen Bauer

  20. 2003

    Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s

    Self

  21. Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

    Self - Interviewee

  22. Celebrities Uncensored

    Self · 1 episode

  23. Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

    Self

  24. 2001

    America: A Tribute to Heroes

    Self

  25. The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

    Self

  26. Rescued from the Closet

    Self

  27. 2000

    Shooting War

    Narrator

1990s

  1. 1999

    Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

    Self

  2. Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

    Self

  3. Return with Honor

    Narrator

  4. 1998
  5. 1997
  6. Scene by Scene

    Self · 1 episode

  7. The Harryhausen Chronicles

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  8. 1996

    The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    Self

  9. Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

    Self

  10. The Universal Story

    Self (archive footage)

  11. The Celluloid Closet

    Self

  12. 1995
  13. The Making of Toy Story

    Self

  14. Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13

    Self

  15. 1994

    Inside the Actors Studio

    Self · 1 episode

  16. Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump

    Self

  17. 1993
  18. 1992
  19. 1991

    The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

    Self

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Grammys

    Self - Presenter · 1 episode

  2. 1953
  3. 1952
Thanked in the credits3

2010s

  1. 2014

    Walking the Mile

    Thanks

  2. 2011

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    Thanks

  3. 2010