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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.
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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.
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The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Love Boat
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Entertainment Tonight
30 Rock
Golden Globe Awards
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
Parkinson
Happy Days
Today
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Daily Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Family Ties
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Honest Trailers
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Greatest Event in Television History
Fallen Angels
1883
Primetime Glick
Ruby Wax Meets
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
Cars
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
The Simpsons Movie
The Pacific
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Freaky Tales
The War
Prohibition
The Celluloid Closet
Halftime
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Concert for Valor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
The Phoenician Scheme
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Quincy
Asteroid City
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Toy Story of Terror!
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Saving Mr. Banks
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Post
Elvis
Dragnet
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sleepless in Seattle
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Catch Me If You Can
Madden
The Circle
Partysaurus Rex
Pinocchio
You've Got Mail
Captain Phillips
The Americas
Cast Away
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Joe Versus the Volcano
Forrest Gump
Big
Toy Story
Philadelphia
Splash
Toy Story 3
California Typewriter
Small Fry
News of the World
Larry Crowne
From the Earth to the Moon
Angels & Demons
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Cloud Atlas
The Green Mile
The 'Burbs
The Money Pit
Inferno
Bridge of Spies
Charlie Wilson's War
The Man with One Red Shoe
Toy Story 5
The Da Vinci Code
Sully
Saving Private Ryan
A Man Called Otto
The Bloody Hundredth
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
A League of Their Own
A Hologram for the King
Apollo 13
Toy Story 4
Road to Perdition
Toy Story 2
Finch
The Polar Express
Hawaiian Vacation
Greyhound
Here
Production Credits
From the Earth to the Moon
The Movies
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Bloody Hundredth
Alex
City of Ember
Where the Wild Things Are
Olive Kitteridge
Greyhound
The Pacific
Fallen Angels
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Big Love
Mamma Mia!
The Polar Express
Band of Brothers
Cast Away
News of the World
Masters of the Air
Evan Almighty
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
The Ant Bully
The Circle
Tales from the Crypt
Parkland
A Man Called Otto
Charlie Wilson's War
Larry Crowne
John Adams
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