
- Known for
- Acting
- Credits
- 224 films
- Born
- July 9, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Concord, California, USA
Acting
Tom Hanks
Also known as Thomas Jeffrey 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.
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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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Known for
Acting 177
- 2026SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of · Self
- 2026The Americas: A Wild 250th · Narrator
- 2026Toy Story 5 · Woody (voice)
- 2026Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- 2026Tom Hanks, un héros ordinaire · Self (archive footage)
- 2026Marty, Life Is Short · Self
- 2026The Shut Up Fairy · Self (archival footage)
Production 36
- —Beautiful · Producer
- —In the Garden of Beasts · Producer
- 2026Band of Brothers: Legacy · Executive Producer
- 2025Carrie Underwood: Reflection · Executive Producer
- 2024Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary · Executive Producer
- 2024The Bloody Hundredth · Executive Producer
- 2023The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks · Executive Producer
Writing 5
- 2023The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks · Writer
- 2020Greyhound · Screenplay
- 2011Larry Crowne · Writer
- 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · Writer
- 1996That Thing You Do! · Screenplay
Directing 3
- 2011Larry Crowne · Director
- 1996That Thing You Do! · Director
- 1994Vault of Horror I · Director
Crew 3
- 2014Walking the Mile · Thanks
- 2011The Extraordinary Voyage · Thanks
- 2010I'm Still Here · Thanks











