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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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
The Love Boat
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
30 Rock
Golden Globe Awards
Taxi
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Colbert Report
Tales from the Crypt
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
Fallen Angels
1883
Primetime Glick
The Naked Truth
Maya & Marty
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The Walk
The Bloody Hundredth
Cars
The Pacific
The Simpsons Movie
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
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
Asteroid City
Quincy
Toy Story of Terror!
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Partysaurus Rex
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Circle
The Post
Pinocchio
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Sleepless in Seattle
Madden
Dragnet
Elvis
Saving Mr. Banks
Catch Me If You Can
You've Got Mail
Toy Story 5
Forrest Gump
Larry Crowne
Road to Perdition
The Man with One Red Shoe
California Typewriter
Sully
The 'Burbs
Inferno
The Americas
Toy Story
Here
From the Earth to the Moon
Toy Story 4
The Da Vinci Code
Cloud Atlas
A League of Their Own
Philadelphia
Cast Away
Big
Small Fry
Toy Story 2
Apollo 13
The Polar Express
Splash
Toy Story 3
Captain Phillips
Angels & Demons
Joe Versus the Volcano
A Man Called Otto
Saving Private Ryan
Hawaiian Vacation
The Money Pit
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Bridge of Spies
News of the World
Finch
Greyhound
The Green Mile
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
A Hologram for the King
Charlie Wilson's War
Production Credits
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Tales from the Crypt
Mamma Mia!
A Man Called Otto
John Adams
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Charlie Wilson's War
The Circle
Where the Wild Things Are
Masters of the Air
The Bloody Hundredth
Larry Crowne
The Polar Express
Big Love
Band of Brothers
Greyhound
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Olive Kitteridge
Cast Away
Evan Almighty
News of the World
The Ant Bully
From the Earth to the Moon
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
The Pacific
Parkland
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Fallen Angels
The Movies
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