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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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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Simpsons
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Love Boat
Bambi
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
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
Quincy
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Toy Story of Terror!
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Asteroid City
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Pinocchio
Toy Story 5
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Madden
The Circle
Saving Mr. Banks
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Elvis
Catch Me If You Can
You've Got Mail
Dragnet
Sleepless in Seattle
Partysaurus Rex
The Post
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Road to Perdition
Splash
Joe Versus the Volcano
Charlie Wilson's War
Toy Story
The 'Burbs
From the Earth to the Moon
Small Fry
Toy Story 3
Larry Crowne
Toy Story 4
Sully
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Apollo 13
Greyhound
A Man Called Otto
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
The Man with One Red Shoe
News of the World
Bridge of Spies
Forrest Gump
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Hawaiian Vacation
The Money Pit
Big
A League of Their Own
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
The Americas
Toy Story 2
Philadelphia
Cast Away
Angels & Demons
The Green Mile
Inferno
Here
Captain Phillips
The Bloody Hundredth
The Polar Express
A Hologram for the King
Saving Private Ryan
The Terminal
Finch
The Da Vinci Code
Cloud Atlas
California Typewriter
Production Credits
Evan Almighty
The Movies
Mamma Mia!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Big Love
Greyhound
Fallen Angels
City of Ember
Tales from the Crypt
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Charlie Wilson's War
Cast Away
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
The Bloody Hundredth
Alex
Where the Wild Things Are
The Ant Bully
Masters of the Air
A Man Called Otto
The Circle
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
Olive Kitteridge
News of the World
The Pacific
John Adams
Band of Brothers
Larry Crowne
From the Earth to the Moon
The Polar Express
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Parkland
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