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