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