Tom Hanks

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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

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Tom Hanks

Birthday: July 9
Birthplace: Concord, California

Tom Hanks 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.

Tom Hanks 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 voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.

Hanks' accolades include two Academy Awards out of six nominations. In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor, and in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

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Awards & Nominations

17 Nominations | 7 Emmys
Outstanding Variety Special (Live) - 2021
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - 2017
  • Nominee
  • Tom Hanks, Host
  • Saturday Night Live
  • "Host: Tom Hanks"
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series - 2016
  • Nominee
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • The Seventies
  • CNN
  • Herzog / Playtone
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series - 2015
  • Nominee
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • The Sixties
  • CNN
  • Playtone and Herzog & Company
Outstanding Limited Series - 2015
  • Winner
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • Olive Kitteridge
  • HBO
  • HBO Miniseries in association with Playtone
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie - 2012
  • Winner
  • Tom Hanks
  • Game Change
  • HBO
  • Playtone and Everyman Pictures in association with HBO Films
Outstanding Miniseries - 2010
  • Winner
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • The Pacific
  • HBO
  • Playtone and Dreamworks in association with HBO Miniseries
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - 2010
Outstanding Drama Series - 2009
  • Nominee
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • Big Love
  • HBO
  • Anima Sola Productions and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment
Outstanding Miniseries - 2008
  • Winner
  • Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
  • John Adams
  • HBO
  • Playtone in association with HBO Films
Outstanding Miniseries - 2002

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Tom Hanks on stage at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.
Actors Tom Hanks and Justin Timberlake
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton
Actors Tom Hanks and Justin Timberlake
Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks
Actors Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks attend the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre
John Adams co-executive producer Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson at the 60th Primetime Emmys
Tom Hanks accepting for John Adams at the 60th Primetime Emmys
Gary Goetzman, Kirk Ellis & Tom Hanks - Charles Bush Photo Gallery 2
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Oprah Winfrey accepts the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from presenter Tom Hanks at the 54th Emmy Awards on September 22, 2002.

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Tom Hanks on stage at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Tom Hanks on stage at the 2017 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Actors Tom Hanks and Justin Timberlake
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Tom Hanks and Bill Paxton
Actors Tom Hanks and Justin Timberlake
Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks
Actors Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks attend the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre
John Adams co-executive producer Tom Hanks with wife Rita Wilson at the 60th Primetime Emmys
Tom Hanks accepting for John Adams at the 60th Primetime Emmys
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Gary Goetzman, Kirk Ellis & Tom Hanks - Charles Bush Photo Gallery 2
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