Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and writer.

Tom Hanks
Hanks in 2023
Born	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (1956-07-09) July 9, 1956 (age 69) Concord, California, U.S.
Nationality	American, Greek[1]
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter writer
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Samantha Lewes ​ (m. 1978⁠–⁠1987)​ Rita Wilson ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	4, including Colin Hanks
Parent(s)	Amos Hanks Janet Marylyn (née Frager)
Relatives	Jim Hanks (brother)
Awards	Academy Awards Best Actor 1993 Philadelphia 1994 Forrest Gump Golden Globe Awards Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama 1994 Philadelphia 1995 Forrest Gump 2001 Cast Away Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1989 Big Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing - Miniseries, Movie/Dramatic Special 2002 Band of Brothers Outstanding Miniseries 2002 Band of Brothers

Career

Many of Hanks' early movies were comedies. He was made famous by his roles in Splash and Big. He made his way into drama with A League of Their Own and Philadelphia. He combined the two genres with Forrest Gump. Hanks has starred in many more famous movies since, including Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Toy Story (only his voice was used), Cast Away, The Terminal, The Da Vinci Code, The Green Mile, Captain Phillips, Sully, Bridge of Spies and The Post.

Hanks played Fred Rogers in Marielle Heller's biographical movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), a role which earned him a Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.^[2]

In 2022, Hanks played Colonel Tom Parker in the Elvis Presley biopic Elvis. That same year, he also played Geppetto in the Disney live-action remake Pinocchio.

Hanks has won several awards for acting. He won both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. He also won a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump.^[3]

In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor and, in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama,^[4] as well as the French Legion of Honor.^[5]

Personal life

For his role in Saving Private Ryan, Hanks was honored as an honorary member of the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame.^[6]

In December 2019, he was naturalized as an honorary Greek citizen by the President of Greece.^[7]

On March 12, 2020, Hanks announced that he and his wife Rita had tested positive for COVID-19 while shooting Elvis in Australia.^[8][9]

Hanks is a typewriter and model train enthusiast. ^[10]

Filmography

Film

Hanks at the Governor's Ball after the telecast of the 61st Academy Awards, 1989

Hanks as the title character on the film set of Forrest Gump (1994)

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Producer	Other	Role(s)
He Knows You're Alone	1980	Yes			Elliot		[11]
Splash	1984	Yes			Allen Bauer
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	1984	Yes			Buckaroo Banzai
The Man with One Red Shoe	1985	Yes			Richard Harlan Drew		[12]
Volunteers	1985	Yes			Lawrence Whatley Bourne III		[13]
The Money Pit	1986	Yes			Walter Fielding, Jr.		[14]
Nothing in Common	1986	Yes			David Basner		[15]
Every Time We Say Goodbye	1986	Yes			David Bradley	Limited release	[16]
Dragnet	1987	Yes			Det. Pep Streebek		[17]
Throw Momma from the Train	1987	Yes			Larry Donner
Big	1988	Yes			Josh Baskin		[18]
The 'Burbs	1989	Yes			Ray Peterson		[19]
Turner & Hooch	1989	Yes			Det. Scott Turner		[20]
Joe Versus the Volcano	1990	Yes			Joe Banks		[21]
The Bonfire of the Vanities	1990	Yes			Sherman McCoy		[22]
Radio Flyer	1992	Yes			Older Mike/Narrator	Cameo	[23]
A League of Their Own	1992	Yes			Jimmy Dugan		[24]
Sleepless in Seattle	1993	Yes			Sam Baldwin		[25]
Philadelphia	1993	Yes			Andrew Beckett		[26]
Forrest Gump	1994	Yes			Forrest Gump		[27]
Apollo 13	1995	Yes			Jim Lovell		[28]
Toy Story	1995	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Voice only	[29]
That Thing You Do!	1996	Yes		Director and screenwriter	Mr. White
Cats Don't Dance	1997	Yes			Albert Wellington	Voice only
Saving Private Ryan	1998	Yes			Captain John H. Miller		[30]
The Rugrats Movie	1998	Yes			Spike	Voice only
You've Got Mail	1998	Yes			Joe Fox		[31]
I Hate County	1999	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Voice only
Toy Story 2	1999	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Voice only	[32]
The Green Mile	1999	Yes			Paul Edgecomb		[33]
Cast Away	2000	Yes	Yes		Chuck Noland		[34]
Vanilla Sky	2001	Yes			Walter Shelby
My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002		Yes		—		[35]
Road to Perdition	2002	Yes			Michael Sullivan, Sr.		[36]
Catch Me If You Can	2002	Yes			FBI Agent Carl Hanratty		[37]
The Ladykillers	2004	Yes			Professor G.H. Dorr		[38]
Connie and Carla	2004		Yes		—		[39]
The Terminal	2004	Yes			Viktor Navorski		[40]
Elvis Has Left the Building	2004	Yes			Mailbox Elvis	Cameo	[41][42]
The Polar Express	2004	Yes	Yes		The Conductor/Hero Boy/Father/Scrooge/Santa Claus/Hobo	Voice and motion capture Executive producer	[43]
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D	2005		Yes	Screenwriter and narrator	—	IMAX only	[44]
The Da Vinci Code	2006	Yes			Professor Robert Langdon		[45]
Over the Hedge	2006	Yes			Woody	Uncredited	[46]
Cars	2006	Yes			Woody Car	Cameo Voice only	[47]
The Ant Bully	2006		Yes		—		[48]
Starter for 10	2006		Yes		—		[49]
For Your Consideration	2006	Yes			Fozzie Bear	Voice only
Evan Almighty	2007		Yes		—	Executive producer	[50]
Charlie Wilson's War	2007	Yes	Yes		Charlie Wilson		[51]
The Simpsons Movie	2007	Yes			Himself	Cameo Voice only	[52]
Bee Movie	2007	Yes			Barry B. Benson	Voice only	[53]
Mamma Mia!	2008		Yes		—	Executive producer	[54]
City of Ember	2008		Yes		—		[55]
The Great Buck Howard	2009	Yes	Yes		Mr. Gable	Limited release	[56]
My Life in Ruins	2009		Yes		—	Executive producer	[57]
Angels & Demons	2009	Yes			Professor Robert Langdon		[58]
Where the Wild Things Are	2009		Yes		—		[59]
Beyond All Boundaries	2009		Yes	Narrator	—	Short film Executive producer	[60]
Toy Story 3	2010	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Voice only	[61]
Hawaiian Vacation	2011	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Short film Voice only	[62]
Larry Crowne	2011	Yes	Yes	Director and screenwriter	Larry Crowne		[63]
Small Fry	2011	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Short film Voice only	[64]
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close	2011	Yes			Thomas Schell Jr.		[65]
Cloud Atlas	2012	Yes			Dr. Henry Goose/Hotel Manager/Isaac Sachs/ Dermot Hoggins/Cavendish Look-A-Like Actor/Zachry		[66]
Partysaurus Rex	2012	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Short film Voice only	[67]
Parkland	2013		Yes		—		[68]
Captain Phillips	2013	Yes			Captain Richard Phillips		[69]
Saving Mr. Banks	2013	Yes			Walt Disney		[70]
Bridge of Spies	2015	Yes			James B. Donovan		[71]
Ithaca	2015	Yes	Yes		TBA	Post-production Executive producer	[72]
A Hologram for the King	2015	Yes			Alan Clay	Post-production	[73]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	2016		Yes		—	Post-production Producer	[74]
Inferno	2016	Yes			Professor Robert Langdon	Post-production	[75]
Sully	2016	Yes			Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger	Filming	[76]
The Circle	2017	Yes	Yes		Bailey	Filming Producer	[77]
Toy Story 4	2019	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Voice only	[78]

Television

Title	Year	Credited as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Producer	Other	Role(s)
The Love Boat	1980	Yes			Rick Martin	Episode: "Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother"	[79]
Bosom Buddies	1980–82	Yes			Kip/Buffy Wilson		[80][81]
Mazes and Monsters	1982	Yes			Robbie Wheeling	Television film	[82][83]
Taxi	1982	Yes			Gordon	Episode: "The Road Not Taken: Part 1"	[84]
Happy Days	1982	Yes			Dr. Dwayne Twitchell	Episode: "A Little Case of Revenge"	[85][86]
Family Ties	1983–84	Yes			Ned Donnelly	Episode: "The Fugitive Part 1" Episode: "The Fugitive Part 2" Episode: "Say Uncle"	[87][88][89]
Saturday Night Live	1985– 2015	Yes		Host	Various characters	8 times as host (1985–2006) 8 times as guest/ cameo (2001–15)	[90][91][92]
Tales from the Crypt	1992	Yes		Director	Baxter	Episode: "None but the Lonely Heart"	[93]
Rugrats	1992	Yes			Charlie The SWAT Officer	Episode: "Garage Sale"	[94]
Fallen Angels	1993	Yes		Director	Trouble Boy #1	Episode: "I'll Be Waiting"	[95]
A League of Their Own	1993			Director	—	Episode: "The Monkey's Curse"	[96][97]
From the Earth to the Moon	1998	Yes	Yes	Director and screenwriter	Jean-Luc Despont	Episode: "Le voyage dans la lune" (actor) Episode: ""Can We Do This?" (director) 4 episodes (writer) Executive producer	[98][99][100]
Band of Brothers	2001	Yes	Yes	Director and screenwriter	British Officer	Miniseries Executive producer Episode: "Crossroads" (director) Episode: "Currahee" (screenwriter) Cameo	[101][102][103] [104][105]
Freedom: A History of US	2003	Yes			Abraham Lincoln/Charles E. Wood/Daniel Boone	7 episodes	[106]
Big Love	2006–11		Yes		—	Executive producer	[107]
Mona the Vampire	2006	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Episode: "Mona and the Talking Mice/The Ogre Hunters"
The Pacific	2010		Yes	Narrator	—	Miniseries; 6 episodes Executive producer	[108][109]
30 Rock	2011	Yes			Himself	Cameo	[110]
Killing Lincoln	2013			Narrator	—	Television film	[111]
Toy Story of Terror!	2013	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Halloween Special Voice only	[112]
The Assassination of President Kennedy	2013		Yes		—	Documentary Executive producer	[113]
The Sixties	2014		Yes		—	Documentary series Executive producer	[114]
Olive Kitteridge	2014		Yes		—	Miniseries Executive producer	[115][116]
Toy Story That Time Forgot	2014	Yes			Sheriff Woody	Christmas Special Voice only	[117]
The Seventies	2015		Yes		—	Documentary series Executive producer	[118]

Music video appearances

Title	Year	Artist	Ref.
I Really Like You	2015	Carly Rae Jepsen	[119]
Girls Night In	2015	Rita Wilson	[120]

Stage

Production	Year	Theatre	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
The Taming of the Shrew	1977	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Grumio		[121][122][123]
Hamlet	1977	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Soldier, Reynaldo		[121][124]
Polly	1978	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Hacker		[121][124]
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	1978	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Proteus		[121][125]
The Wild Oats	1978	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Muz		[121][124]
King John	1978	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Robert Faulconbridge		[121][124]
Twelfth Night	1979	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Fabian		[121][124]
Juno and the Paycock	1979	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Jerry Devine		[121][124]
Do Me a Favorite	1979	Lakewood Civic Auditorium	Harold		[121][124]
The Mandrake	1979	Riverside Shakespeare Theater	Callimaco		[126]
Lucky Guy	2013	Broadhurst Theatre	Mike McAlary		[127]
New Toy Story	2020	Disney Theatrical Productions	Sheriff Woody	Voice only