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