Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 276
Movies 199
self 124
TV Shows 77
Producer 32
Voice 8
Narrator 5
Director 4
Toy Story 5 (2026)
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
Masters of the Air (2024)
Freaky Tales (2024)
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2023)
The Moonwalkers: A Journey With Tom Hanks (2023)
'Saving Private Ryan': Boot Camp (2023)
The Amanpour Hour (2023)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)
Asteroid City (2023)
Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)
The 2010s (2023)
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys (2023)
Hung Up on a Dream (2023)
Commitment to Life (2023)
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen (2023)
A Man Called Otto (2022)
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022)
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022)
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)
Pinocchio (2022)
Elvis (2022)
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20 (2022)
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)
Halftime (2022)
Antonio Banderas et Pedro Almodóvar : Du Désir au Double (2022)
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy (2022)
1883 (2021)
We Are Cinema (2021)
Finch (2021)
A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021)
When Ruby Wax Met... (2021)
Die Tom Hanks Story (2021)
Celebrating America (2021)
Carina Bergfeldt (2021)
News of the World (2020)
Television Event (2020)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Greyhound (2020)
Served: Harvey Weinstein (2020)
Disclosure (2020)
Reunited Apart (2020)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
The Movies (2019)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
The Last Mile (2018)
You Are My Friend (2018)
The Mayo Clinic (2018)
Quincy (2018)
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal (2018)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
The 2000s (2018)
1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
The Post (2017)
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special (2017)
Spielberg (2017)
California Typewriter (2017)
The Nineties (2017)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
The Circle (2017)
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle (2016)
Inferno (2016)
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)
Sully (2016)
There's Something About Romcoms (2016)
Maya & Marty (2016)
A Hologram for the King (2016)
The Eighties (2016)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)
Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
Electric City (2016)
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015)
Ithaca (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Walk (2015)
Everything Is Copy (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Seventies (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Walking the Mile (2014)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
The Concert for Valor (2014)
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
All In (2014)
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
The Real Mary Poppins (2014)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
The Assassination of President Kennedy (2013)
Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Parkland (2013)
Killing Lincoln (2013)
Radioman (2012)
Inventing David Geffen (2012)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Close Up (2012)
Partysaurus Rex (2012)
Electric City (2012)
The Road We've Traveled (2012)
Game Change (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
Small Fry (2011)
Prohibition (2011)
Boatlift (2011)
Larry Crowne (2011)
Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
OK! TV (2011)
Conan (2010)
I'm Still Here (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
The Pacific (2010)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts (2009)
Beyond All Boundaries (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
My Life in Ruins (2009)
Angels & Demons (2009)
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama (2009)
City of Ember (2008)
A Timeless Call (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
David McCullough: Painting with Words (2008)
John Adams (2008)
The War (2008)
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
The Pixar Story (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Evan Almighty (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
30 Rock (2006)
Starter for 10 (2006)
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006)
Cars (2006)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Big Love (2006)
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
Earth to America (2005)
Live 8 (2005)
The Colbert Report (2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
Pennis from Heaven (2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
The Polar Express (2004)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (2004)
Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
Making 'Saving Private Ryan' (2004)
Connie and Carla (2004)
Making a 'Splash' (2004)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s (2003)
Saturday Night Live: Halloween (2003)
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
Concert for George (2003)
Freedom: A History of Us (2003)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
Celebrities Uncensored (2003)
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera (2003)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Life with Bonnie (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (2001)
Band of Brothers (2001)
Primetime Glick (2001)
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
Cast Away (2000)
Shooting War (2000)
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile (2000)
Koschwitz (2000)
Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000)
The Green Mile (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999)
Return with Honor (1999)
The Directors (1999)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (1998)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
The View (1997)
Scene by Scene (1997)
Taff (1997)
The Harryhausen Chronicles (1997)
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
The Universal Story (1996)
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
Ruby Wax Meets (1996)
Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
Making 'Toy Story' (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
The Naked Truth (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Vault of Horror I (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Philadelphia (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Fallen Angels (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
A League of Their Own (1992)
HBO First Look (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition (1992)
Radio Flyer (1992)
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
The Best of Saturday Night Live: 1989 (1989)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
The 'Burbs (1989)
Punchline (1988)
American Experience (1988)
This Morning (1988)
Madeline (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Big (1988)
Dragnet (1987)
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Nothing in Common (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Volunteers (1985)
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
Bachelor Party (1984)
Splash (1984)
Mazes and Monsters (1982)
Family Ties (1982)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Bosom Buddies (1980)
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Taxi (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Happy Days (1974)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Oscars (1953)
Today (1952)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Beautiful
The Americas
In the Garden of Beasts
Here
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Major Matt Mason
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1956-07-09 (67 years old)
Birth NameThomas Jeffrey Hanks
Birth PlaceConcord, United States of America
ReligionGreek Orthodox Church
Height6-foot, 1.83-meter
Net Worth$390 Million
RelationshipsSamantha Lewes (1978-01-24 - 1987-03-19)
SpouseRita Wilson
ChildrenTruman Hanks, Elizabeth Hanks, Colin Hanks, Chet Hanks
FatherAmos Mefford Hanks
MotherJanet Marylyn Frager
SiblingsLarry Hanks, Jim Hanks
RelativesGage Hanks
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Greece
ResidencesLos Angeles · Oakland, United States of America
Also Known AsThomas Jeffrey Hanks, Том Хэнкс, توم هانكس, トム・ハンクス, 톰 행크스, ทอม แฮงส์, 汤姆·汉克斯, Том Генкс, Том Хенкс, Томас Джеффрі Генкс, Τομ Χανκς, टॉम हैंक्स, ടോം ഹാങ്ക്സ്, 湯姆‧漢克斯, 湯姆·漢克, 托马斯·杰弗里·汉克斯, Thomas Hanks, 湯漢斯 飾, טום הנקס
AwardsAcademy Awards, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Academy Award for Best Actor, AFI Life Achievement Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Screen Actors Guild Award, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Silver Bear, Britannia Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Producers Guild of America Awards, Knight of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Theatre World Award, Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award
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