Tom Hanks
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 belowaverage 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 Youve 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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