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Tom Hanks

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Tom Hanks Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker born in 1956 in Concord, California. Known for comedic and dramatic roles in films like Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Splash, Big, and Cast Away, he has won two Oscars for Best Actor and is regarded as a cultural icon and one of Hollywood's most respected stars.

Overview

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks is ranked as the fourth-highest-grossing American film actor. His numerous awards include two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards; he has also been nominated for five BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

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Timeline

1950s

1956

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California, a suburb...

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California, a suburb of San Francisco

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1956

Birth

Birth of Tom Hanks.

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1960s

1960

Hanks' parents divorced in 1960

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1970s

1978

During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best...

During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare's The T

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1980s

1980

1980 He Knows You're Alone Elliot 1984 Splash Allen Bauer Bachelor Party Rick...

1980 He Knows You're Alone Elliot 1984 Splash Allen Bauer Bachelor Party Rick Gassko 1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Richard Harlan Drew Volunteers Lawrence Whatley Bourne III 1986 The Money Pit Walter Fielding, Jr

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1983

In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on Family Ties as Elyse Keaton's...

In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on Family Ties as Elyse Keaton's alcoholic brother Ned Donnelly

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1984

He had a sizable hit with the sex comedy Bachelor Party, also in 1984

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1986

With Nothing in Common (1986)—a story of a young man alienated from his father...

With Nothing in Common (1986)—a story of a young man alienated from his father (Jackie Gleason)—Hanks began to extend himself from comedic roles to dramatic

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1987

The story was about a guy and his father, unlike, say, The Money Pit, where the...

The story was about a guy and his father, unlike, say, The Money Pit, where the story is really about a guy and his house." In 1987, he had signed an agreement with The Walt Disney Studios where he had starred to a talent pool in an acting/producing pact

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2020s

2026