Tom Hanks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tom Hanks

American actor and producer

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1956

Place of Birth: Concord, California, United States

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, composer, television producer, character actor, television director, voice actor, film director, film producer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Tom Hanks

  • Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker.
  • Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash (1984), Bachelor Party (1984), Big (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr.
  • Banks (2013), Sully (2016) and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019).
  • He has also starred in the Robert Langdon films, and voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.
  • He is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks has collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date: 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 Hanks as a successful director, producer, and screenwriter.
  • In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion at U.S.
  • and Canadian box offices and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fifth-highest-grossing actor in North America.
  • His awards include a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for his role in Philadelphia (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Forrest Gump (1994).
  • (Hanks is one of only two actors to win Best Actor Oscars in consecutive years, Spencer Tracy being the other.) In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
  • In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor, and in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, as well as the French Legion of Honor.

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