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Height : 5'10
Weight : 165 lbs
Waist : 34"
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American leading actor Tom
Hanks has become one of the most popular stars in
contemporary American cinema. Born July 9, 1956, in
Concord, CA, Hanks spent much of his childhood moving
about with his father, an itinerant cook, and
continually attempting to cope with constantly changing
schools, religions, and stepmothers. After settling in
Oakland, CA, he began performing in high-school plays.
He continued acting while attending Cal State,
Sacramento, and left to pursue his vocation full-time.
In 1978, Hanks went to find work in New York; while
there he married actress/producer Samantha Lewes, whom
he later divorced.
Hanks debuted onscreen in the low-budget slasher movie
He Knows You're Alone (1979). Shortly afterward he moved
to Los Angeles and landed a co-starring role in the TV
sitcom Bosom Buddies; he also worked occasionally in
other TV series such as Taxi and Family Ties, as well as
in the TV movie Mazes and Monsters. Hanks finally became
prominent when he starred opposite Daryl Hannah in the
Disney comedy Splash!, which became the sleeper hit of
1984.
Audiences were drawn to the lanky, curly headed
actor's amiable, laid-back style and keen sense of comic
timing. He went on to appear in a string of mostly
unsuccessful comedies before starring in Big (1988), in
which he gave a delightful performance as a child in a
grown man's body. His 1990 film Bonfire of the Vanities
was one of the biggest bombs of the year, but audiences
seemed to forgive his lapse. In 1992, Hanks' star again
rose when he played the outwardly disgusting, inwardly
warm-hearted coach in Penny Marshall's A League of Their
Own. This led to a starring role in the smash hit
romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle (1993).
Although a fine comedic actor, Hanks earned critical
respect and an even wider audience when he played a
tormented AIDS-afflicted homosexual lawyer in the drama
Philadelphia (1993) and won that year's Oscar for Best
Actor. In 1994 he won again for his convincing portrait
of the slow-witted but phenomenally lucky Forrest Gump,
and his success continued with the smash space epic
Apollo 13 (1995). In 1996, Hanks tried his hand at
screenwriting, directing, and starring in a feature:
That Thing You Do!, an upbeat tale of a one-hit wonder
group and their manager. The film was not particularly
successful, unlike Hanks' next directing endeavor, the
TV miniseries From Earth to the Moon. The series was
nominated for and won a slew of awards, including a
series of Emmys. The success of this project was outdone
by Hanks' next, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan
(1998).
Ryan won vast critical acclaim and was nominated
for 11 Oscars, including a Best Actor nomination for
Hanks. The film won five, including a Best Director
Oscar for Spielberg, but lost Best Picture to
Shakespeare in Love, a slight that was to become the
subject of controversy. No controversy surrounded Hanks'
following film, Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail (1998), a
romantic comedy that paired Hanks with his Sleepless
co-star Meg Ryan. Although the film got mixed reviews,
it was popular with filmgoers, and thus provided Hanks
with another success to add to his resumι.
Even more
success came soon after when Hanks took home the 2000
Golden Globes' Best Actor in a drama award for his
portrayal of a shipwrecked FedEx systems engineer who
learns the virtues of wasted time in Robert Zemeckis'
Cast Away. Though absent from the silver screen in 2001,
Hanks remained in the public eye with a role in the
acclaimed HBO mini-series Band of Brothers as well as
appearing in September 11 television special America: A
Tribute to Heroes and the documentary Rescued From the
Closet.
Next teaming with American Beauty director Sam
Mendes for the adaptation of Max Allan Collins graphic
novel The Road to Perdition (subsequently inspired by
the Japanese manga Lone Wolf and Cub, the nice-guy star
took a rare anti-hero role as a hitman (albiet an
honorable and fairly respectable hitman) on the lam with
his son (Tyler Hoechlin) after his son witnesses a
murder. That same year, Hanks collaborated with director
Spielberg again, starring opposite Leonardo Dicaprio in
the hit crime-comedy Catch Me if You Can.
For the next two years, Hanks was essentially absent
from movie screens, but in 2004 he emerged with three
new projects: The Coen Brothers' The Lady Killers, yet
another Spielberg helmed film, The Terminal, and The
Polar Express, a family picture from Forrest Gump and
Castaway director Robert Zemeckis.
Ranked by Empire Magazine as 17th out of "The Top 100
Movie Stars of All Time" in October 1997, Hanks is
married to actress Rita Wilson, with whom he appeared in
Volunteers (1985). The couple have two children in
addition to Hanks' other two from his previous marriage.
Filmography
The Da Vinci Code
(2006)
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Tom Hanks (2005)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Polar Express (2004)
Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
You've Got Mail/Joe vs.The Volcano (2004)
Concert for George (2003)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Cast Away (2000)
Solaris/Cast Away (2000)
The Green Mile (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
You've Got Mail (1998)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Philadelphia (1993)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
A League of Their Own (1992)
Radio Flyer (1992)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
The Burbs (1989)
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Big (1988)
Punchline (1988)
Dragnet (1987)
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Nothing in Common (1986)
The Man With One Red Shoe (1985)
Volunteers (1985)
Bachelor Party (1984)
Splash (1984)
Mazes and Monsters (1982)
He Knows You're Alone (1980)
Cameo
Concert for George (2003)
Director
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Producer
Connie and Carla (2004)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Cast Away (2000)
Screenwriter
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Voice
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story (1995)
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