Hanks biography
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Biography
Tom Hanks holds the distinction of being the first actor in 50 years to be awarded back-to-back Best Actor Academy Awards®: in 1993 as the AIDS-stricken lawyer in Philadelphia and the following year in the title role of Forrest Gump. He also won Golden Globes for both of these performances, along with his work in Big and Cast Away.
Early Life and Career
Actor Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California. Hanks’s parents divorced when he was 5 years old, and he
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National Space Society Governor Tom Hanks Biography
Esteemed Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks received the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in 2002, was voted in as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2005, and was listed in Forbes magazine as the most trusted celebrity in America in 2006.
Hanks’ extensive filmography is only briefly highlighted here. His breakthrough performance was in Big (1988), for which he earned his first Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Actor. He won his first Oscar for Best Actor in Philadelphia (1993) and his second Oscar a year later for Forrest Gump (1994), which also won the Oscar for Best Picture. Hanks received his fourth Oscar nomination for his performance in Saving Private Ryan (1998) and a fifth nomination for Cast Away (2000), for which he won a Golden Globe.
Hanks, who would have liked to have been an astronaut, portrayed astronaut Jim Lovell in the critically acclaime
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Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
This article is about the American actor. For the seismologist, see Thomas C. Hanks.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) 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.[2] Hanks is ranked as the fourth-highest-grossing American film actor.[3][4] 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.[5][6][7]
Hanks rose to fame with leading roles in comedies: Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988), and A Leagu