Thomas J. Hanks was born July 9, 1956 in Concord, California. He didn't get into acting until college, when he was rejected for the school play. As a result, he auditioned for a community theater play which led to his discovery as an actor. His wife Rita Wilson, is an actress, and his son from his first marriage, Colin Hanks has also recently been bitten by the bug (Roswell tv series and movie Get Over It opposite Kirsten Dunst). An interesting fact, Tom Hanks is a direct descendent of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. Tom's first big role came in Splash, and since then, he has been making hit movies non stop, such as Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, and most recently Cast Away. He is the only actor since Spencer Tracy in 1937 and 1938 to win back to back Oscars. Tom has also gotten into producing mini tv series (From the Earth to the Moon) and even writing and directing a motion picture (That Thing You Do). Expectations of his future films are high, and his past films certainly prove he will not disappoint.

Awards and Nominations

*Academy Awards/ Oscars*

Won: Best Actor for Philadelphia
Best Actor for Forrest Gump
Nominated: Best Actor for Cast Away
Best Actor for Saving Private Ryan
Best Actor for Big

*Saturn Award*

Best Actor for Big

*American Comedy Awards*

Won: Funniest Actor for Forrest Gump
Funniest Actor for Big
Funniest Supporting Actor for A League of Their Own
Nominated: Funniest Actor for You've Got Mail

*Blockbuster Entertainment Awards*

Won: Favorite Actor, Drama for The Green Mile
Favorite Actor, Drama for Saving Private Ryan
Nominated: Favorite Actor, Drama for Cast Away
Favorite Actor, Comedy for You've Got Mail

*British Academy Awards*

Nominated: Best Actor for Cast Away
Best Actor for Saving Private Ryan
Best Actor for Forrest Gump

*Emmy Awards*

Won: Outstanding Miniseries for "From the Earth to the Moon"
Nominated: Outstanding Directing of a Miniseries for "From the Earth to the Moon"

*Golden Globe Awards*

Won: Best Actor for Cast Away
Best Actor for Forrest Gump
Best Actor for Philadelphia
Best Actor for Big
Nominated: Best Actor for Sleepless in Seattle
Best Actor for Saving Private Ryan

*MTV Movie Awards*

Won: Best Male Performance for Philadephia
Nominated for several other awards ove several years for Best Actor, Best Duo, Best Kiss, etc.

*People's Choice Awards*

Won: 1999 and 1995 Favorite Motion Picture Actor
Nominated: 2001 Favorite Motion Picture Actor and Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actor
Favorite All Time Movie Star

*Screen Actors Guild Awards*

Won: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for Forrest Gump
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by an Actor for Cast Away
Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Saving Private Ryan
Outstanding Performance by a Cast for The Green Mile

*ShoWest Convention*

Won: BoxOffice Star of the Decade
1995 Male Star of the Year

Tom Hanks has also won tons of awards from Film Critics Associatons and the like for performances in Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, and others.


Tom as Paul in The Green Mile

Filmography
The Road to Perdition (2001) as Micheal O'Sullivan
"Band of Brothers" (2001) Mini tv series
Cast Away (2000) Chuck Noland
The Green Mile (1999) as Paul Edgecomb
Toy Story 2 (1999)as the voice of Woody
You've Got Mail (1998) as Joe Fox
Saving Private Ryan (1998) as Captain John H. Miller
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) Mini tv series as Jean Luc Despont
That Thing You Do (1996) Mr. White
Toy Story (1995)as the voice of Woody
Apollo 13 (1995) as Jim Lovell
Forrest Gump (1994) as Forrest Gump/ General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Philadelphia (1993) as Andrew Beckett
Sleepless In Seattle (1993) as Sam Baldwin
A League of their Own (1992) as Jimmy Dugan
Joe Vs. The Volcano (1990) as Joe Banks
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) as Sherman McCoy
Turner & Hooch (1989) Det. Scott Turner
The 'burbs (1989) as Ray Peterson
Punchline (1988) as Steven Gold
Big (1988) as Josh Baskin
Dragnet (1987) as Pep Streebeck
Everytime We Say Goodnight (1986) as David
Nothing In Common (1986) as David Basner
The Moneypit (1986) as Walter Fielding
The Man With One Red Shoe (1985) as Richard
Volunteers (1985) as Laurence Burnes III
Bachelor Party (1984) as Rick Gassko
Splash (1984) as Allen Bauer
Mazes and Monsters (1982) tv, Robbie Wheeling
He Knows You're Alone (1980) as elliot


Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson

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