Born July 9, 1. 95. 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 1. 97. 8, 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 (1. 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 1.
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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 (1.
Thomas Jeffrey 'Tom' Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash (1984), Big (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989.
His 1. 99. 0 film Bonfire of the Vanities was one of the biggest bombs of the year, but audiences seemed to forgive his lapse. In 1. 99. 2, 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 (1. 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 (1. Oscar for Best Actor. In 1. 99. 4 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 1.
In 1. 99. 6, 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.
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The success of this project was outdone by Hanks' next, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1. Ryan won vast critical acclaim and was nominated for 1. 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 (1. 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 resum. Even more success came soon after when Hanks took home the 2. Golden Globes' Best Actor in a drama award for his portrayal of a shipwrecked Fed. Ex systems engineer who learns the virtues of wasted time in Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away. Though absent from the silver screen in 2.
Hanks remained in the public eye with a role in the acclaimed HBO mini- series Band of Brothers as well as appearing in September 1. 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 2.
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. Hanks starting with an appearance at the Oscar telecast that talented lip- readers will remember for quite some time. In addition to helping produce the HBO Series Big Love, he scored a major international success by reteaming with director Ron Howard for the big- screen adaptation of an Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, which was such a success that he signed on for the sequel in 2. Angels and Demons. His Playtone production company would have a hand in the animated feature The Ant Bully in 2. The Great Buck Howard co- starring his son Colin Hanks.
He also signed on to co- star with Julia Roberts in two different films: Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War in 2. Larry Crowne in 2. Later that same year, Hanks would make dramatic waves in the post- 9/1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture. Ranked by Empire Magazine as 1. The couple have two children in addition to Hanks' other two from his previous marriage.
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