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Tom Hanks <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span>  Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (b. July 9, 1956, Concord, California) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, producer, and director. Hanks' parents divorced in his youth and he spent his childhood moving around, changing schools and step families. He eventually settled in Oakland, California where he was drawn to acting in high school plays. He attended Cal State in Sacramento where he continued to act but soon left college to pursue acting as a career.
CareerHanks made his film debut in the slasher film He Knows You're Alone in 1979. Following his debut, he moved to Los Angeles, where he landed a role on the sitcom Bosom Buddies. He also appeared on Taxi, Happy Days, and Family Ties. His breakout role came with the Disney mermaid fantasy, Splash alongside Daryl Hannah. He followed up with several comedies, including Bachelor Party and The Money Pit. His career gained true momentum with the release of Dragnet and the comedic fantasy Big, in which he charmingly portrayed a child in the body of a grown man. Now known for his great comedy timing, he starred in several more successful comedic films such as 1989's Turner & Hooch and The 'burbs. The Bonfire of the Vanities proved less successful than prior films but did not put a dent in his continuing success. His next film, A League of Their Own, costarred Geena Davis and Madonna. More hits followed, with the romantic hit Sleepless in Seattle co-starring Meg Ryan. Hanks took a break from comedy in 1993 to appear in Philadelphia alongside Denzel Washington. His moving performance as a gay man dying of AIDS amid a lawsuit against his former employer, earned him critical acclaim and his first Academy Award. He followed up with yet another moving performance in the acclaimed Forrest Gump, playing the title role as a mentally challenged man who nevertheless lives a full and inspiring life. The performance won him his second Academy Award. Not quite done with Award-winning films, he took on the role of astronaut Jim Lovell in Apollo 13, a film documenting the near disastrous 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission. He then lent his voice to the character of Woody in the multiply nominated 3-D animation, Toy Story. In 1996, Hanks wrote, directed and starred in the musical drama, That Thing You Do!. The film was not a big success but his follow up GTV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon which he co-wrote, won several awards. Hanks did not ease up on career success. He starred in Steven Spielberg's WWII drama Saving Private Ryan and costarred with Meg Ryan in yet another romantic comedy, You've got Mail. He then returned to genre film with the adaptation of Stephen King's novel, The Green Mile. More drama followed with Golden Globe winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers which he executive produced and directed, crime drama Road to Perdition and Catch Me If You Can directed by Spielberg and costarring Leonardo DiCaprio. Hanks had more mixed success with the remake of The Ladykillers, the reality-based, The Terminal with Catherine Zeta Jones and the animated films The Polar Express which he also executive produced and Cars. In the 21st century he devoted more time to producing films such as Evan Almighty and the HBO series Big Love. In 2006, he appeared in the controversial The Da Vinci Code based on the best selling novel of the same name by Dan Brown. Upcoming films include The Great Buck Howard, Charlie Wilson's War, The Risk Pool, A Cold Case, and Bonne's Lick.
Personal lifeHanks married Samantha Lewes in 1978. The couple had two children before divorcing in 1987. He remarried in 1978 to Rita Wilson and they also have two children. His son, Colin Hanks, is also an actor. Genre Credits
AwardsHanks has been nominated five times for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Big (1989), Philadelphia (1994), Forest Gump (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1999), and Cast Away (2001). He won the award consecutively for Philadelphia and Forest Gump. He also won a 1990 Best Actor Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for his role in Big. He also won Emmy Awards in 1998 and 2002 for the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and Band of Brothers. Hanks is also the winner of four Golden Globes among several other awards from TV Land, the Screen Actors Guild, the People's Choice Awards and American Comedy Awards. External LinksTo see specific information, such as individual movies, please click the Tom Hanks category link at the bottom of this article. To see other articles that reference Tom Hanks, please click the What Links Here tool in the toolbox at the bottom of this page. Categories: Tom Hanks | 1956 births | Actors | American actors | Actors from California | Oscar nominated actors | Oscar winning actors | Voice artists | 1980s actors | 1990s actors | 2000s actors
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