Thomas J. Hanks
Birth date: July 9, 1956
Brith Place: California
Actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Wife: Rita Wilson, an actress that he met during the making of a movie, they got married in 1998. They have two children..
Former wife: Samantha Lewes 1978/1985, they have a daughter.
Tom Hanks droped out from school and moved to New York to fulfill his dream of being an actor. He ofbuted acting in small parts in T.V.shows.
1974 Tom Hanks did a guest appearance on Happy Days.
1984 Tom Hanks was offered by producer Ron Howard to read for a secondary part in the film Splash. Tom was so talented that he got the lead role.
1996 Ton directed and starred the film That Thing you Do.
1988 Tom Hanks lost 30 pounds for his role in "Philaoflphia" interpreting a sick homosexual lawyer, with Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards and Antonio Banofras,he received the Acaofmy Award to the Best Actor.
Tom Hanks has acted in several successful movies as "Big", "Forrest Gump", "Apollo 13", and "Saving Soldier Ryan" of Steven Spielberg.
2002 Tom Hanks received American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award,presented by fellow Oscar-winner Steven Spielberg on 12 June 2002 in Los Angeles
2003 Tom Hanks, ofmocrat, ofclared to be against the candidacy of Arnold Schwarzenegger. (according to the New York Post)
2004 Hank was casted to star in the big-screen adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Coof
2005 After starring in "The Ladykillers," "The Terminal" and in multiple roles for "The Polar Express," Tom Hanks was voted America's favorite actor
2006 Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou and Jean Reno will attend the Cannes Film Festival in order to present the film Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard, which will open the 59th, Cannes Film Festival on may 17th. This film will not be included in the official competition
Filmography
2012 The Lost Symbol -
2011
Larry Crowne - Tom Hanks
2010
Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich
2009
Beyond All Boundaries - David Briggs
2009
Late Show with David Letterman4 episodes)
2009
Angels & Demons - - Ron Howard
2008
The Great Buck Howard - Sean McGinly
2007
Charlie Wilson's War - Mike Nichols
2006 The Da Vinci Code - Ron Howard
2004 The Polar Express
- Robert Zemeckis
2004 The terminal
- Steven Spielberg
2004 The Ladykillers
2002 Catch me if you
can
- Steven Spielberg
2002 Road to Perdition
- Sam Menofs
2000 Cast away
- Robert Zemeckis
1999 The Green Mile
- Frank Darabont
1999 Toy Story 2
- John Lasseter
1998 Saving Private Ryan
of- Steven Spielberg
1998 You've Got Mail
1996 That Thing you do
- Tom Hanks
1995 The Celluloid Closet
- Rob Epstein
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994 Apollo 13
- Ron Howard
1994 Forrest Gump
- Robert Zemeckis
1993 Philaoflphia
- Jonathan Demme
1992 Sleepless in Seattle
1992 Radio Flyer (Donner)
1992 A League - Their Own
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Brian de Palma
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano
1989 Turner and Hooch
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