Tom Hanks
Actor
Born July 9, 1956 in Concord, California, USA
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter.
Filmography
Beautiful
In the Garden of Beasts
The Americas: A Wild 250th
Narrator
The American Experiment
We're Back! With Brian Williams
Self - Guest
Toy Story 5
Woody (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
World War II with Tom Hanks
Self - Presenter
Marty, Life Is Short
Self
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
The American Revolution
(voice)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor, Splash
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
The Phoenician Scheme
Leland
Freaky Tales
Hank, Video Store Owner
The Americas
Self - Narrator (voice)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
Carrie Underwood: Reflection
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary
Here
Richard
The Bloody Hundredth
Self - Narrator (voice)
Masters of the Air
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Narrator
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Asteroid City
Stanley Zak
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
The 2010s
Self - Actor
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Self
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Narrator (voice)
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
A Man Called Otto
Otto Anderson
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Self
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis
Self
Pinocchio
Geppetto
Elvis
Colonel Tom Parker
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Woody (voice) (archive footage)
Halftime
Self
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Self (archive footage)
1883
General George Meade
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Finch
Finch
Last Meals
Self
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
Die Tom Hanks Story
Self (archive footage)
Celebrating America
Self - Host
Carina Bergfeldt
Self - Guest
News of the World
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Self
Greyhound
Commander Krause
Reunited Apart
Self
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fred Rogers
The Movies
Toy Story 4
Woody (voice)
The Last Mile
Self
The Mayo Clinic
Will Mayo (voice)
Quincy
Self
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The 2000s
1968: The Year That Changed America
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
The Post
Ben Bradlee
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
David S. Pumpkins (voice)
Spielberg
Self
California Typewriter
Self
The Nineties
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
The Circle
Eamon Bailey
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
Inferno
Robert Langdon
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
Waitstill Sharp (voice)
Sully
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
Maya & Marty
A Hologram for the King
Alan Clay
The Eighties
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
Ithaca
Mr. Macauley
Bridge of Spies
James B. Donovan
The Walk
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Everything Is Copy
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Seventies
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Walking the Mile
Self
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Woody (voice)
The Concert for Valor
Self
Olive Kitteridge
The Sixties
Self
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Actor
Capturing Captain Phillips
Self
The Making Of 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' Behind The Scenes
Self
The Real Mary Poppins
Self
Saving Mr. Banks
Walt Disney
The Assassination of President Kennedy
Toy Story of Terror!
Woody (Voice)
Captain Phillips
Captain Richard Phillips
Parkland
Killing Lincoln
Self - Narrator
Radioman
Self
Inventing David Geffen
Self
Cloud Atlas
Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
The Greatest Event in Television History
Self
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Partysaurus Rex
Woody (voice)
Electric City
Cleveland Carr (voice)
The Road We've Traveled
Self - Narrator
Game Change
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Thomas Schell
The Extraordinary Voyage
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Small Fry
Woody (voice)
Prohibition
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Boatlift
Narrator
Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne
Hawaiian Vacation
Woody (voice)
OK! TV
Conan
Self
I'm Still Here
Toy Story 3
Woody (voice)
The Pacific
Narrator (voice)
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Host
Beyond All Boundaries
Narrator
Where the Wild Things Are
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Allen Bauer (archive footage)
My Life in Ruins
Angels & Demons
Robert Langdon
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
City of Ember
A Timeless Call
Self / Narrator (voice)
Mamma Mia!
David McCullough: Painting with Words
John Adams
The Great Buck Howard
Mr. Gable
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson
The War
Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
The Pixar Story
Self - Woody / Scott Turner
The Simpsons Movie
Tom Hanks (voice)
Spielberg on Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
Evan Almighty
Making That Thing You Do
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
30 Rock
Tom Hanks
Starter for 10
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Self (archive footage)
The Ant Bully
Cars
Woody Car (voice)
The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon
Big Love
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
Earth to America
Self
Live 8
Self
The Colbert Report
Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Narrator (voice)
Passport to the Universe
Narrator
Pennis from Heaven
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
The Polar Express
Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
Kulturplatz
Self
Elvis Has Left the Building
Mailbox-Elvis
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
The Terminal
Viktor Navorski
Connie and Carla
Making a 'Splash'
Self / Allen Bauer
The Ladykillers
Professor G.H. Dorr
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Self
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Concert for George
Mountie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Self - Interviewee
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Self
My Big Fat Greek Life
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Catch Me If You Can
Carl Hanratty
Life with Bonnie
Tom Hanks
Road to Perdition
Michael Sullivan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
Band of Brothers
Primetime Glick
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Cast Away
Chuck Noland
Shooting War
Narrator
The Green Mile
Paul Edgecomb
Toy Story 2
Woody (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
Return with Honor
Narrator
You've Got Mail
Joe Fox
Saving Private Ryan
Captain Miller
From the Earth to the Moon
Jean-Luc Despont
Parkinson
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
The View
Self
Scene by Scene
Self
Taff
self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
That Thing You Do!
Mr. White
The Daily Show
Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Ruby Wax Meets
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Making 'Toy Story'
Self
Toy Story
Woody (voice)
The Naked Truth
Tom Hanks
Apollo 13
Jim Lovell
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Self
Vault of Horror I
Baxter (archive footage)
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
100 Years at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Philadelphia
Andrew Beckett
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
Trouble Boy #1
Sleepless in Seattle
Sam Baldwin
A League of Their Own
Jimmy Dugan
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
Radio Flyer
Older Mike (uncredited)
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Self
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sherman McCoy
Joe Versus the Volcano
Joe Banks
The Simpsons
Tom Hanks (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
Turner & Hooch
Scott Turner
Tales from the Crypt
Baxter (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
The 'Burbs
Ray Peterson
Punchline
Steven Gold
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
This Morning
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Big
Josh Baskin
Dragnet
Pep Streebeck
Every Time We Say Goodbye
David
Nothing in Common
David Basner
The Money Pit
Walter Fielding, Jr.
Volunteers
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
The Man with One Red Shoe
Richard
Bachelor Party
Rick Gassko
Splash
Allen Bauer
Mazes and Monsters
Robbie Wheeling
Family Ties
Ned Donnelly
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Wetten, dass..?
Self
Bosom Buddies
Kip Wilson / Buffy
He Knows You're Alone
Elliot
Taxi
Gordon
The Love Boat
Rick Martin
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Happy Days
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Grammys
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Self
Today
Self
Bambi
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee