
American actor and filmmaker Thomas Jeffrey Hanks. Famous for both his dramatic and comedic roles, he is one of the most popular and well-known film actors worldwide, and is regarded as an American popular culture icon. [2] Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide,[3] making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. The actor has been awarded numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor both in 2016,[5][6] as well in the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020. His other films include the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002) and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Captain Phillips (2013) and Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), News of the World (2020) and Elvis (2022). Hanks was also the titular character in Robert Langdon's film series and the voice actor for Sheriff Woody in Toy Story (1995-2019). Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his comedy and dramatic roles , and is regarded as a cultural icon in America. [2] Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide,[3] making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. [4] He has received numerous honors , including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002 in addition to the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014 as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor both in 2016,[5][6] as well as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020. The actor made his debut with leading roles in a series of comedy films that garnered high-profile media coverage for such films as Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988) as well as A League of Their Own (1992). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer with AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and the lead character in Forrest Gump (1994). [8] Hanks worked 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 Post (2017), as well as the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and The Pacific (2010), which made him a director, producer, and screenwriter. .
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