Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker who has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Hanks made his professional acting debut on stage, playing Grumio in a 1977 Great Lakes Theater production of The Taming of the Shrew . [1] He made his film debut with a minor role in the 1980 horror film, He Knows You're Alone . [2] In the same year, Hanks appeared in the television series Bosom Buddies , a role that led to guest appearances on several shows, including Happy Days with Ron Howard. Howard cast him in his first leading role in the Ron Howard-directed fantasy romantic comedy, Splash . [3] His breakthrough role was in Penny Marshall's age-changing comedy, Big , for which he garnered his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [4] [5]
In 1993, Hanks starred with Meg Ryan in the Nora Ephron-directed romantic comedy, Sleepless in Seattle . Later that year, he starred in the drama Philadelphia as a gay lawyer with AIDS fighting discrimination in his law firm. [6] For his performance, Hanks earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor. [7] He followed with the 1994 romantic comedy-drama, Forrest Gump , winning a consecutive second Academy Award for Best Actor (the first actor since Spencer Tracy in 1938 to achieve this feat). [8] In 1995, he played astronaut Jim Lovell in the Howard-directed historical drama Apollo 13 , and voiced Sheriff Woody in the animated film Toy Story (a role that he would reprise in three sequels).
Hanks made his debut as a director and screenwriter with the 1996 musical comedy, That Thing You Do! . [9] Later that year, he and Gary Goetzman founded the production company Playtone. [10] In 1998, Hanks executive produced the Emmy Award-winning docudrama miniseries From the Earth to the Moon , and starred in the Steven Spielberg-directed epic war film, Saving Private Ryan , which earned him his fourth nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. [11] [12] Later that year, he reunited with Ryan and Ephron for the romantic comedy, You've Got Mail . In 2000, Hanks starred in Cast Away , earning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and a fifth nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor. [13] [14] In 2001, he executive produced the Emmy Award-winning World War II mini-series Band of Brothers and the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding . [15] The following year, at 45 years, Hanks became the youngest person to receive the lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute. [16]
In 2006, he played Professor Robert Langdon in Howard's The Da Vinci Code , an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name. In 2008, he executive-produced the musical comedy, Mamma Mia! , and the Emmy Award-winning mini-series, John Adams . [17] Hanks made his Broadway debut in 2013 in Ephron's play Lucky Guy , which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. [18] He portrayed television personality Fred Rogers in the 2019 drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , for which he garnered nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards. [19] [20] [21]
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | ||
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Actor | Producer | Role(s) | ||||
1980 | He Knows You're Alone | Yes | No | Elliot | [2] | |
1984 | Splash | Yes | No | Allen Bauer | [2] | |
Bachelor Party | Yes | No | Rick Gassko | [22] | ||
1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Yes | No | Richard Harlan Drew | [23] | |
Volunteers | Yes | No | Lawrence Whatley Bourne III | [24] | ||
1986 | The Money Pit | Yes | No | Walter Fielding, Jr. | [25] | |
Nothing in Common | Yes | No | David Basner | [26] | ||
Every Time We Say Goodbye | Yes | No | David Bradley | [27] | ||
1987 | Dragnet | Yes | No | Detective Pep Streebek | [28] | |
1988 | Big | Yes | No | Josh Baskin | [29] | |
Punchline | Yes | No | Steven Gold | [30] | ||
1989 | The 'Burbs | Yes | No | Ray Peterson | [31] | |
Turner & Hooch | Yes | No | Detective Scott Turner | [32] | ||
1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Yes | No | Joe Banks | [33] | |
The Bonfire of the Vanities | Yes | No | Sherman McCoy | [34] | ||
1992 | Radio Flyer | Yes | No | Older Mike / Narrator | [35] | |
A League of Their Own | Yes | No | Jimmy Dugan | [36] | ||
1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Yes | No | Sam Baldwin | [37] | |
Philadelphia | Yes | No | Andrew Beckett | Academy Award for Best Actor | [6] | |
1994 | Forrest Gump | Yes | No | Forrest Gump | Academy Award for Best Actor | [38] |
1995 | Apollo 13 | Yes | No | Jim Lovell | [39] | |
Toy Story | Yes | No | Sheriff Woody | Voice role | [40] | |
1996 | That Thing You Do! | Yes | No | Mr. White | Also director and screenwriter | [9] |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Yes | No | Captain John H. Miller | [41] | |
You've Got Mail | Yes | No | Joe Fox | [42] | ||
1999 | Toy Story 2 | Yes | No | Sheriff Woody | Voice role | [43] |
The Green Mile | Yes | No | Paul Edgecomb | [44] | ||
2000 | Cast Away | Yes | Yes | Chuck Noland | [45] | |
2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | No | Yes | — | [46] | |
Road to Perdition | Yes | No | Michael Sullivan, Sr. | [47] | ||
Catch Me If You Can | Yes | No | FBI Agent Carl Hanratty | [48] | ||
2004 | The Ladykillers | Yes | No | Professor G.H. Dorr | [49] | |
Connie and Carla | No | Yes | — | [50] | ||
Elvis Has Left the Building | Yes | No | Mailbox Elvis | Cameo | [51] [52] | |
The Terminal | Yes | No | Viktor Navorski | [53] | ||
The Polar Express | Yes | Executive | Various roles | Voice and motion capture | [54] | |
2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Yes | Yes | Narrator | IMAX only; also screenwriter | [55] |
2006 | Cars | Yes | No | Woody Car | Cameo; voice role | [56] |
The Ant Bully | No | Yes | — | [57] | ||
The Da Vinci Code | Yes | No | Professor Robert Langdon | [58] | ||
Starter for 10 | No | Yes | — | [59] | ||
2007 | Evan Almighty | No | Executive | — | [60] | |
Charlie Wilson's War | Yes | Yes | Charlie Wilson | [61] | ||
The Simpsons Movie | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo; voice role | [62] | |
2008 | Mamma Mia! | No | Executive | — | [63] | |
City of Ember | No | Yes | — | [64] | ||
2009 | The Great Buck Howard | Yes | Yes | Mr. Gable | [65] | |
Where the Wild Things Are | No | Yes | — | [66] | ||
Beyond All Boundaries | Yes | Executive | Narrator | Short film | [67] | |
My Life in Ruins | No | Executive | — | [68] | ||
Angels & Demons | Yes | No | Professor Robert Langdon | [69] | ||
2010 | Toy Story 3 | Yes | No | Sheriff Woody | Voice role | [70] |
2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Yes | No | Short film; voice role | [71] | |
Larry Crowne | Yes | Yes | Larry Crowne | Also director and screenwriter | [72] | |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Yes | No | Thomas Schell Jr. | [73] | ||
Small Fry | Yes | No | Sheriff Woody | Short film; voice role | [74] | |
2012 | Partysaurus Rex | Yes | No | [75] | ||
Cloud Atlas | Yes | No | Various roles | [76] | ||
2013 | Parkland | No | Yes | — | [77] | |
Captain Phillips | Yes | No | Captain Richard Phillips | [78] | ||
Saving Mr. Banks | Yes | No | Walt Disney | [79] | ||
2015 | Misery Loves Comedy | Yes | No | Himself | [80] | |
Bridge of Spies | Yes | No | James B. Donovan | [81] | ||
Ithaca | Yes | Executive | Mr. Macauley | Cameo | [82] [83] | |
2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | No | Yes | — | [84] | |
A Hologram for the King | Yes | Yes | Alan Clay | [85] | ||
Sully | Yes | No | Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger | [86] | ||
California Typewriter | Yes | No | Himself | Documentary | [87] | |
Inferno | Yes | No | Professor Robert Langdon | [88] | ||
2017 | The Circle | Yes | Yes | Eamon Bailey | [89] [90] | |
The Post | Yes | No | Ben Bradlee | [91] | ||
2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | No | Executive | — | [92] | |
2019 | Toy Story 4 | Yes | No | Sheriff Woody | Voice role | [93] |
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Yes | No | Fred Rogers | [94] | ||
2020 | Greyhound | Yes | No | Commander Ernest Krause | Also screenwriter | [95] [96] |
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Yes | No | Himself | Cameo | [97] | |
News of the World | Yes | No | Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd | [98] | ||
2021 | Finch | Yes | No | Finch Weinberg | [99] | |
2022 | Elvis | Yes | No | Colonel Tom Parker | [100] | |
Pinocchio | Yes | No | Geppetto | [101] | ||
A Man Called Otto | Yes | Yes | Otto Anderson | [102] | ||
2023 | Asteroid City | Yes | No | Stanley Zak | [103] | |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | No | Yes | — | [104] | ||
2024 | Freaky Tales | Yes | No | Video Store Owner | Cameo | [105] |
Here | Yes | No | Richard | [106] | ||
TBA | The Phoenician Scheme † | Yes | No | Leland | Post-production | [107] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year(s) | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref(s) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Actor | Producer | Other | Role(s) | ||||
1980 | The Love Boat | Yes | No | No | Rick Martin | Episode: "Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother" | [108] |
1980–1982 | Bosom Buddies | Yes | No | No | Kip/Buffy Wilson | 37 episodes | [109] [110] |
1982 | Mazes and Monsters | Yes | No | No | Robbie Wheeling | Television film | [111] [112] |
Taxi | Yes | No | No | Gordon | Episode: "The Road Not Taken: Part 1" | [113] | |
Happy Days | Yes | No | No | Dr. Dwayne Twitchell | Episode: "A Little Case of Revenge" | [114] [115] | |
1983–1984 | Family Ties | Yes | No | No | Ned Donnelly | Episodes: "The Fugitive" Parts 1 and 2 Episode: "Say Uncle" | [116] [117] [118] |
1985–2021 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | No | Host | Various characters | 10 times as host (1985–2020) 10 times as guest/cameo (2001–2021) | [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] |
1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Yes | No | Director | Baxter | Episode: "None but the Lonely Heart" | [125] |
1993 | Fallen Angels | Yes | No | Director | Trouble Boy #1 | Episode: "I'll Be Waiting" | [126] |
A League of Their Own | No | No | Director | — | Episode: "The Monkey's Curse" | [127] [128] | |
1996 | 68th Academy Awards | Yes | No | No | Sheriff Woody | Television special; voice role | [129] |
1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Yes | Executive | Director and screenwriter | Jean-Luc Despont | "Le voyage dans la lune" (actor) "Can We Do This?" (director) 4 episodes (writer) | [130] [131] [132] |
2000 | Shooting War | No | No | Narrator | — | Documentary | [133] |
72nd Academy Awards | Yes | No | No | Sheriff Woody | Television special; voice role | [134] | |
2001 | Band of Brothers | Yes | Executive | Director and screenwriter | British Officer | Miniseries "Crossroads" (director) "Currahee" (screenwriter) Cameo | [135] [136] [137] [138] [139] |
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary | [140] | |
2002 | Life with Bonnie | Yes | No | No | Himself | Episode: "What If" | [141] |
2003 | Freedom: A History of US | Yes | No | No | Abraham Lincoln / Charles E. Wood / Daniel Boone | 7 episodes | [142] |
2006–2011 | Big Love | No | Executive | No | — | [143] | |
2008 | John Adams | No | Executive | No | — | [144] | |
2010 | The Pacific | No | Executive | Narrator | — | Miniseries; 6 episodes | [145] |
2011 | 30 Rock | Yes | No | No | Himself | Cameo | [146] |
2012 | Electric City | Yes | Yes | Screenwriter | Cleveland Carr | Web series; voice role | [147] [148] |
2013 | Killing Lincoln | No | No | Narrator | — | Television film | [149] |
Toy Story of Terror! | Yes | No | No | Sheriff Woody | Halloween special; voice role | [150] | |
The Assassination of President Kennedy | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary | [151] | |
2014, 2017 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Yes | No | No | Himself | Episode: "The Lottery" Episode: "Presidency of Donald Trump" | [152] [153] |
2014 | The Sixties | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [154] |
Olive Kitteridge | No | Executive | No | — | Miniseries | [155] [156] | |
The Greatest Event in Television History | Yes | No | No | Himself | Cameo | [157] | |
Toy Story That Time Forgot | Yes | No | No | Sheriff Woody | Christmas special; voice role | [158] | |
2015 | The Seventies | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [159] |
2016 | 88th Academy Awards | Yes | No | No | Sheriff Woody | Television special; voice role | [160] |
The Eighties | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [161] | |
Maya & Marty | Yes | No | No | Gene the Astronaut | Episode: "Jimmy Fallon & Miley Cyrus" | [162] | |
2017 | The Nineties | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [163] |
The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special | Yes | No | No | David S. Pumpkins | Television special; voice role | [164] | |
2018 | 1968: The Year That Changed America | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [165] |
The 2000s | No | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [166] | |
2019 | The Movies | Yes | Executive | No | — | Documentary series | [167] |
2020 | Big City Greens | Yes | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Cheap Show"; voice role | [168] |
My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood | No | Executive | No | — | [169] | ||
2021 | 1883 | Yes | No | No | George Meade | Episode: "Behind Us, A Cliff" | [170] |
2022 | Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter | Yes | No | No | Himself | Television special | [171] |
2024 | Masters of the Air | No | Executive | No | — | Miniseries | [172] |
The Bloody Hundredth | No | Executive | Narrator | — | Documentary film | [173] | |
The Simpsons | Yes | No | No | Himself | Episode: "Bart's Birthday", voice cameo | [174] |
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Theatre | Role | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | The Taming of the Shrew | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Grumio | [175] [176] [177] |
Hamlet | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Soldier, Reynaldo | [175] [178] | |
1978 | Polly | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Hacker | [175] [178] |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Proteus | [175] [179] | |
The Wild Oats | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Muz | [175] [178] | |
King John | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Robert Faulconbridge | [175] [178] | |
1979 | Twelfth Night | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Fabian | [175] [178] |
Juno and the Paycock | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Jerry Devine | [175] [178] | |
Do Me a Favorite | Lakewood Civic Auditorium | Harold | [175] [178] | |
The Mandrake | Riverside Shakespeare Theater | Callimaco | [180] | |
2013 | Lucky Guy | Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway | Mike McAlary | [181] |
2018 | Henry IV | Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles | Sir John Falstaff | [182] |
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1987 | "City of Crime" | Hanks and Dan Aykroyd | [183] |
2015 | "I Really Like You" | Carly Rae Jepsen | [184] |
"Girls Night In" | Rita Wilson | [185] |
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