Bio: Tom Hanks (born Thomas Jeffrey Hanks in Concord, CA on July 9, 1956) is an American film actor, director, producer and writer. He’s a two-time Academy Award winner and a two-time Golden Globe winner.
Best Known For:
Tom Hanks is best known for being a beloved film actor, playing an ordinary man most of the time in a larger-than-life experience. His most famous movie is arguably Forrest Gump. Other well-known roles are Big, A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, You’ve Got Mail, The Green Mile, Toy Story, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch Me If You Can, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Captain Phillips.
Personal Life:
Tom Hanks has been married twice. He first married Samantha Lewes in 1978, and had two children with her: Colin and Elizabeth. Then, he married Rita Wilson in 1988. Together, they had sons Truman and Chester. Tom’s son Colin has two children. Tom also has Type 2 diabetes.
Tom Hanks just joined the ranks of legends like Walt Disney and Doris Day after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5.
Get your tissues odeady. In the first trailer from the Mister Rogers biopic, Tom Hanks looks exactly like the beloved PBS host and from the looks of it, this movie is going to be a tearjerker.
Buzz Lightyear is in hot water. Ahead of ‘Toy Story 4′ hitting theatres, Tim Allen was dragged over an old interview in which he said he had a right to say the ‘n-word’ in his stand-up.
Beloved director Penny Marshall passed away on Dec. 18, leaving a hole inside of Tom Hanks’s heart. He mourned the loss of his friend, wishing they could still share a laugh one more time.
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Yes, I know it’s only the beginning of January, but ‘The Post’ couldn’t come out at a better time and it’s the best film that I’ve seen in a year. Get ready for some Oscars!
Fresh off the immense success of her last movie ‘Beauty & The Beast,’ Emma Watson is back on the big screen alongside Tom Hanks in the thriller ‘The Circle.’ But does the film live up to the book? Our editors — one who read the book and one who did not — review it here. WARNING: spoilers ahead!