
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and film maker. He is known for his dramatic and comedic role. He is 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 honored with numerous awards which include the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014 and the French Legion of Honor in 2016.[5][6In addition, he was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020. His other films include the romantic comedy 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) as well as Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), News of the World (2020) and Elvis (2022). Hanks is also the main character in Robert Langdon's series of films and the voice actor for Sheriff Woody in Toy Story (1995-2019). Hanks is an American actor and film director. Popular for his dramatic and comedic role, he is one of the most loved and recognizable film stars 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. He has been awarded numerous awards 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] aswell being awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020. [7]Hanks made his breakthrough with the lead roles in a number of comedies that received favorable media attention, such as Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992). For playing the title role in Forrest Gump (1994), and as a gay lawyer in Philadelphia with AIDS in 1993, he won two consecutive Academy Awards. 8 Hanks worked alongside Steven Spielberg to make five films: Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Catch Me If You Can ((2002)), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017). He also created the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers (2000) and The Pacific (2010). The projects set him up as a producer, director, and screenwriter. .
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