Biography
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born 9 July 1956 in Concord, California, United States to Amos Mefford Hanks (1924-1992) and Janet Marylyn Frager (1932-2016) .
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash (1984), Big (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Apollo 13 (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Sully (2016). He has also starred in the Robert Langdon film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series.
Hanks has collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date: 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 Hanks as a successful director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries The Pacific.
Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at U.S. and Canadian box offices and more than $9.0 billion worldwide,[2] making him the fourth highest-grossing actor in North America.[3] Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for Forrest Gump (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other.[4] This feat has not been accomplished since. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).[5] In 2014, he received a Kennedy Center Honor and, in 2016, he received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama,[6] as well as the French Legion of Honor.[7]
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (1956) | 9 July 1956 Concord, California, United States | Susan Jane Dillingham (1952-2002) Margarita Ibrahimoff (1956) | |
James Matthew Hanks (1961) | 15 June 1961 Shasta, California, United States | Karen Praxel (1963) |
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Colin Hanks (1977) | 24 November 1977 Sacramento, California, United States | Samantha Bryant (1980) | |
Elizabeth Ann Hanks (1982) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Chester Marlon Hanks (1990) | 4 August 1990 Los Angeles, California, United States | Tiffany Rachel Mills (1991) | |
Truman Theodore Hanks (1995) | 26 December 1995 Los Angeles, California, United States |