Tom Hanks

  • Name: Tom Hanks
  • Date of Birth: July 09, 1956
  • Place of Birth: Concord, California
Mini-bio: Thomas "Tom" Jeffrey Hanks is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable succe...( read more)ss as a dramatic actor. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing "lead" actor of all time, with a combined gross of over $3.3 billion and an worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion. He is also co-owner of Playtone, a film production company. He met his second wife, actress Rita Wilson on the set of the movie Volunteers (1985) - they have two children and Tom has another son (Colin Hanks) and daughter by his first wife. In 1996 he made his first step behind the camera, directing as well as starring and writing the film That Thing You Do! (1996).
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Tom Hanks mini-bio: Thomas "Tom" Jeffrey Hanks is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing "lead" actor of all time, with a combined gross of over $3.3 billion and an worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion. He is also co-owner of Playtone, a film production company. He met his second wife, actress Rita Wilson on the set of the movie Volunteers (1985) - they have two children and Tom has another son (Colin Hanks) and daughter by his first wife. In 1996 he made his first step behind the camera, directing as well as starring and writing the film That Thing You Do! (1996).

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Tom Hanks Information:
Birthname: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Trade Mark: Playing conflicted regular guys
Height:6` (183 m)
Zodiac: Cancer
Notable feature(s)
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 49 nominations.
Family: Rita Wilson (30 April 1988 - present) 2 children
Samantha Lewes (24 January 1978 - 19 March 1987) (divorced) 2 children

Related to Bill Cosby's wife Camille O. Cosby (née Camille Olivia Hanks), as both share a biological lineage to Abraham Lincoln through his mother, Nancy Hanks.

Frequently works with director Steven Spielberg, and is related to Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. Ironically, he is not involved in Spielberg's film about Lincoln, despite his frequent involvement in historical projects.
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Favorite Christmas Movie: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
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Personal interests/hobbies: Enjoys collecting typewriters, purchasing over 80 of them around the globe.
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Quote: My wife keeps on telling me my worst fault is that I keep things to myself and appear relaxed. But I am really in a room in my own head and not hearing a thing anyone is saying.
Trivia: According to Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard), he is a huge Trekkie and the first time the two met, Star Trek was the only thing he wanted to talk about. Hanks was actually the original choice to play Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and desperately wanted to play the role, but had to back out due to his earlier commitment to That Thing You Do! (1996).
Other: Publicly endorsed Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election

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  • jbpelican
    jbpelican
    Ive not quite seen anyone who measures up to Tom Hanks in the way of dramatic acting. This is a guy who knows exactly what he is doing on screen and is so at ease with it, it almost seems second nature, which only adds to his characters beleivability. If i can ever been even half as successful as he is, then ill be completely stoked.
    posted 17 days ago
  • wiiaresoexcitedxx
    wiiaresoexcitedxx
    Tom Hanks IS in fact the best actor in the world.
    He makes me laugh and cry..
    Love all your movies, you're so incredible talentet and sweet ♥
    posted 21 days ago
  • Matt19911
    Matt19911
    Every movie is great, keep them coming! You have to go back on the 'Fridy Night With Jonathan Ross', it was hilarious! If your from England you should know what I'm talking about, Jonathan is the funniest and best talk show host ever. He get's the best out of everybody, and all the best go on there including Tom, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker etc. It's great. But back to Tom, one of the best actors!
    posted 30 days ago
  • mikefoot6
    mikefoot6
    Love Saving private Ryan, thought you were fan dabby dosy in it.
    posted 35 days ago
  • j360chd
    j360chd
    merry christmas
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    posted 53 days ago
  • lexaloulou9
    lexaloulou9
    tom hanks you rock i really love your work you make me cry in forest gump one of the best movies made.

    love lexaloulou
    posted 58 days ago
  • Wicked26
    Wicked26
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM HANKS!!!!-ps.loved you in 'the davinci code"
    you look good for 52.!
    posted 59 days ago
  • leggomytivo
    leggomytivo
    Love all his movies! Tom, always cried in the end of Saving Private Ryan. Earn it.
    posted 60 days ago
  • TheMightyCelestial
    TheMightyCelestial
    4 A League Of Their Pwn - Its ironic that, a game associated with male players, a film that focuses on the woman's 1st pro entry in2 the sport, would B the 1 that, IMO, captures the feeling which best reflects of why this sport's truly an American pasttime. That the purpose of a game is, no matter how the political world events may be turbulently transpiring, we all can just escape for a little while, catch a ballgame & hopefully return into the real world with our spirits a little higher & our perspectives a little bit clearer. B'cuz, as we all know by now, there is no crying in baseball.

    3 Saving Private Ryan - Spielberg. Hanks. An epic world war ll pic. U do the math.

    2 Forrest Gump - Box of chocolates = Life.

    1 Road To Perdition - A quality film that focuses on a rare subject in the mob genre: the relationship of a gangster with his kid(s). Just this 1 aspect of the mob lifestyle's enuff 2 open a new set of ideas 4 future plotlines involvin those in the world of organized crime.
    posted 82 days ago
  • mariahybu
    mariahybu
    I am a fan of Tom Hanks, he is half black from my understanding, and keep your anglo emotional and racial problems to your own household of your own nationalities crazies.

    Cindy
    posted 102 days ago
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