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Tom Hanks


Born
in Concord, California, The United States
July 09, 1956

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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, filmmaker and writer. He is known for his roles in Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail ( 1998), Cast Away (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Captain Phillips, and Saving Mr. Banks (both 2013), as well as for his voice work in the animated films The Polar Express (2004) and the Toy Story series.

Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia, and Forrest Gump in 1993, and 1994 respectively.

He has received numerous honors including the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom an ...more

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Uncommon Type
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Alan Bean Plus Four
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Three Exhausting Weeks
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A Month on Greene Street
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“The desert, when the sun comes up...I couldn't tell where heaven stopped and the Earth began.”
― Tom Hanks
tags: beauty, desert, forest-gump, morning
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“Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.”
― Tom Hanks
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“It's supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it.”
― Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own
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