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Tom Hanks is an award winning American actor, born in Concord, California. He is the highest grossing film star of all time, and has starred in films such as Big, Saving Private Ryan, Forest Gump, Apollo 13, Cast Away and The Da Vinci Code series. He directed That Thing You Do! and produced the Band of Brothers miniseries. He is also known for providing the voice of Woody in the Toy Story series and for being the model for the conductor in the computer animation, The Polar Express.

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9 Sep, 2006

Most Trusted Celebrities

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Hanks topped a 1500-strong list of Most Trusted Celebrities compiled by Forbes magazine.

Through it all, the Academy Award-winning actor and director managed to earn our esteem, respect and confidence.

1 Sep, 2001

O Magazine interview

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Hanks speaks about how he got the Forrest Gump role:

I was fascinated by a script entitled The Postman, which was written by Eric Roth. I didn’t do that script, but I met Eric and we shared a lot of the same parameters of why we do what we do. So when a producer asked me, What do you think of the book Forrest Gump? [which Roth was writing a script for], I said, That guy can write anything! About a year and a half later, I got Eric’s script—and it was a rocket.

10 Dec, 1999

The Green Mile

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Hanks stars in a film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, the tale of a death row corrections officer during the Great Depression and the supernatural events he witnessed.

I had a good feeling about what it was going to try to do, but then you had to go off and get it done. You’re not going to make a good movie unless you start out with a good movie on paper and this was that.

The Green Mile Trailer

5 Jun, 1999

MTV Movie Awards: Saving Private Ryan

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Saving Private Ryan wins Best Action Sequence and a win for Hanks as Best Male Performance at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards.

18 Dec, 1998

You’ve Got Mail

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Hanks co-stars with Meg Ryan for a third time in You’ve Got Mail, a romantic comedy playing off the trademark AOL greeting of incoming emails. The two play e-mailing lovers who are completely unaware that they know each other.

YOU'VE GOT MAIL (1998) - Official Movie Trailer

17 Feb, 1989

The ‘Burbs

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The ‘Burbs is the beginning of a string of films starring Hanks that gained little box office success. In The ‘Burbs, Hanks stars as an average home owner trying to find out more about his mysterious cul-de-sac sharing neighbors.

"The 'Burbs (1989)" Theatrical Trailer

30 Apr, 1988

Wilson, Hanks marry

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24-Tom-Hanks-And-Rita-Wilson's-LoveHanks marries Greek actress, Rita Wilson, in Los Angeles.

9 Jul, 1956

Tom Hanks born in Concord, California

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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is born in Concord, California to Amost Mefford Hanks, a cook, and Janet Marylyn Frager, a hospital worker.

I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy who’d yell out funny captions during film strips.