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Tom Hanks

b. 1956

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

Born
9 Jul 1956 · Concord
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Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 81 years
  1. 9 Jul 1956BornBorn in Concord
  2. 1989AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
  3. 1989AwardGolden Globes
  4. 1994AwardAcademy Award for Best Actor
  5. 1994AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  6. 1994AwardSilver Bear
  7. 1995AwardAcademy Award for Best Actor
  8. 1995AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  9. 1995AwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  10. 1996AwardActor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  11. 2001AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  12. 2002AwardAFI Life Achievement Award
  13. 2004AwardBritannia Awards

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1956 – today).

  1. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  2. 1956Suez Crisis
  3. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  5. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  7. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  9. 1968Prague Spring
  10. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  11. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  12. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  13. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  15. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  16. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  17. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  18. 1985Schengen Agreement
  19. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  20. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  21. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  23. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  25. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  27. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  28. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  29. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  30. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  31. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  32. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  33. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  34. 20112011 Norway attacks
  35. 2011Libyan civil war
  36. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  37. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  38. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  39. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2015Paris Agreement

Biography

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. In 2020, Hanks was ranked as the fourth-highest-grossing American film actor of all time. His numerous awards include two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards; he has also been nominated for five BAFTAs and a Tony Award. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

Hanks rose to fame with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988), and A League of Their Own (1992). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, playing a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993), then the title character in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks has collaborated with Steven Spielberg on five films—Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017)—and three World War II–themed miniseries: Band of Brothers (2001), The Pacific (2010) and Masters of the Air (2024). He has also frequently collaborated with directors Ron Howard, Nora Ephron and Robert Zemeckis.

Hanks cemented his film stardom with lead roles in the romantic comedies 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), Cloud Atlas (2012) and News of the World (2020); and the biographical dramas Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) and Elvis (2022). He played the title character in the Robert Langdon series (2006–2016), voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present) and multiple roles in The Polar Express (2004). Hanks directed and acted in That Thing You Do! (1996) and Larry Crowne (2011).

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