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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956), also known as Tom Hanks, is a talented American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his work in a variety of film genres including comedy, drama and science fiction.
He has won two Academy Awards, one for Best Actor in 1993 for Philadelphia and one for Forrest Gump in 1994. He has been nominated for several other awards, including three Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Tom Hanks began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in various television shows and films. He made his screen debut in 1980 with a small role in the film He Knows You’re Lonely. He continued to play supporting roles in several films during the 1980s, including Little Mermaids (1984), The Money Pit (1986), and The Big Short (1988).
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| Name: | Thomas Jeffrey Hanks |
| stage name: | Tom Hanks |
| Date of Birth: | July 9, 1956 (68 years old) |
| place of birth: | Concord, California, United States |
| Country of Citizenship: | American |
| high: | 1.83 m |
| parents: | Amos Mefford Hanks, Janet Marilyn Flagg |
| Brothers and sisters: | Jim Hanks, Sandra Hanks, Larry Hanks |
| Wife • Spouse: | Rita Wilson (m. 1988), Samantha Lewis (m. 1978-1987) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | not applicable |
| Children: | Colin Hanks, Chet Hanks, Elizabeth Ann Hanks, Truman Hanks |
| Profession: | Actor • Television personality |
| net worth: | $450 million |
Early life and education
Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1956 in Concord, California, USA. His father is Amos Mefford Hanks and his mother is Janet Marilyn Flagg, a hospital worker.
Although they are related, he is not a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln or Fred Rogers. His father is of English descent, while his mother is of Portuguese descent, and the family’s original surname is “Fraga”.
Tom Hanks’ parents divorced in 1960. The youngest child, Jim Hanks (who later became an actor and film producer), stayed with his mother in Red Bluff, California.
Their three oldest children, Sandra (later author Sandra Hanks), Larry Hanks (professor of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Tom Hanks, followed their father. When Tom Hanks was a child, his family moved frequently; by the time he was 10, he had lived in 10 different homes.
Despite his Mormon and Catholic ancestry, Tom Hanks was described by one reporter as “evangelical with a Bible” throughout his teenage years. He later admitted to being a weirdo in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, saying, “I was a nerd in school. I was very, very shy.”
“I was also the guy who would yell out funny subtitles while the movie was playing.” Two years later, Tom Hanks studied drama at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and later transferred to California State University, Sacramento.
Personal life
Tom Hanks married American actress Samantha Lewis in 1978. Their first child, actor Colin Hanks, was born in 1977, and their second child, Elizabeth Ann Hanks, was born in 1982.
Tom Hanks divorced Samantha Lewis in 1987. Samantha Lewis died of bone cancer in 2002 at the age of 49.
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks first met on the set of the television sitcom The Confidante (1980-1982). They reunited on the set of The Minutemen in 1985. Rita Wilson is of Greek and Bulgarian descent and is a Greek Orthodox Christian. Tom Hanks converted to her religion before marrying her. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson married in 1988 and now have two sons: Truman Hanks and Chet Hanks.
Their first child, Chet Hanks, released a rap song in 2011 and has recurring roles in Empire and Shameless. Their second child, Truman Hanks, was born in 1995.
Profession
In 1979, Tom Hanks moved to New York and starred in the low-budget horror film “He Knows You’re Alone”, which premiered in 1980. In the same year, he also played the leading role in “Mazes and Monsters”.
Earlier that year, Tom Hanks played the role of Callimaco in Riverside Shakespeare Company’s production of Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Mandrake under the direction of Daniel Thorson. He played the role of Kip Wilson in the ABC television series Bosom Buddies.
Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari star in a TV commercial as men who are forced to dress as women in order to stay at a low-cost all-female motel.
Tom Hanks played an abandoned FedEx systems analyst in Robert Zemeckis’ 2000 film “Cast Away,” for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award.
In 2010, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger were invited to the cinema to watch the complete story of Toy Story 3, and then voiced the film again.
The film became the first animated film to gross over $1 billion worldwide and the highest-grossing animated film at the time. He was also an executive producer of the miniseries The Pacific.
Tom Hanks hosted Saturday Night Live on April 11, 2020, marking his first television appearance since being diagnosed with COVID-19. He did not appear in any sketches, but he delivered the opening remarks from his home. This was the first episode of Saturday Night Live after the COVID-19 hiatus, and it included many sketches filmed remotely from the cast’s homes.
Tom Hanks will play Tom Parker, Elvis’ sole manager, in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 film Elvis. Filming began in 2020 and the film is set to be released in June 2022.
net worth
Tom Hanks is by far one of the richest Hollywood actors in the world. Tom Hanks net worth is estimated to be $450 million.
His wealth is entirely derived from filmmaking and movie roles.
Social Media
- Instagram account: @Tomhanks
- Twitter: @Tomhanks
Filmography
- Finch
- News of the World
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- hell
- Sleepless in Seattle
- abandon
- terminal
- Joe vs. the Volcano
- You’ve got mail
- splash
- Nothing in common
- The Washington Post
- Defilement
- Captain Phillips
