Tom Hanks

Biography

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in the comedies Splash (1984) and Big (1988). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and a young man with below-average IQ in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with film director 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), as well as the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which launched him as a director, producer, and screenwriter. Hanks' other notable films include 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), and Cloud Atlas (2012); and the biographical dramas Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon film series, and has voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Hanks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Toy Story 5

The Simpsons

Toy Story

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

All Movies (181)

• Toy Story 52026 · as Woody (voice)
• Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/202026 · as Self
• Marty, Life Is Short2026 · as Self
• What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas2025 · as Self - Interviewee
• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Actor, Splash
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as Leland
• Clint Eastwood : la légende2025 · as Self
• Freaky Tales2025 · as Hank, Video Store Owner
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
• Here2024 · as Richard
• The Bloody Hundredth2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/202023 · as Self
• The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks2023 · as Narrator
• Asteroid City2023 · as Stanley Zak
• Tom Hanks: The Nomad2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys2023 · as Self
• How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• Commitment to Life2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen2023 · as Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
• A Man Called Otto2022 · as Otto Anderson
• 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen2022 · as Self
• Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter2022 · as Self
• Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis2022 · as Self
• Pinocchio2022 · as Geppetto
• Elvis2022 · as Colonel Tom Parker
• Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/202022 · as Self
• Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear2022 · as Woody (voice) (archive footage)
• Halftime2022 · as Self
• Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Finch2021 · as Finch
• A Night at the Academy Museum2021 · as Self
• Die Tom Hanks Story2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Celebrating America2021 · as Self - Host
• News of the World2020 · as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2020 · as Self
• Greyhound2020 · as Commander Krause
• Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood2019 · as Fred Rogers
• Toy Story 42019 · as Woody (voice)
• The Last Mile2018 · as Self
• The Mayo Clinic2018 · as Will Mayo (voice)
• Quincy2018 · as Self
• Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Die Clint Eastwood Story2018 · as Self
• The Post2017 · as Ben Bradlee
• The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special2017 · as David S. Pumpkins (voice)
• Spielberg2017 · as Self
• California Typewriter2017 · as Self
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• The Circle2017 · as Eamon Bailey
• Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle2016 · as Self
• Mike Nichols: An American Master2016 · as Self
• Tom Hanks: A League of His Own2016 · as Self
• Inferno2016 · as Robert Langdon
• Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War2016 · as Waitstill Sharp (voice)
• Sully2016 · as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
• There's Something About Romcoms2016 · as Self
• A Hologram for the King2016 · as Alan Clay
• A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies2016 · as Self
• Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond2015 · as Self
• Ithaca2015 · as Mr. Macauley
• Bridge of Spies2015 · as James B. Donovan
• The Walk2015 · as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
• Everything Is Copy2015 · as Self
• Misery Loves Comedy2015 · as Self
• Walking the Mile2014 · as Self
• Toy Story That Time Forgot2014 · as Woody (voice)
• The Concert for Valor2014 · as Self
• All In2014 · as Self
• The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over2014 · as Self
• And the Oscar Goes To...2014 · as Self - Actor
• Capturing Captain Phillips2014 · as Self
• The Making Of 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' Behind The Scenes2014 · as Self
• The Real Mary Poppins2014 · as Self
• Saving Mr. Banks2013 · as Walt Disney
• Toy Story of Terror!2013 · as Woody (Voice)
• Captain Phillips2013 · as Captain Richard Phillips
• Killing Lincoln2013 · as Self - Narrator
• Radioman2012 · as Self
• Inventing David Geffen2012 · as Self
• Cloud Atlas2012 · as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
• Close Up2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Partysaurus Rex2012 · as Woody (voice)
• The Road We've Traveled2012 · as Self - Narrator
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011 · as Thomas Schell
• The Extraordinary Voyage2011 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Small Fry2011 · as Woody (voice)
• Boatlift2011 · as Narrator
• Larry Crowne2011 · as Larry Crowne
• Hawaiian Vacation2011 · as Woody (voice)
• Toy Story 32010 · as Woody (voice)
• The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts2009 · as Host
• Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Narrator
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Allen Bauer (archive footage)
• Angels & Demons2009 · as Robert Langdon
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial2009 · as Self
• A Timeless Call2008 · as Self / Narrator (voice)
• The Great Buck Howard2008 · as Mr. Gable
• Charlie Wilson's War2007 · as Charlie Wilson
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Self - Woody / Scott Turner
• The Simpsons Movie2007 · as Tom Hanks (voice)
• Spielberg on Spielberg2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Making That Thing You Do2007 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
• Who Killed the Electric Car?2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cars2006 · as Woody Car (voice)
• The Da Vinci Code2006 · as Robert Langdon
• Who Needs Sleep?2006 · as Self
• Earth to America2005 · as Self
• Live 82005 · as Self
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Passport to the Universe2005 · as Narrator
• Pennis from Heaven2005 · as Self
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Polar Express2004 · as Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
• Elvis Has Left the Building2004 · as Mailbox-Elvis
• People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'2004 · as Self
• The Terminal2004 · as Viktor Navorski
• Making a 'Splash'2004 · as Self / Allen Bauer
• The Ladykillers2004 · as Professor G.H. Dorr
• Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s2003 · as Self
• Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip2003 · as Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
• Concert for George2003 · as Mountie
• Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles2003 · as Self - Interviewee
• Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera2003 · as Self
• Catch Me If You Can2002 · as Carl Hanratty
• Road to Perdition2002 · as Michael Sullivan
• America | A Tribute to Heroes2001 · as Self
• The Making of 'Band of Brothers'2001 · as Self
• Rescued from the Closet2001 · as Self
• Cast Away2000 · as Chuck Noland
• Shooting War2000 · as Narrator
• Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile2000 · as Self / Paul Edgecomb
• The Green Mile1999 · as Paul Edgecomb
• Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan1999 · as Self
• Toy Story 21999 · as Woody (voice)
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · as Self
• Stephen King: Shining in the Dark1999 · as Self
• Return with Honor1999 · as Narrator
• You've Got Mail1998 · as Joe Fox
• Saving Private Ryan1998 · as Captain Miller
• The Harryhausen Chronicles1997 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Story Behind 'Toy Story'1996 · as Self
• That Thing You Do!1996 · as Mr. White
• Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 131996 · as Self
• The Universal Story1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Celluloid Closet1996 · as Self
• Making 'Toy Story'1995 · as Self
• Toy Story1995 · as Woody (voice)
• Apollo 131995 · as Jim Lovell
• Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump1994 · as Self
• Vault of Horror I1994 · as Baxter (archive footage)
• Forrest Gump1994 · as Forrest Gump
• Philadelphia1993 · as Andrew Beckett
• Sleepless in Seattle1993 · as Sam Baldwin
• A League of Their Own1992 · as Jimmy Dugan
• Radio Flyer1992 · as Older Mike (uncredited)
• The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic1991 · as Self
• The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · as Sherman McCoy
• Joe Versus the Volcano1990 · as Joe Banks
• Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989 · as Self
• Turner & Hooch1989 · as Scott Turner
• The 'Burbs1989 · as Ray Peterson
• Punchline1988 · as Steven Gold
• Big1988 · as Josh Baskin
• Dragnet1987 · as Pep Streebeck
• Every Time We Say Goodbye1986 · as David
• Nothing in Common1986 · as David Basner
• The Money Pit1986 · as Walter Fielding, Jr.
• Volunteers1985 · as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
• The Man with One Red Shoe1985 · as Richard
• Bachelor Party1984 · as Rick Gassko
• Splash1984 · as Allen Bauer
• Mazes and Monsters1982 · as Robbie Wheeling
• He Knows You're Alone1980 · as Elliot
• Greyhound 2— · as Captain Krause
• Lincoln in the Bardo— · as Abraham Lincoln
• The Comebacker—
• Toy Story 6— · as Woody (voice)

All TV Shows (91)

• World War II with Tom Hanks2026 · as Self - Presenter
• The American Revolution2025 · as (voice)
• The Americas2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night2025 · as Self
• The 2010s2023 · as Self - Actor
• 18832021 · as General George Meade
• Last Meals2021 · as Self
• Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy2021 · as Self
• When Ruby Wax Met...2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Carina Bergfeldt2021 · as Self - Guest
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Nineties2017 · as Self
• The Nineties2017
• Maya & Marty2016
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Seventies2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Sixties2014 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Greatest Event in Television History2012 · as Self
• Electric City2012 · as Cleveland Carr (voice)
• Prohibition2011 · as Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
• OK! TV2011
• Conan2010 · as Self
• The Pacific2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• The National Parks: America's Best Idea2009
• The War2007 · as Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• 30 Rock2006 · as Tom Hanks
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Kulturplatz2004 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Life with Bonnie2002 · as Tom Hanks
• Primetime Glick2001
• Koschwitz2000 · as Self
• From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Jean-Luc Despont
• From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Host
• The Entertainment Biz1998 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1997
• The View1997 · as Self
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• Taff1997 · as self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Ruby Wax Meets1996
• Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self
• The Naked Truth1995 · as Tom Hanks
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Fallen Angels1993 · as Trouble Boy #1
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Tom Hanks (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Baxter (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• Family Ties1982 · as Ned Donnelly
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Bosom Buddies1980 · as Kip Wilson / Buffy
• Taxi1978 · as Gordon
• The Love Boat1977 · as Rick Martin
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Happy Days1974
• Titel, Thesen, Temperamente1967 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Grammys1959 · as Self - Presenter
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Woody (voice)
• Today1952 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Audience Member
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter / Nominee