Tom Hanks

Born: 1956-07-09 in Concord, California, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

Marty, Life Is Short as Self
Toy Story 5 as Woody (voice)
World War II with Tom Hanks as Self - Presenter
Woody and Friends as Woody

2025

The Phoenician Scheme as Leland
The American Revolution as (voice)
The Americas as Self - Narrator (voice)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
Freaky Tales as Hank, Video Store Owner
John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Actor, Splash
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas as Self - Interviewee
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
Billy Joel: And So It Goes ... (Executive Producer)
Clint Eastwood : la légende as Self
Carrie Underwood: Reflection ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Masters of the Air ... (Executive Producer)
Here as Richard
The Bloody Hundredth as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary ... (Executive Producer)

2023

Asteroid City as Stanley Zak
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 ... (Producer)
The 2010s as Self - Actor
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
Tom Hanks: The Nomad as Self (archive footage)
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys as Self
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen as Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
Commitment to Life as Self (archive footage)
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest as Narrator (voice)
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks as Narrator

2022

A Man Called Otto as Otto Anderson
Elvis as Colonel Tom Parker
Pinocchio as Geppetto
Halftime as Self
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear as Woody (voice) (archive footage)
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen ... (Executive Producer)
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter as Self
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen as Self
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy as Self (archive footage)
Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis as Self

2021

1883 as General George Meade
Finch as Finch
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
When Ruby Wax Met... as Self (archive footage)
Carina Bergfeldt as Self - Guest
A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
Celebrating America as Self - Host
Die Tom Hanks Story as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Post as Ben Bradlee
The Circle as Eamon Bailey
The Nineties as Self
Spielberg as Self
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special as David S. Pumpkins (voice)
California Typewriter as Self

2016

Sully as Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
Inferno as Robert Langdon
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 ... (Producer)
A Hologram for the King as Alan Clay
There's Something About Romcoms as Self
The Eighties ... (Producer)
Maya & Marty
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War as Waitstill Sharp (voice)
Mike Nichols: An American Master as Self
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies as Self
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own as Self
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle as Self

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
Bridge of Spies as James B. Donovan
The Walk as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
The Seventies as Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
Ithaca as Mr. Macauley
Misery Loves Comedy as Self
Everything Is Copy as Self

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
Olive Kitteridge ... (Executive Producer)
Toy Story That Time Forgot as Woody (voice)
The Sixties as Self
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self - Actor
Walking the Mile as Self
The Concert for Valor as Self
The Real Mary Poppins as Self
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over as Self
All In as Self
Capturing Captain Phillips as Self
The Making Of 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' Behind The Scenes as Self

2013

Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
Parkland ... (Producer)
Saving Mr. Banks as Walt Disney
Killing Lincoln as Self - Narrator
The Assassination of President Kennedy ... (Executive Producer)
Toy Story of Terror! as Woody (Voice)

2012

Cloud Atlas as Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
The Greatest Event in Television History as Self
Electric City as Cleveland Carr (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
Partysaurus Rex as Woody (voice)
Game Change ... (Executive Producer)
Radioman as Self
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
Inventing David Geffen as Self
The Road We've Traveled as Self - Narrator

2011

Larry Crowne as Larry Crowne
OK! TV
Prohibition as Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation as Woody (voice)
Small Fry as Woody (voice)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Thomas Schell
The Extraordinary Voyage as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Boatlift as Narrator

2010

Conan as Self
Toy Story 3 as Woody (voice)
The Pacific as Narrator (voice)
I'm Still Here ... (Thanks)

2009

Angels & Demons as Robert Langdon
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Where the Wild Things Are ... (Producer)
My Life in Ruins ... (Executive Producer)
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Allen Bauer (archive footage)
Beyond All Boundaries as Narrator
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts as Host
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self

2008

Mamma Mia! ... (Executive Producer)
John Adams ... (Executive Producer)
City of Ember ... (Producer)
The Great Buck Howard as Mr. Gable
A Timeless Call as Self / Narrator (voice)
David McCullough: Painting with Words ... (Producer)

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
The Simpsons Movie as Tom Hanks (voice)
Evan Almighty ... (Executive Producer)
The War as Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
Charlie Wilson's War as Charlie Wilson
The Pixar Story as Self - Woody / Scott Turner
Making That Thing You Do as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self

2006

30 Rock as Tom Hanks
Cars as Woody Car (voice)
Big Love ... (Executive Producer)
The Da Vinci Code as Robert Langdon
The Ant Bully ... (Producer)
Starter for 10 ... (Producer)
Neil Young: Heart of Gold ... (Producer)
Who Killed the Electric Car? as Self (archive footage)
Who Needs Sleep? as Self

2005

The Colbert Report as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
Live 8 as Self
Earth to America as Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Narrator (voice)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
Pennis from Heaven as Self
Passport to the Universe as Narrator

2004

The Terminal as Viktor Navorski
The Polar Express as Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
Kulturplatz as Self
The Ladykillers as Professor G.H. Dorr
Connie and Carla ... (Producer)
Elvis Has Left the Building as Mailbox-Elvis
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' as Self
Making a 'Splash' as Self / Allen Bauer

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Concert for George as Mountie
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles as Self - Interviewee
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera as Self
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip as Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
Celebrities Uncensored as Self

2002

Catch Me If You Can as Carl Hanratty
Life with Bonnie as Tom Hanks
Road to Perdition as Michael Sullivan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding ... (Producer)

2001

Band of Brothers ... (Executive Producer)
Primetime Glick
America | A Tribute to Heroes as Self
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company ... (Executive Producer)
The Making of 'Band of Brothers' as Self
Rescued from the Closet as Self

2000

Cast Away as Chuck Noland
Koschwitz as Self
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self / Paul Edgecomb
Shooting War as Narrator

1999

The Green Mile as Paul Edgecomb
Toy Story 2 as Woody (voice)
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
Return with Honor as Narrator
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self

1998

Saving Private Ryan as Captain Miller
From the Earth to the Moon as Jean-Luc Despont
Parkinson as Self
You've Got Mail as Joe Fox
The Entertainment Biz as Self

1997

The View as Self
Taff as self
The Wonderful World of Disney
Scene by Scene as Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1996

The Daily Show as Self
That Thing You Do! as Mr. White
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
Ruby Wax Meets
The Celluloid Closet as Self
The Story Behind 'Toy Story' as Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)

1995

Toy Story as Woody (voice)
Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
Apollo 13 as Jim Lovell
The Naked Truth as Tom Hanks
Making 'Toy Story' as Self

1994

Forrest Gump as Forrest Gump
Inside the Actors Studio as Self
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump as Self
Vault of Horror I as Baxter (archive footage)

1993

Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
Fallen Angels as Trouble Boy #1
Philadelphia as Andrew Beckett
Sleepless in Seattle as Sam Baldwin

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
A League of Their Own as Jimmy Dugan
Radio Flyer as Older Mike (uncredited)

1991

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic as Self

1990

Joe Versus the Volcano as Joe Banks
The Bonfire of the Vanities as Sherman McCoy

1989

The Simpsons as Tom Hanks (voice)
Tales from the Crypt as Baxter (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
The 'Burbs as Ray Peterson
Turner & Hooch as Scott Turner
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self

1988

American Experience as Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Big as Josh Baskin
This Morning as Self
Punchline as Steven Gold

1987

Dragnet as Pep Streebeck

1986

The Money Pit as Walter Fielding, Jr.
Nothing in Common as David Basner
Every Time We Say Goodbye as David

1985

The Man with One Red Shoe as Richard
Volunteers as Lawrence Whatley Bourne III

1984

Splash as Allen Bauer
Bachelor Party as Rick Gassko

1982

Family Ties as Ned Donnelly
Mazes and Monsters as Robbie Wheeling

1981

Wetten, dass..? as Self
Entertainment Tonight as Self

1980

Bosom Buddies as Kip Wilson / Buffy
He Knows You're Alone as Elliot

1978

Taxi as Gordon

1977

The Love Boat as Rick Martin

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1974

Happy Days

1967

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente as Self

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1959

The Grammys as Self - Presenter

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

Today as Self

1948

Bambi as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee