Tom Hanks

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Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor portraying several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James A. Lovell in Apollo 13, Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan, Michael Sullivan in Road to Perdition, and Sh... more

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  • Jul 9, 1956 (age 53 years)

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  • 2000
  • 1988
  • 1999
  • 2008
  • 1998
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 2002
  • 1994
  • 1998
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Year Award Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1993
  • Role: Andrew Beckett
  • 1994
  • Role: Forrest Gump
  • 1999
  • 2008
  • 2002
  • 1989
  • Role: Josh Baskin
  • 1994
  • Role: Andrew Beckett
  • 1995
  • Role: Forrest Gump
  • 2001
  • Role: Chuck Noland
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Playtone

The Playtone Company is an American film and television production company and record label established in 1996 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman. It was named after the fictional record company "Playtone" in That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Hanks.
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  • 1978
  • 1987
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  • 80

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  • 75

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  • 8

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