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Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker who has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Hanks made his professional acting debut on stage, playing Grumio in a 1977 Great Lakes Theater production of The Taming of the Shrew.[1] He made his film debut with a minor role in the 1980 horror film, He Knows You're Alone.[2] In the same year, Hanks appeared in the television series Bosom Buddies, a role that led to guest appearances on several shows, including Happy Days with Ron Howard. Howard cast him in his first leading role in the Ron Howard-directed fantasy romantic comedy, Splash.[3] His breakthrough role was in Penny Marshall's age-changing comedy, Big, for which he garnered his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[4][5]

A close up photograph of Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks in 2023

In 1993, Hanks starred with Meg Ryan in the Nora Ephron-directed romantic comedy, Sleepless in Seattle. Later that year, he starred in the drama Philadelphia as a gay lawyer with AIDS fighting discrimination in his law firm.[6] For his performance, Hanks earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor.[7] He followed with the 1994 romantic comedy-drama, Forrest Gump, winning a consecutive second Academy Award for Best Actor (the first actor since Spencer Tracy in 1938 to achieve this feat).[8] In 1995, he played astronaut Jim Lovell in the Howard-directed historical drama Apollo 13, and voiced Sheriff Woody in the animated film Toy Story (a role that he would reprise in four sequels).

Hanks made his debut as a director and screenwriter with the 1996 musical comedy, That Thing You Do!.[9] Later that year, he and Gary Goetzman founded the production company Playtone.[10] In 1998, Hanks executive produced the Emmy Award-winning docudrama miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and starred in the Steven Spielberg-directed epic war film, Saving Private Ryan, which earned him his fourth nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.[11][12] Later that year, he reunited with Ryan and Ephron for the romantic comedy, You've Got Mail. In 2000, Hanks starred in Cast Away, earning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and a fifth nomination for Academy Award for Best Actor.[13][14] In 2001, he executive produced the Emmy Award-winning World War II mini-series Band of Brothers and the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding.[15] The following year, at 45 years, Hanks became the youngest person to receive the lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.[16]

In 2006, he played Professor Robert Langdon in Howard's The Da Vinci Code, an adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name. In 2008, he served as executive producer for the musical comedy, Mamma Mia!, and the Emmy Award-winning mini-series, John Adams.[17] Hanks made his Broadway debut in 2013 in Ephron's play Lucky Guy, which earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.[18] He portrayed television personality Fred Rogers in the 2019 drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, for which he garnered nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Golden Globe Awards.[19][20][21]

Film

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Year Title Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Actor Producer Role(s)
1980 He Knows You're Alone Yes No Elliot [2]
1984 Splash Yes No Allen Bauer [2]
Bachelor Party Yes No Rick Gassko [22]
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Yes No Richard Harlan Drew [23]
Volunteers Yes No Lawrence Whatley Bourne III [24]
1986 The Money Pit Yes No Walter Fielding Jr. [25]
Nothing in Common Yes No David Basner [26]
Every Time We Say Goodbye Yes No David Bradley [27]
1987 Dragnet Yes No Detective Pep Streebek [28]
1988 Big Yes No Josh Baskin [29]
Punchline Yes No Steven Gold [30]
1989 The 'Burbs Yes No Ray Peterson [31]
Turner & Hooch Yes No Detective Scott Turner [32]
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano Yes No Joe Banks [33]
The Bonfire of the Vanities Yes No Sherman McCoy [34]
1992 Radio Flyer Yes No Older Mike / Narrator [35]
A League of Their Own Yes No Jimmy Dugan [36]
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Yes No Sam Baldwin [37]
Philadelphia Yes No Andrew Beckett [6]
1994 Forrest Gump Yes No Forrest Gump [38]
1995 Apollo 13 Yes No Jim Lovell [39]
Toy Story Yes No Sheriff Woody Voice only [40]
1996 That Thing You Do! Yes No Mr. White Also director and screenwriter [9]
1997 I Am Your Child Yes No Host [41]
1998 Saving Private Ryan Yes No Captain John H. Miller [42]
You've Got Mail Yes No Joe Fox [43]
1999 Toy Story 2 Yes No Sheriff Woody Voice only [44]
The Green Mile Yes No Paul Edgecomb [45]
2000 Cast Away Yes Yes Chuck Noland [46]
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding No Yes N/a [47]
Road to Perdition Yes No Michael Sullivan Sr. [48]
Catch Me If You Can Yes No FBI Agent Carl Hanratty [49]
2004 The Ladykillers Yes No Professor G.H. Dorr [50]
Connie and Carla No Yes N/a [51]
Elvis Has Left the Building Yes No Mailbox Elvis [52][53]
The Terminal Yes No Viktor Navorski [54]
The Polar Express Yes Executive Various roles Voice only [55]
2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Yes Yes Narrator Documentary [56]
2006 Cars Yes No Woody Car Voice only [57]
The Ant Bully No Yes N/a [58]
The Da Vinci Code Yes No Professor Robert Langdon [59]
Starter for 10 No Yes N/a [60]
The Queen Yes No Himself Archive footage [61]
2007 Evan Almighty No Executive N/a [62]
Charlie Wilson's War Yes Yes Charlie Wilson [63]
The Simpsons Movie Yes No Himself Voice only [64]
2008 Mamma Mia! No Executive N/a [65]
City of Ember No Yes N/a [66]
2009 The Great Buck Howard Yes Yes Mr. Gable [67]
Where the Wild Things Are No Yes N/a [68]
Beyond All Boundaries Yes Executive Narrator Documentary [69]
My Life in Ruins No Executive N/a [70]
Angels & Demons Yes No Professor Robert Langdon [71]
2010 Toy Story 3 Yes No Sheriff Woody Voice only [72]
2011 Hawaiian Vacation Yes No Short film, voice only [73]
Larry Crowne Yes Yes Larry Crowne Also director and screenwriter [74]
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Yes No Thomas Schell Jr. [75]
Small Fry Yes No Sheriff Woody Short film, voice only [76]
2012 Partysaurus Rex Yes No [77]
Cloud Atlas Yes No Various roles [78]
2013 Parkland No Yes N/a [79]
Captain Phillips Yes No Captain Richard Phillips [80]
Saving Mr. Banks Yes No Walt Disney [81]
2015 Misery Loves Comedy Yes No Himself Documentary [82]
Bridge of Spies Yes No James B. Donovan [83]
Ithaca Yes Executive Mr. Macauley [84][85]
2016 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 No Yes N/a [86]
A Hologram for the King Yes Yes Alan Clay [87]
Sully Yes No Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger [88]
California Typewriter Yes No Himself Documentary [89]
Inferno Yes No Professor Robert Langdon [90]
2017 The Circle Yes Yes Eamon Bailey [91][92]
The Post Yes No Ben Bradlee [93]
2018 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again No Executive N/a [94]
2019 Toy Story 4 Yes No Sheriff Woody Voice only [95]
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Yes No Fred Rogers [96]
2020 Greyhound Yes No Commander Ernest Krause Also screenplay [97][98]
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Yes No Himself [99]
News of the World Yes No Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd [100]
2021 Finch Yes No Finch Weinberg [101]
2022 Elvis Yes No Colonel Tom Parker [102]
Pinocchio Yes No Geppetto [103]
A Man Called Otto Yes Yes Otto Anderson [104]
2023 Asteroid City Yes No Stanley Zak [105]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 No Yes N/a [106]
2024 Freaky Tales Yes No Hank [107]
Here Yes No Richard Young [108]
2025 The Phoenician Scheme Yes No Leland [109]
John Candy: I Like Me Yes No Himself Documentary [110]
2026 Toy Story 5 Yes No Sheriff Woody Voice only [111]
TBA Greyhound 2 † Yes No Commander Ernest Krause Filming, also screenplay [112]
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Television

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Year(s) Title Credited as Notes Ref(s)
Actor Producer Other Role(s)
1980 The Love Boat Yes No No Rick Martin Episode: "Sergeant Bull/Friends and Lovers/Miss Mother" [113]
1980–1982 Bosom Buddies Yes No No Kip/Buffy Wilson 37 episodes [114][115]
1982 Mazes and Monsters Yes No No Robbie Wheeling Television film [116][117]
Taxi Yes No No Gordon Episode: "The Road Not Taken: Part 1" [118]
Happy Days Yes No No Dr. Dwayne Twitchell Episode: "A Little Case of Revenge" [119][120]
1983–1984 Family Ties Yes No No Ned Donnelly 2 episodes[a] [b]
1985–2024 Saturday Night Live Yes No Host Various characters 10 times as host (1985–2020); 10 times as guest/cameo (2001–2024) [c]
1992 Tales from the Crypt Yes No Director Baxter Episode: "None but the Lonely Heart" [130]
1993 Fallen Angels Yes No Director Trouble Boy #1 Episode: "I'll Be Waiting" [131]
A League of Their Own No No Director N/a Episode: "The Monkey's Curse" [132][133]
1996 68th Academy Awards Yes No No Sheriff Woody Television special; voice role [134]
1998 From the Earth to the Moon Yes Executive Director and
screenwriter		 Jean-Luc Despont[d] Director (1 ep) / Writer (4 eps)[e] [f]
2000 Shooting War No No Narrator N/a Documentary [138]
72nd Academy Awards Yes No No Sheriff Woody Television special; voice role [139]
2001 Band of Brothers Yes Executive Director and screenwriter British Officer (cameo) Miniseries; Actor (1 episode); Director (1 ep) / Screenwriter (1 ep)[g] [h]
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company No Executive No N/a Documentary [145]
2002 Life with Bonnie Yes No No Himself Episode: "What If" [146]
2003 Freedom: A History of US Yes No No Lincoln / Wood / Boone 7 episodes; voice role [147]
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Yes No No Himself Television film [148][149]
2006–2011 Big Love No Executive No N/a [150]
2008 John Adams No Executive No N/a [151]
2010 The Pacific No Executive Narrator N/a Miniseries; 6 episodes [152]
2011 30 Rock Yes No No Himself Episode: "100" [153]
2012 Electric City Yes Yes Screenwriter Cleveland Carr Web series; voice role [154][155]
2013 Killing Lincoln No No Narrator N/a Television film [156]
Toy Story of Terror! Yes No No Sheriff Woody Halloween special; voice role [157]
The Assassination of President Kennedy No Executive No N/a Documentary [158]
2014–2017 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Yes No No Himself 2 episodes[i] [159][160]
2014 The Sixties No Executive No N/a Documentary series [161]
Olive Kitteridge No Executive No N/a Miniseries [162][163]
The Greatest Event in Television History Yes No No Himself Episode: "Bosom Buddies" [164]
Toy Story That Time Forgot Yes No No Sheriff Woody Christmas special; voice role [165]
2015 The Seventies No Executive No N/a Documentary series [166]
2016 88th Academy Awards Yes No No Sheriff Woody Television special; voice role [167]
The Eighties No Executive No N/a Documentary series [168]
Maya & Marty Yes No No Gene the Astronaut Episode: "Jimmy Fallon & Miley Cyrus" [169]
2017 The Nineties No Executive No N/a Documentary series [170]
The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special Yes No No David S. Pumpkins Television special; voice role [171]
2018 1968: The Year That Changed America No Executive No N/a Documentary series [172]
The 2000s No Executive No N/a [173]
2019 The Movies No Executive No N/a [174]
2020 Big City Greens Yes No No Himself Episode: "Cheap Show"; voice role [175]
A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood No Executive No N/a Television special [176]
2021 1883 Yes No No George Meade Episode: "Behind Us, A Cliff" [177]
2022 Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter Yes No No Himself Television special [178]
2023 The 2010s No Executive No N/a Documentary series [179]
2024 Masters of the Air No Executive No N/a Miniseries [180]
The Bloody Hundredth No Executive Narrator N/a Documentary film [181]
The Simpsons Yes No No Himself Episode: "Bart's Birthday"; voice role [182]
2025–present The Americas No Executive Narrator N/a Documentary series [183]
2025 The American Revolution Yes No No Various roles Documentary series; voice role [184]
Carrie Underwood: Reflection No Executive No N/a Television special [185]
Billy Joel: And So It Goes No Executive No N/a Documentary series [186]
2026 World War II with Tom Hanks No Executive Narrator N/a Documentary series [187]
2026 The American Experiment No Executive No N/a Documentary series [188]
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Theatre

A photograph of Tom Hanks on the stage performing as Callimaco in the play, The Mandrake, at The Riverside Shakespeare Theatre
Hanks as Callimaco in The Mandrake (1979), Riverside Shakespeare Theater
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Year Title Role Theatre Notes
1977 The Taming of the Shrew Grumio Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][190][191]
Hamlet Soldier, Reynaldo Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
1978 Polly Hacker Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Proteus Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][193]
The Wild Oats Muz Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
King John Robert Faulconbridge Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
1979 Twelfth Night Fabian Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
Juno and the Paycock Jerry Devine Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
Do Me a Favorite Harold Lakewood Civic Auditorium [189][192]
The Mandrake Callimaco Riverside Shakespeare Theater [194]
2013 Lucky Guy Mike McAlary Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway [195]
2018 Henry IV Sir John Falstaff Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles [196]
2025 This World of Tomorrow Bert Allenberry The Shed, Off-Broadway Also playwright[197]
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Music videos

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Year Title Artist Ref.
1987 "City of Crime" Hanks and Dan Aykroyd [198]
2015 "I Really Like You" Carly Rae Jepsen [199]
"Girls Night In" Rita Wilson [200]
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