Tom Hanks

Biography

Born 07/09/1956

Few could have predicted in 1980 that one of the leads of a sitcom about a pair of slippery, wisecracking ad men who cross-dress in order to keep a cheap apartment in a women's hotel would have emerged as one of the country's most respected and decorated actors of the century. Almost in spite of...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2009, received Producers Guild of America Award for Producer of the Year (Longform Television)
In 2008, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
In 2002, received American Film Institute for Life Achievement Award

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Highlights

In 2009, Re-teamed with Howard to play professor Robert Langdon in "Angels & Demons," the film adaptation of Dan Brown's novel and sequel to "The Da Vinci Code"
In 2008, Executive produced (with wife Rita Wilson) the film adaptation of the West End stage musical, "Mamma Mia!"
In 2008, Executive produced the HBO original movie, "John Adams"

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Family & Companions

Amos Hanks: father (Divorced Hanks' mother in 1960; had custody of Hanks and two older siblings; married two more times; died in 1992)
Janet Turner: mother (Divorced Hanks' father in 1960; retained custody of Jim Hanks; remarried several times)
Sandra Hanks: sister (Born July 31, 1951)

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