Tom Hanks biography
Tom Hanks is an American actor and film producer (born 1956), born on 9 July 1956 in Concord.
Tom Hanks's screen career began in 1980 with The Love Boat, playing Rick Martin.
Tom Hanks has appeared in 95 films and 43 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Toy Story 5 (2026), The Phoenician Scheme (2025), Here (2024).
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times), Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Coming up next: The Comebacker (2027), Greyhound 2, Lincoln in the Bardo.
- Also known as
- Thomas Jeffrey Hanks, Thomas Hanks
- Born
- 9 July 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Concord
- Work
- Film actor, Film director, Film producer, Writer, Voice actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor (2 times)
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor , Motion Picture Drama
Tom Hanks filmography
98 films and 43 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln in the Bardo | Abraham Lincoln | Post-production | ||
| Greyhound 2 | Commander Ernest Krause | Post-production | ||
| 2027 | The Comebacker | Filming | ||
| 2026 | Toy Story 5 | Sheriff Woody | Voice only | |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Leland | ||
| 2024 | Here | Richard Young | ||
| 2024 | Freaky Tales | Hank | ||
| 2023 | Asteroid City | Stanley Zak | ||
| 2023 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 | , N/a | ||
| 2022 | A Man Called Otto | Otto Anderson | ||
| 2022 | Elvis | Colonel Tom Parker | ||
| 2022 | Pinocchio | Geppetto | ||
| 2021 | Finch | Finch Weinberg | ||
| 2020 | News of the World | Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd | ||
| 2020 | Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | English | ||
| 2020 | Greyhound | Commander Ernest Krause | Also screenplay | |
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Fred Rogers | ||
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Sheriff Woody | Voice only | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | , N/a | ||
| 2017 | The Post | Ben Bradlee | ||
| 2017 | The Circle | Eamon Bailey | ||
| 2016 | Inferno | Professor Robert Langdon | ||
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King | Alan Clay | ||
| 2016 | Sully | Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger | ||
| 2016 | Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War | English |
Show all 98 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | California Typewriter | English | ||
| 2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | , N/a | ||
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | James B. Donovan | ||
| 2015 | Ithaca | Mr. Macauley | ||
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | English | ||
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Walt Disney | ||
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Captain Richard Phillips | ||
| 2013 | Parkland | , N/a | ||
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | English | ||
| 2012 | Partysaurus Rex | Sheriff Woody | Short film, voice only | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | English | ||
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Larry Crowne | Also director and screenwriter | |
| 2011 | The Extraordinary Voyage | |||
| 2011 | Small Fry | Sheriff Woody | Short film, voice only | |
| 2011 | Hawaiian Vacation | Sheriff Woody | Short film, voice only | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Thomas Schell Jr. | ||
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Sheriff Woody | Voice only | |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons | Professor Robert Langdon | ||
| 2009 | The Great Buck Howard | Mr. Gable | ||
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | , N/a | ||
| 2009 | My Life in Ruins | , N/a | ||
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | , N/a | ||
| 2008 | City of Ember | , N/a | ||
| 2007 | Charlie Wilson's War | Charlie Wilson | ||
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | English | ||
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | , N/a | ||
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Professor Robert Langdon | ||
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | , N/a | ||
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | , N/a | ||
| 2006 | Cars | Woody Car | Voice only | |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2004 | The Terminal | Viktor Navorski | ||
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Professor G.H. Dorr | ||
| 2004 | The Polar Express | English | ||
| 2004 | Elvis Has Left the Building | Mailbox Elvis | ||
| 2004 | Connie and Carla | , N/a | ||
| 2003 | Concert for George | English | ||
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Michael Sullivan Sr. | ||
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | FBI Agent Carl Hanratty | ||
| 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | , N/a | ||
| 2000 | Cast Away | Chuck Noland | ||
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Paul Edgecomb | ||
| 1999 | Return with Honor | English | ||
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Sheriff Woody | Voice only | |
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Joe Fox | ||
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Captain John H. Miller | ||
| 1997 | I Am Your Child | Host | ||
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Mr. White | Also director and screenwriter | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Jim Lovell | ||
| 1995 | The Celluloid Closet | English | ||
| 1995 | Toy Story | Sheriff Woody | Voice only | |
| 1994 | Barbra: The Concert | English | ||
| 1994 | Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump | ||
| 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Sam Baldwin | ||
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Andrew Beckett | ||
| 1992 | Radio Flyer | Older Mike / Narrator | ||
| 1992 | A League of Their Own | Jimmy Dugan | ||
| 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | Joe Banks | ||
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Sherman McCoy | ||
| 1989 | Turner & Hooch | Detective Scott Turner | ||
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Ray Peterson | ||
| 1988 | Big | Josh Baskin | ||
| 1988 | Punchline | Steven Gold | ||
| 1987 | Dragnet | Detective Pep Streebek | ||
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Walter Fielding Jr. | ||
| 1986 | Nothing in Common | David Basner | ||
| 1986 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | David Bradley | ||
| 1985 | Volunteers | Lawrence Whatley Bourne III | ||
| 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Richard Harlan Drew | ||
| 1984 | Splash | Allen Bauer | ||
| 1984 | Bachelor Party | Rick Gassko | ||
| 1980 | He Knows You're Alone | Elliot |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | World War II with Tom Hanks | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2026 | The American Experiment | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2025 | The Americas | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2025 | Carrie Underwood: Reflection | , N/a | Television special | |
| 2025 | Billy Joel: And So It Goes | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2024 | The Bloody Hundredth | , N/a | Documentary film | |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | , N/a | Miniseries | |
| 2023 | The 2010s | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2021 | 1883 | George Meade | Episode: "Behind Us, A Cliff" | |
| 2020 | A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood | , N/a | Television special | |
| 2019 | The Movies | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2018 | The 2000s | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2018 | 1968: The Year That Changed America | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2017 | The Nineties | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2017 | The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special | David S. Pumpkins | Television special; voice role | |
| 2016 | The Eighties | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2016 | Maya & Marty | Gene the Astronaut | Episode: "Jimmy Fallon & Miley Cyrus" | |
| 2015 | The Seventies | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2014 | Toy Story That Time Forgot | Sheriff Woody | Christmas special; voice role | |
| 2014 | The Sixties | , N/a | Documentary series | |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge | , N/a | Miniseries | |
| 2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Sheriff Woody | Halloween special; voice role | |
| 2013 | The Assassination of President Kennedy | , N/a | Documentary | |
| 2013 | Killing Lincoln | , N/a | Television film | |
| 2012 | Electric City | Cleveland Carr | Web series; voice role |
Show all 43 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Prohibition | English | ||
| 2010 | The Pacific | , N/a | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
| 2008 | John Adams | , N/a | ||
| 2006 | Big Love | , N/a | ||
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of US | Lincoln / Wood / Boone | 7 episodes; voice role | |
| 2001 | We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company | , N/a | Documentary | |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | British Officer (cameo) | ||
| 2000 | Shooting War | , N/a | Documentary | |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Jean-Luc Despont | Director (1 ep) / Writer (4 eps) | |
| 1993 | A League of Their Own | , N/a | Episode: "The Monkey's Curse" | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Trouble Boy #1 | Episode: "I'll Be Waiting" | |
| 1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Baxter | Episode: "None but the Lonely Heart" | |
| 1983 | Family Ties | Ned Donnelly | 2 episodes | |
| 1982 | Mazes and Monsters | Robbie Wheeling | Television film | |
| 1982 | Taxi | Gordon | Episode: "The Road Not Taken: Part 1" | |
| 1982 | Happy Days | Dr. Dwayne Twitchell | Episode: "A Little Case of Revenge" | |
| 1980 | The Love Boat | Rick Martin | Episode: "Sergeant Bull/Friends and Lovers/Miss Mother" | |
| 1980 | Bosom Buddies | Kip/Buffy Wilson | 37 episodes |