Tom Hanks in my opinion is one of the greatest actors there ever is. All the roles in the movies that he has done, he did them amazingly. Tom Hanks was born July 9th, 1956 in Concord, California. Tom in his early life was the third oldest out of his sister, Sandra, his brother Larry, and his youngest brother Jim. In his childhood, his family moved quite often, by the age of ten Tom has lived in about ten different houses. Tom was a really religious man and so was his family ( Catholic, Mormon) he enjoyed the bible for several years as a teenager. In school Tom was very unpopular with students and teachers. He said “ I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy who'd yell out funny captions
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Tom also landed a starring role in the television movie Mazes and Monsters. That same year, Tom was spotted by a talent scout for ABC and was cast in the television sitcom Bosom Buddies. Tom had some down falls after that movie , but in 1992 through 1995 Tom has arose back to the top. Tom had said that his earlier acting roles that they were not the best, but he has improved. Tom had an interview with Vanity Fair, Tom mentioned his “modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on ... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". That modern era for Tom Hanks started in 1993 first with Sleepless in Seattle and then with Philadelphia. In the movie Philadelphia, Tom had lost 35 pounds and had to thin his hair to play the part of a gay lawyer with AIDs. People stated that Tom played the part terrifically and felt that the performance deserved an Oscar. In 1993 Tom won and Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. Then in 1994 Tom set foot in Vietnam for another big hit the movie was Forrest Gump. The hit movie grossed over $600 million at the box office. Yet again Tom won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, making Tom the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. In the film of 1995 Tom played an astronaut, the movie was Apollo 13. The movie earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning just two, later that year Tom Hanks starred in Disney Pixar's CGI animated film Toy Story doing the voiceover of Woody the Sheriff in the movie. Moving on into 2010 Toy Story 3 the movie became the first animated film to gross a worldwide total of $1 billion as well as the highest grossing animated film at the time. A few years later in 2013 Tom starred in two films, Captain Phillips which was
Tom also landed a starring role in the television movie Mazes and Monsters. That same year, Tom was spotted by a talent scout for ABC and was cast in the television sitcom Bosom Buddies. Tom had some down falls after that movie , but in 1992 through 1995 Tom has arose back to the top. Tom had said that his earlier acting roles that they were not the best, but he has improved. Tom had an interview with Vanity Fair, Tom mentioned his “modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on ... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top". That modern era for Tom Hanks started in 1993 first with Sleepless in Seattle and then with Philadelphia. In the movie Philadelphia, Tom had lost 35 pounds and had to thin his hair to play the part of a gay lawyer with AIDs. People stated that Tom played the part terrifically and felt that the performance deserved an Oscar. In 1993 Tom won and Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia. Then in 1994 Tom set foot in Vietnam for another big hit the movie was Forrest Gump. The hit movie grossed over $600 million at the box office. Yet again Tom won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, making Tom the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. In the film of 1995 Tom played an astronaut, the movie was Apollo 13. The movie earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning just two, later that year Tom Hanks starred in Disney Pixar's CGI animated film Toy Story doing the voiceover of Woody the Sheriff in the movie. Moving on into 2010 Toy Story 3 the movie became the first animated film to gross a worldwide total of $1 billion as well as the highest grossing animated film at the time. A few years later in 2013 Tom starred in two films, Captain Phillips which was