Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, voice actor, and screenwriter, who is best known for his roles in live-action films since 1988, including , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . He won the for his roles in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump.
For Disney, he voiced Woody in Disney/Pixar's Toy Story films and commercials, while his brother Jim Hanks voiced Woody in Toy Story Treats, video games, and other media. Tom also portrayed Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks, Scott Turner in Turner & Hooch, Allen Bauer in Splash, James B. Donovan in Bridge of Spies, and Goldthwaite Higginson in the 2004 Touchstone Pictures film The Ladykillers. Additionally, he made a vocal cameo as himself in the Big City Greens episode "Cheap Show". He most recently played Geppetto in Robert Zemeckis' 2022 live-action adaptation of Pinocchio on Disney+.
Hanks was born in Concord, California, to hospital worker Janet Marylyn (née Frager) and itinerant cook Amos "Bud" Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". His father had English ancestry, and through his line, Hanks is a distant cousin of President Abraham Lincoln and children's host , whom he played. His parents divorced in 1960. Their three oldest children, Sandra (later Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (who became an entomology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim (who also became an actor and filmmaker), remained with their mother in Red Bluff, California. In his childhood, Hanks' family moved often; by the age of ten, he had lived in ten different houses.
==Roles==
Scott Turner - Turner & Hooch.jpg|Scott Turner(Turner & Hooch)
Woody Promational Art.jpg|Woody(Toy Story franchise)
Walt Disney - Saving Mr. Banks.jpg|Walt Disney(Saving Mr. Banks)
Allen Bauer - Splash.jpg|Allen Bauer(Splash)
Goldthwaite Higginson - The Lady Killers.jpg|Goldthwaite Higginson(The Ladykillers)
James B. Donovan - Bridge of Spies.jpg|James B. Donovan(Bridge of Spies)
Pinocchio 2022 (36).jpg|Geppetto(Pinocchio;2022 live-action adaptation)
==Gallery==
Tom Hanks Toy Story Behind the scenes.jpg|Tom Hanks behind the scenes of Toy Story.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks Toy Story premiere.jpg|Tom Hanks and Tim Allen at the premiere of Toy Story in 1995.
Tim Allen and Tom Hanks Toy Story 2 premiere.jpg|Tom Hanks and Tim Allen at the premiere of Toy Story 2 in 1999.
John-Lasseter-with-Tom-Hanks-and-Tim-Allen.jpg|Tom Hanks with John Lasseter and Tim Allen, along with Buzz (left) and Woody (right).
Colin Hanks with dad Tom.jpg|Tom Hanks with his eldest son, Colin, attending the screening of in March 2009.
Tom Hanks Toy Story 3 Behind the Scenes.jpg|Tom Hanks behind the scenes of Toy Story 3.
Tom hanks and tim allen.jpg|Tom Hanks with Tim Allen recording dialogue for Toy Story 3.
Tom Hanks Toy Story 3 Behind the Scenes 2.jpg.jpg|Tom Hanks with Lee Unkrich during a recording session of Toy Story 3.
Tom Hanks Dave Coulier People Awards 17.jpg|Tom Hanks and Dave Coulier attending the 2017 People's Choice Awards.
Tom Hanks visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|Tom Hanks visits in December 2017.
Tom Hanks behind the scenes TS4.jpg|Tom Hanks behind the scenes of Toy Story 4.
Tom Hanks TS4 premiere.jpg|Tom Hanks at the premiere of Toy Story 4 in June 2019.
Tom Hanks TIFF19.jpg|Tom Hanks attending the 2019 Toronto International Film Fest.
Tom Hanks TIFF 2019.jpg|Tom Hanks at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Tom-hanks-walt-disney-saving-mr-banks.jpg|A real Walt Disney portrait and one used in Saving Mr. Banks with Tom Hanks.
Saving Mr. Banks Update with Tom Hanks as Walt Disney - Beyond The Trailer-0
==Trivia==
*Tom Hanks is related to three famous people:
**Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of America; he is the third cousin, four times removed of the former president. Hank's link to Honest Abe comes through the president's mother, Nancy Hanks. As a joke, in Toy Story 2, Woody mentions Abraham Lincoln's mother in reference to his voice actor.
**Not only did Hanks play Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks, he was also actually a distant cousin of Walt himself.
**Hanks is also related to , whom he portrays in the 2019 drama film .
*His favorite film Walt Disney produced was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
*He was considered to voice Dodger in Oliver & Company, along with several other actors, but the role was later given to Billy Joel.
*Hanks was originally considered for the role of Qui-Gon Jinn in , along with several other actors, before Liam Neeson was ultimately selected.
*He was also originally offered to play V.A. Vandevere, the main villain of the 2019 live-action adaptation of Dumbo, before his Toy Story 3 co-star Michael Keaton took over the role.
*His role as Forrest Gump from was spoofed by Genie in Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
*He was mentioned in Muppets Most Wanted, as well as in the Bunk'd episode "Boo Boos and Birthdays" and in an episode of I Didn't Do It.
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