Thomas Hanks, known by his artistic name (Tom Hanks), born on July 9, 1956, is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for his comedy and drama roles, and also made $4.9 billion or more in the United States and Canada, and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the highest-earning actor and the fourth-largest actor in North America.
Tom Hanks
Thomas Hanks Visconcord, California, was born.His mother, Janet Marilyn, who was a hospital worker, His mother is of Portuguese origin, and his father is Amos Méford Hanks, who was an itinerant chef, of English origin, His parents divorced in 1960, As a child, Hanks’ family was traveling, When he was 10, he lived in ten different homes, The religious history of the Hanks family was Catholic and Mormon, but Hankskan as a teenager was “evangelical following the Bible” for several years, He had no popularity in school among students or teachers, He described himself as clumsy and crazy, terrifyingly shy and at the same time, the person who made funny comments during the screening of the films.
Tom Hanks Awards
He also received several awards such as the Golden Globe 4 times, and the Oscar twice of 6 nominations; The first for his role as a gay AIDS lawyer in Philadelphia (1993) and the second for his role in Forest Gump (1994) (Hanks is one of only two actors to receive the Oscar for Best Actor in two years in a row, the other is Spencer Tracy), the Double Screen Actors Guild Award and the People’s Choice Awards 8 times.
For his role in Forest Gump (1994), the Emmy Prime Time Award 7 times for his work as a producer with numerous limited television series and films such as From Earth to the Moon, The Brothers’ League, John Adams and The Quiet, In 2002, he was awarded the American Film Institute’s Age Achievement Award, In 2004.
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His Awards
he was awarded the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Film Excellence Award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), In 2013, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Nora Afron’s A Lucky Man, In 2014, he received honors from the Kennedy Cultural Center, and in 2016 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former United States President Barack Obama, as well as the French Legion of Honor.
he won the Golden Globe Cecil B, Dumel Award.
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America’s Dad, Actor, Film Producer
Tom Hanks began acting through theater as Gromeo with the play Taming the Tigress (1977), His first experience in cinema was through a minor role in the horror film He Knows You’re Alone (1980), That same year, he starred in the TV series Embrace Friends, He also appeared as a guest in a variety of long TV series such as Happy Days.
Because of this, he was nominated for the first film of his absolute heroism, The Fantasy and Comedy Romance (1984), He also played an outstanding role in the film Age Change and the Comedy Great (1988), Because of this role, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Tom Hanks heroic works
He’s done a lot of heroic work in some movies.
- in 2000, he starred in (Cast Away).
- In 2009, he starred in the second part of the film Davinci Code, adapted from one of the novels of writer Dan Brown’s series, Angels & Demon
- In 2006, he co-starred in The Da Vinci Code adaptation of a popular novel by American writer Dan Brown, which generated huge revenues.
