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Biography Born in California, Tom Hanks grew up in what he calls a "fractured" family. His parents were pioneers in the development of marriage dissolution law in that state, and Tom moved around a lot, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no abuse, no alcoholism, just a confused childhood...
| Company: |
Playtone Productions (Executive)
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| Talent Agent: |
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) - Richard Lovett
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| Profession: |
Actor / Producer / Soundtrack |
| Born: |
9 July 1956, Concord, California, USA (age 53) |
| Birth Name: |
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks |
| Height: |
6' (1.83 m) |
| Spouse: |
Rita Wilson (30 April 1988 - present) 2 children
Samantha Lewes (24 November 1977 - 19 March 1987) (divorced) 2 children
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| Awards: |
Won 2 Oscars. Another 53 wins & 50 nominations |
| Credited Years: |
1980 - 2012 |
Salary
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The Da Vinci Code (2006): $18,000,000 + profit participation |
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Cast Away (2000): $20,000,000 |
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The Green Mile (1999): $20,000,000 |
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Toy Story 2 (1999): $5,000,000 |
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You've Got Mail (1998): $20,000,000 |
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Saving Private Ryan (1998): $40,000,000+ (gross and profit participations) |
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Toy Story (1995): $50,000 |
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Forrest Gump (1994): $70,000,000 (gross and profit participations) |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990): $5,000,000 |
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The 'burbs (1989): $3,500,000 |
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Punchline (1988): $5,000,000 |
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Big (1988): $2,000,000 |
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Splash (1984): $70,000 |
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He Knows You're Alone (1980): $800 |
Trademarks
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Playing conflicted regular guys |
Real Life Quotes
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It's just as hard . . . staying happily married as it is doing movies. |
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I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good. |
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[on the CGI used in The Polar Express] It's the same stuff they used in that fourth "Lord of the Rings" movie. Or was it the 19th "Lord of the Rings" movie? You know, the one where Boldo and Jingy travel across the bridge? I don't know, I don't know their names. When I watch "Lord of the Rings", I just think, "Someone got their finger stuck on the word processor for too long". |
Trivia
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Is a frequent guest host on Saturday Night Live. |
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Received the Distinguished Public Service Award, the U. S. Navy's highest civilian honor, on Veterans Day 1999 for his work in the movie Saving Private Ryan. |
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Entertainment Weekly chose him as the only actor worthy of $20 million. |
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Dislocated his shoulder when he fell through a rotting floor in a building in Germany while scouting locations with Steven Spielberg for the HBO series Band of Brothers (1999). |
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Second actor to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars, for his work in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. The first was Spencer Tracy, for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. |
Other Works
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11/99: Recorded narration for NY's American Museum of Natural History's first "Space Show" featured in re-opening of modernized Hayden Planetarium. |
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1999: TV commercial for The National World War II Memorial |
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2005: Public service announcement for The ONE Campaign [www.one.org] |
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Newspaper Article, Author, "The Who Aged Me," Published in The New York Times, April 27, 2006. |
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1987: Music video with Dan Aykroyd for "City of Crime" from Dragnet. |
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