TOM HANKS

Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: July 9, 1956
Place of Birth: Concord, California, USA

Biography

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon.

Filmography

Starring

2026·
We're Back! With Brian Williams
Self - Guest
2026·
World War II with Tom Hanks
Self - Presenter
2026·
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2026·
Marty, Life Is Short
Self
2026·
Toy Story 5
Woody (voice)
2025·
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Self
2025·
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025·
The Americas
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025·
The Phoenician Scheme
Leland
2025·
Freaky Tales
Hank, Video Store Owner
2024·
The Bloody Hundredth
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024·
Here
Richard
2023·
The 2010s
Self - Actor
2023·
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
2023·
Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
Self - ‘Colonel Tom Parker’
2023·
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Narrator
2023·
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2023·
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
2023·
A Grammy Salute to The Beach Boys
Self
2022·
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Self
2022·
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
2022·
Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2022·
Halftime
Self
2022·
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Woody (voice) (archive footage)
2022·
A Man Called Otto
Otto Anderson
2022·
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Last Meals
Self
2021·
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021·
Carina Bergfeldt
Self - Guest
2021·
1883
General George Meade
2021·
When Ruby Wax Met...
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Finch
Finch
2021·
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021·
Die Tom Hanks Story
Self (archive footage)
2021·
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
2020·
Reunited Apart
Self
2020·
Greyhound
Commander Krause
2019·
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019·
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fred Rogers
2019·
Toy Story 4
Woody (voice)
2019·
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
2018·
The Last Mile
Self
2018·
Quincy
Self
2018·
The Mayo Clinic
Will Mayo (voice)
2018·
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
2017·
The Nineties
Self
2017·
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017·
Spielberg
Self
2017·
The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
David S. Pumpkins (voice)
2017·
The Post
Ben Bradlee
2017·
California Typewriter
Self
2017·
The Circle
Eamon Bailey
2016·
Maya & Marty
2016·
Sully: Sully Sullenberger - The Man Behind the Miracle
Self
2016·
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
Waitstill Sharp (voice)
2016·
Mike Nichols: An American Master
Self
2016·
Sully
Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
2016·
Inferno
Robert Langdon
2016·
A Hologram for the King
Alan Clay
2016·
There's Something About Romcoms
Self
2015·
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self, Self - Guest
2015·
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015·
The Seventies
Self
2015·
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015·
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
2015·
Everything Is Copy
Self
2015·
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015·
Ithaca
Mr. Macauley
2015·
Bridge of Spies
James B. Donovan
2015·
The Walk
Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
2014·
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014·
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014·
The Sixties
Self
2014·
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014·
The Making Of 'CAPTAIN PHILLIPS' Behind The Scenes
Self
2014·
Capturing Captain Phillips
Self
2014·
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Actor
2014·
Walking the Mile
Self
2014·
The Concert for Valor
Self
2014·
All In
Self
2014·
Toy Story That Time Forgot
Woody (voice)
2014·
The Real Mary Poppins
Self
2013·
Toy Story of Terror!
Woody (Voice)
2013·
Killing Lincoln
Self - Narrator
2013·
Captain Phillips
Captain Richard Phillips
2013·
Saving Mr. Banks
Walt Disney
2012·
The Greatest Event in Television History
Self
2012·
Electric City
Cleveland Carr (voice)
2012·
Radioman
Self
2012·
Partysaurus Rex
Woody (voice)
2012·
Inventing David Geffen
Self
2012·
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012·
Cloud Atlas
Dr. Henry Goose / Hotel Manager / Isaac Sachs / Dermot Hoggins / Cavendish Look-a-Like Actor / Zachry
2012·
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2011·
Prohibition
Reader / Roy Olmstead (voice)
2011·
OK! TV
2011·
Boatlift
Narrator
2011·
The Extraordinary Voyage
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2011·
Hawaiian Vacation
Woody (voice)
2011·
Larry Crowne
Larry Crowne
2011·
Small Fry
Woody (voice)
2011·
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Thomas Schell
2010·
Conan
Self
2010·
The Pacific
Narrator (voice)
2010·
Toy Story 3
Woody (voice)
2009·
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
2009·
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Allen Bauer (archive footage)
2009·
Angels & Demons
Robert Langdon
2008·
A Timeless Call
Self / Narrator (voice)
2008·
The Great Buck Howard
Mr. Gable
2007·
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest, Self
2007·
The War
Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)
2007·
Spielberg on Spielberg
Self (archive footage)
2007·
The Pixar Story
Self - Woody / Scott Turner
2007·
Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson
2007·
The Simpsons Movie
Tom Hanks (voice)
2006·
30 Rock
Tom Hanks
2006·
Cars
Woody Car (voice)
2006·
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
2006·
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Self (archive footage)
2006·
The Da Vinci Code
Robert Langdon
2005·
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest, Self
2005·
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005·
Live 8
Self
2005·
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005·
Earth to America
Self
2005·
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Narrator (voice)
2004·
Kulturplatz
Self
2004·
Elvis Has Left the Building
Mailbox-Elvis
2004·
The Ladykillers
Professor G.H. Dorr
2004·
The Polar Express
Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
2004·
The Terminal
Viktor Navorski
2003·
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self, Self - Guest
2003·
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003·
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003·
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Self
2003·
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Self
2003·
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Self - Interviewee
2003·
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
2002·
Life with Bonnie
Tom Hanks
2002·
Road to Perdition
Michael Sullivan
2002·
Catch Me If You Can
Carl Hanratty
2001·
Primetime Glick
2000·
Koschwitz
Self
2000·
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
Self / Paul Edgecomb
2000·
Cast Away
Chuck Noland
2000·
Shooting War
Narrator
1999·
Toy Story 2
Woody (voice)
1999·
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
1999·
Return with Honor
Narrator
1999·
The Green Mile
Paul Edgecomb
1998·
The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998·
Parkinson
Self
1998·
From the Earth to the Moon
Host, Jean-Luc Despont
1998·
You've Got Mail
Joe Fox
1998·
Saving Private Ryan
Captain Miller
1997·
Taff
self
1997·
Scene by Scene
Self
1997·
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997·
The View
Self
1997·
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996·
Ruby Wax Meets
1996·
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
1996·
The Daily Show
Self
1996·
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
1996·
The Story Behind 'Toy Story'
Self
1996·
The Celluloid Closet
Self
1996·
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
1996·
That Thing You Do!
Mr. White
1995·
The Naked Truth
Tom Hanks
1995·
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995·
Apollo 13
Jim Lovell
1995·
Toy Story
Woody (voice)
1994·
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994·
Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump
Self
1994·
Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump
1993·
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993·
Fallen Angels
Trouble Boy #1
1993·
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993·
Philadelphia
Andrew Beckett
1993·
Sleepless in Seattle
Sam Baldwin
1992·
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992·
A League of Their Own
Jimmy Dugan
1992·
Radio Flyer
Older Mike (uncredited)
1991·
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Self
1990·
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sherman McCoy
1990·
Joe Versus the Volcano
Joe Banks
1989·
The Simpsons
Tom Hanks (voice)
1989·
Tales from the Crypt
Baxter (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
1989·
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self
1989·
The 'Burbs
Ray Peterson
1989·
Turner & Hooch
Scott Turner
1988·
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988·
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988·
This Morning
Self
1988·
Punchline
Steven Gold
1988·
Big
Josh Baskin
1987·
Dragnet
Pep Streebeck
1986·
Nothing in Common
David Basner
1986·
Every Time We Say Goodbye
David
1986·
The Money Pit
Walter Fielding, Jr.
1985·
Volunteers
Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
1985·
The Man with One Red Shoe
Richard
1984·
Bachelor Party
Rick Gassko
1984·
Splash
Allen Bauer
1982·
Family Ties
Ned Donnelly
1982·
Mazes and Monsters
Robbie Wheeling
1981·
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981·
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1980·
Bosom Buddies
Kip Wilson / Buffy
1980·
He Knows You're Alone
Elliot
1978·
Taxi
Gordon
1977·
The Love Boat
Rick Martin
1975·
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited), Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Host
1974·
Happy Days
1967·
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
Self
1962·
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1959·
The Grammys
Self - Presenter
1953·
The Oscars
Woody (voice), Self
1952·
Today
Self
1948·
Bambi
Self
1944·
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter / Nominee, Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Audience Member, Self - Nominee
TBA·
The Comebacker
TBA·
Lincoln in the Bardo
Abraham Lincoln
2025·
What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas
Self - Interviewee
2025·
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor, Splash
2025·
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
TBA·
Greyhound 2
Captain Krause
2025·
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2023·
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Narrator (voice)
2023·
Asteroid City
Stanley Zak
2022·
Bigger Than Life - The Making of Elvis
Self
2022·
Pinocchio
Geppetto
2022·
Elvis
Colonel Tom Parker
2021·
Celebrating America
Self - Host
2020·
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Self
2020·
News of the World
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
2018·
Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Self (archive footage)
2016·
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Self
2016·
A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies
Self
2014·
The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over
Self
2012·
The Road We've Traveled
Self - Narrator
2009·
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009·
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Host
2009·
Beyond All Boundaries
Narrator
2007·
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007·
Making That Thing You Do
Self
2005·
Passport to the Universe
Narrator
2005·
Pennis from Heaven
Self
2004·
Making a 'Splash'
Self / Allen Bauer
2004·
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
2003·
Concert for George
Mountie
2001·
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001·
The Making of 'Band of Brothers'
Self
2001·
Rescued from the Closet
Self
1999·
Into the Breach: Saving Private Ryan
Self
1999·
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1995·
Making 'Toy Story'
Self
1994·
Vault of Horror I
Baxter (archive footage)

Production

2026·
The American Experiment
Executive Producer
TBA·
Untitled Berlin Noir Series
Executive Producer
2025·
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Executive Producer
2024·
Masters of the Air
Executive Producer
2023·
The 2010s
Executive Producer
2022·
Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Creator, Executive Producer
2019·
The Movies
Executive Producer
2018·
The 2000s
Executive Producer
2018·
1968: The Year That Changed America
Executive Producer
2017·
The Nineties
Creator, Executive Producer
2016·
The Eighties
Producer
2015·
The Seventies
Creator, Director, Producer
2014·
Olive Kitteridge
Executive Producer
2014·
The Sixties
Producer
2012·
Electric City
Creator, Writer
2010·
The Pacific
Executive Producer
2008·
John Adams
Executive Producer
2006·
Big Love
Executive Producer
2003·
My Big Fat Greek Life
Executive Producer
2001·
Band of Brothers
Teleplay, Executive Producer, Director
1998·
From the Earth to the Moon
Creator, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
1993·
Fallen Angels
Director
1989·
Tales from the Crypt
Director
TBA·
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Producer
TBA·
The Comebacker
Producer
TBA·
Lincoln in the Bardo
Producer
2022·
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Executive Producer
TBA·
Greyhound 2
Screenplay
2025·
Carrie Underwood: Reflection
Executive Producer
2023·
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Presidential Contest
Executive Producer
2001·
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
Executive Producer
TBA·
In the Garden of Beasts
Producer
2024·
Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary
Executive Producer
2024·
The Bloody Hundredth
Executive Producer
2023·
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Producer
2023·
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Executive Producer, Writer
2020·
Greyhound
Screenplay
2018·
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Executive Producer
TBA·
Beautiful
Producer
2022·
A Man Called Otto
Producer
2017·
The Circle
Producer
2016·
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Producer
2015·
Ithaca
Executive Producer
2014·
Walking the Mile
Thanks
2013·
The Assassination of President Kennedy
Executive Producer
2013·
Parkland
Producer
2012·
Game Change
Executive Producer
2011·
The Extraordinary Voyage
Thanks
2011·
Larry Crowne
Producer, Director, Screenplay
2010·
I'm Still Here
Thanks
2009·
My Life in Ruins
Executive Producer
2009·
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Executive Co-Producer
2009·
Where the Wild Things Are
Producer
2008·
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Producer
2008·
The Great Buck Howard
Producer
2008·
City of Ember
Producer
2008·
Mamma Mia!
Executive Producer
2007·
Charlie Wilson's War
Producer
2007·
Evan Almighty
Executive Producer
2006·
Starter for 10
Producer
2006·
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Producer
2006·
The Ant Bully
Producer
2005·
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Writer
2004·
Connie and Carla
Producer
2004·
The Polar Express
Executive Producer
2002·
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Producer
2000·
Cast Away
Producer
1996·
That Thing You Do!
Director, Screenplay
1994·
Vault of Horror I
Director