Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks(DOB July 9,1956)is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Tom Hanks is best-known for his roles in -
Philadelphia(1993)

 The film is one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/Aids,Homosexuality
Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor for this film
tom Hanks played Andrew Beckett, a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia.Andrew Beckett is not open about his homosexuality at the law firm, nor the fact that he has AIDS


Sleepless in Seattle(1993)

Forrest Gump(1994)

  
Storyline
The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a naïve and slow-witted yet athletically prodigious native of Alabama who witnesses, and in some cases influences, some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA more specifically, the period between Forrest's birth in 1944 and 1982.
Tom Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. (Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937–38)

The film won the Academy Awards for -

•  Best Picture
•  Best Director for Robert Zemeckis
•  Best Actor for Tom Hanks

Apollo 13(1995)

 Apollo 13 garnered critical acclaim and was nominated for many awards, including 9 academy Awards(winning for Best Film Editing & Best Sound)

Saving Private Ryan(1998)

 The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards Categories and won 5 Awards for -

• Best Cinematography
• Best Director to Steven Spielberg
• Best Sound Effects Editing
• Best Film Editing
• Best Sound Mixing
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  Also the film grossed US$481.8 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing domestic film of the year
You've Got Mail(1998)

 Storyline
The film is about two e-Mailing Lovers  who are completely unaware that their sweetheart is, in fact, a person with whom they share a degree of animosity.
Cast Away(2000)

Storyline
The film directed by Robert Zimeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx  employee stranded on an Ininhabited Island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo.

Catch Me If You Can(2002)

 The Terminal(2004)

Storyline
The film is about a man who becomes trapped in a NY City Airport Terminal when he is denied entry into the USA and at the same time cannot return to his native country due to a Revolution.
The film is partially inspired by the 17-year-stay of Mehran Karimi Nasseri in the Charles de Gaulle International Airport  Terminal I, Paris,France from 1988 to 2006



The Da Vinci Code(2006)

as of 2012,Tom Hanks' films havegrossed over $4.2 billion at the United States box office alone, and over $8.5 billion worldwide making him the highest all-time box office star