Amazing Story Of The Legendary Tom Hanks

This highest paid box office star in Hollywood, Thomas Jeffrey Hanks or Tom, was born in the year 1956, on July 9^th. His parents, Amos Hanks and Janet Marylyn separated at his young age itself. Tom by nature is a shy person and very religious. His passion for craft drew his attention towards acting in plays in his school. He mastered his acting skills in Chabot College in Hayward and he loved to attend local theatre houses to watch plays. He won his first award for best actor from the Cleveland Critics Circle for his role as the villain in the movie “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”.

This American actor is also a multi-talented facet and performs various tasks like production, direction, acting and writing scripts for movies. Some of the movies for which Tom is best known are Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, Big, The Green Mile and many more in the list. He has been known for his animated films like Toy Story and Polar Express. He has to his credits the Golden Globe Award, Academy Award and Screen Actors guild award. He also attained People’s choice award for his film Forrest Gump.

He has worked in collaboration with director Steven Spielberg, whose recent movie is all set to release in the month of April. The movies Tom and Steven have worked on include, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal and Band of Brothers. Both Steven and Tom are executive producers on the HBO mini series. He has won back to back academy awards for best actor, other than Spencer Tracy. Tom has been married to Samantha Lewes for nine years and has 2 children. Some of the notable performances of Tom Hanks include movies like Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Cast Away.

He is the producer of the upcoming movie ‘Where The Wild Things Are’. He is the most respected man in the Hollywood and has also been elected by the Board of trustees of the Astronaut Scholarship foundation for his motivational performance in the engineering field. He has played varied roles in movies and won great compliments from his fans all over the world. He is known to make incredible movies that are amazing to watch. His most memorable movie was the ‘Bachelor’s Party’ during the 80’s, which was loved by his fans a lot.