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Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Nickname(s)	Tom HankiesAmerica's Dad
Profession(s)	ActorFilmmaker
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6’
Eye Color	Moss Green
Hair Color	Grey
Personal Life
Date of Birth	July 91956
Age (as in 2019)	63 Years
Birthplace	ConcordCaliforniaU.S.A.
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Signature
Nationality	American
Hometown	ConcordCaliforniaU.S.A.
School	Skyline High SchoolOaklandCalifornia.
College/University	California State UniversitySacramento
Educational Qualification	Majors in Drama
Debut	Film: He Knows You're Alone (1980) TV: Bosom Buddies (1980)
Religion	Greek Orthodox
Ethnicity	Mixed (Portugese and American)
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Political Inclination	The Democratic Party of U.S.A [1]Insider
Hobbies	ReadingCollecting Vintage Typewriters
AwardsHonorsAchievements	Academy Awards: • 1994: Best Actor (Philadelphia) • 1995: Best Actor (Forrest Gump) Golden Globe Awards: • 1989: Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Big) • 1994: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Philadelphia) • 1995: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Forrest Gump) • 2001: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Cast Away) Other Awards: • 2014: Kennedy Center Honors Medallion • 2016: Presidential Medal of Freedom
GirlsAffairsand More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	April 301988
Family
Wife/Spouse	Samantha Lewes (1978-1987) Actress Rita Wilson (1988-Present) Actress
Children	Sons- Chet HanksColin HanksTruman Theodore Hanks Daughter- Elizabeth Ann Hanks
Parents	Father- Amos Mefford Hanks Mother- Janet Marylyn Frager
Siblings	Brothers- Jim HanksLarry Hanks Sister- Sandra Hanks
Favorite Things
Food	GyroJapanese Cuisines
Color(s)	RedBlue
Movie(s)	The GodfatherElephantLooperFargo
Book	In Cold Blood
Sports	BaseballFootball
Baseball Club	Cleaveland Indians
NFL Team	Oakland Raiders
Style Quotient
Cars Collection	Mercedes-Benz S-ClassChevy TahoeToyota Prius
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$350 Million (as per 2018)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Tom Hanks

• Does Tom Hanks smoke?: Yes

• Does Tom Hanks drink alcohol?: Yes
  

  Tom Hanks drinking Alcohol

• He was just 4 when his parents got divorced. Jim was raised by his mother while TomLarryand Sandra were brought up by his father.
  

  Tom Hanks in his childhood

• In his childhoodhis family shifted homes a lot but then eventually settled in Oakland.

• He migrated to California State UniversitySacramento after getting enrolled at Chabot College in HaywardCalifornia to pursue acting.
  

  Tom Hanks in his youth

• In 1977he got an internship offer in LakewoodOhio from the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. He quit his studies and accepted the offer.

• In 1978he won Award for the Best Actor award for his performance as ‘Proteus’ in Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ in the Cleveland Critics Circle.

• In 1979he moved to New York with a dream of performing at Broadway theatre.
  

  Tom Hanks in 1980

• He made his on-screen debut with a low-budget horror movie; He Knows You’re Alone.

• In 1982he guest starred on the TV Show Happy Days. Ron Howardhis co-star in the TV showwas impressed with him and offered him to star in a supporting role in the comic filmSplash. The movie became a great hit and Tom came into the limelight.

• In 1988he starred in the movie ‘Big;’ essaying the role of a 13-year-old boy trapped in a 35-year-old man’s body. The movie was a huge hitand his performance was lauded by everyone.

• In 1993he made his career’s breakthrough with the movie Philadelphia. He won the Academy Award for the Best Actor for the movie.

• In 1994he won his second Oscar for the role of Forest Gump in the movie Forest Gump.

• In 1998he was nominated for an Oscar for the fourth time for the movieSaving Private Ryan. His performance in the movie won him fans all over the world.

• In 2006he teamed up with Ron Howard in the Dan Brown’s novel’s adaptionThe Da Vinci Code. His characterRobert Langdon became very popular. He went on to play the character in two more moviesAngels and Demonsand Inferno.
  

• In 2008he co-produced the filmThe Great Buck Howard where he was seen sharing the screen with his sonColin Hanks.

• In 2008he uploaded a video on his MySpace account; showing his support for the then Presidential CandidateBarack Obama.

• He has also lent his voice for the animated characterWoody in the Toy Story movie series.

• In the 2016 Presidential electionshe endorsed Hillary Clinton.

• In 2016he portrayed the role of Sully in the movie titled ‘Sully.’ The movie was a biographical drama on a pilot who safely landed a flight on a river to save the lives of the passengers on the airplane.

• Hank is a supporter of NASA’s manned space program. In an interviewhe revealed that he initially wanted to be an astronaut.

• In 2017he published his bookUncommon Type; inspired by his typewriter collection.
  

  Tom Hank’s book Uncommon Type

• He is a patient of Type 2 diabetes.

• He has the Asteroid 12818 Tomhanksnamed after him.

• Tom is a big supporter of environmental causessame-sex marriageand alternative fuels.

• On March 122020he revealed that he and wife Rita Wilson were tested positive for the new Coronavirus in Australia. Hanks and Ritaboth 63, had been on the Gold Coastwhere Tom was working on a film about the life of Elvis Presley. He wrote on Instagram,
  

  We felt a bit tiredlike we had coldsand some body aches. Rita had some chills that come and went. Slight fevers too. “To play things rightas is needed in the world right nowwe were tested for the Coronavirusand were found to be positive.”

  

  Tom Hanks Instagram post about Coronavirus