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| Name: | Tom Hanks |
| Birth Name: | Thomas J. Hanks |
| Height: | 5' 11'' |
| Sex: | M |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | July 9, 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Concord, California, USA |
| Profession: | actor, director, writer |
| Education: | Chabot Junior College in Hayward, California (attended one year) |
| | Skyline High School in Oakland (graduated) |
| | California State University in Sacramento, California (majored in Theater; left before graduating to intern with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival) |
| Husband/Wife: | Rita Wilson (actress; married on April 30, 1988), Samantha Lewes (married in 1980; separated in 1985; divorced in 1987) |
| Father: | Amos Hanks (cook; divorced in 1961; died in 1992) |
| Mother: | Janet Turner (hospital worker) |
| Sister: | Sandra Hanks (writer; born on July 31, 1951) |
| Brother: | Jim Hanks (actor; born on June 15, 1961) and Larry Hanks (professor; born in 1953) |
| Son: | Truman Theodore (born on December 26, 1995; mother: Rita Wilson), Chester (born on August 4, 1990; mother: Rita Wilson), Colin Hanks (actor; born in 1978; mother: Samantha Lewes) |
| Daughter: | Elizabeth Hanks (actress; born in 1982; mother: Samantha Lewes) |
| Claim to fame: | as Kip Buffy Wilson in Bosom Buddies (1980) |
| Contact: | Click here |
| TOM HANKS GOSSIP, NEWS & TRIVIA |
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- Fears his days as an A-list Hollywood actor will be over soon. (December 17, 2005)
- Is among the celebrities putting their own artistic spin on the classic Lacoste polo shirt in a bid to raise funds for the fight against pediatric AIDS. (October 10, 2005)
- Has been voted in as vice-president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (August 27, 2005)
- His production firm has signed a deal with the man known as Deep Throat to turn his story into a movie. (June 17, 2005)
- Admitted he's a huge fan of Agatha Christie's fictional sleuth Miss Marple. (June 10, 2005)
- Is in talks to star in the British TV adaptation of Agatha Christie's fictional sleuth Miss Marple. (June 10, 2005)
- Is so impressed with Canadian rocker Alanis Morissette's comedy skills, he has signed on to produce We're With The Band - a reality-based sitcom she'll shoot for American cable network Comedy Central. (March 24, 2005)
- When winning the best actor Oscar for PHILADELPHIA (1993), Hanks thanked his high school drama teacher and a former classmate, calling them two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with. The speech would inspire the Kevin Kline comedy In & Out.
- Was voted America's 2004 favourite movie star by The Harris Poll.
- Russell Crowe, George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Hugh Jackman are battling for the lead role in movie adaptation of best-seller The Da Vinci Code. (2004)
- Has ruled out the possibility of embarking on a political career because he'd much rather spread his message through acting. (June 17, 2004)
- Teams up with Imax Corp. to produce a 3D documentary about NASA's historic lunar voyages called MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION. (March 4, 2004)
- His production company Playtone is teaming up with HBO again for a drama series pilot Big Love. (January 7, 2004)
- Was one of the most powerful Film Star according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Film Star List (#9)
- Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are furious with a construction company they hired to build their hideaway in Idaho -- The actors were hoping to keep their 10-acre Ketchum home a super secret, and were horrified when Storey Construction revealed all in a $1.9 million suit, which claims Hanks and Wilson owe them $1.9 million for work they completed on the hideaway. (June 21, 2003)
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