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born on July 9th,1956 in Concord,California
he is a direct descendant of an uncle of Nancy Hanks the mother of Abraham Lincoln -
his parents divorced when he was 9 years old
he stayed near his dad with his two siblings.dad's work,a chef,enforced a nomadic existence upon them with the kids shifted from school to school,never able to form lasting friendships,making Hanks painfully shy.t didn't help that Amos,his father,was mariied twice after Janet,tom explaining that ,by the age of 10 he'd had three mothers,five grammar schools and ten houses. -
He attended both Junior High and Skyline High Shcool where he indulged his early interests in space and baseball
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He was Skyline's Best Actor
It was at skyline he became intereseted in acting.There he joined the Thespian Clup and after winnin roles in Night of the Iguava,twelftNight and South Pasific he won Skyline's Best Actor of 1974 award. -
he met his first wife,Susan Dillingham
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he won the Best Actoraward from the Cleveland Critics Circle
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taking break from film-making
Thouh Tom's career was on the up and up,his mariiage was falling apart.Not wanting his kids to suffer as he had done,he took a berak from film-making in 1985 to produce,direct AND build sets for a production of The passing Game at the Gene Dynarski Theatre,with his wife Samantha co-producing and starring.It didn't work,By the end of the year Tom and Samantha were seperated. -
aged just 22 and picking up major awards already ,tom took off for New York City
but there was no work,just extra pressure as samantha gave birth to their first child,Colin.keen for employment ,Hanks returned to Great Lakes Festival for the summer of 1979 to play Bottom in a Midsummer Night's Dream -
In the meantime Tom had moved the family to the Fernando Valley ,Samantha giving birth to daughter Elizabeth
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after acting in the film titled ''Big'' Hanks won an Oscar-nominated for the first time.
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second wife,rita wilson
with his marriage over ,Tom was free to date Rita Wilson,and the couple were wed,with son Chester being born in 1990,followed by another boy truman.having learned from experience what a heavy workload can do to a relationship,he took a couple of years off,enjoying his new family and waiting for the right part to kick-start his career. -
Throughout 5 years he made a lot of films such as Bachelor Party,Peace Carps in Thailand,The Man With Red Shoe ,Nothing in Common ,Every Time We Say Goodbye...
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this year brought more success to Hanks.he fought against AIDS and was duly presented with an Oscar.
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Forrest Gump and Oscar
1994's epic Forrest Gump had him as an idiot savant raising hearts and minds over a 40-year-old period,including Vietnam War.thanks to this movie Hanks won another Oscar making him the first man in 55 yeras to win consecutive Best Actor Statue -
apollo 13
1995 was another scorcher.normally when actors hit such peaks they fall away,at least for a while.Not Hanks.He was back with Ron Howard as Jim Lovell in apollo 13. -
You've Got a Mail
1988 brought another sit-com.It was another triumph wit Tom Oscar-nominated once more.He'd also be gicen the Distinguished Public Servive Award,the highest honour the US Navy can confer upon a civilian. -
a year later came Cast Away and his fifth Oscar nomination .
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2002 was another monster year.he made two movies they are Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
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Vice President of the Academy of Motion Pivture Arts and sciences
having been elected as the new Vice President of he Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences ,Hanks would next snap up one of the more coveted roles in recent times when he reuinited with director Ron Howard for The Da Vinci Code .
