The Life of Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks Was Born

Jul 9, 1956

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California. Tom moved around a lot, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no abuse, no alcoholism - just a confused childhood http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/

Tom Hanks' First Movie

Sep 12, 1980

Tom Hanks gets his first movie role as Eliot in the slasher film He Knows You're Alone. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080850/

Apollo 13

Jun 30, 1995

Tom Hanks plays Jim Lovell in this movie based on the lunar mission Apollo 13. In the film, three astronauts must devise a strategy to return to Earth safely after their spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

Tom Hanks plays the voice of Woody in a childs cartoon about a cowboy doll who is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/

Forrest Gump

Jul 6, 1996

Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump in this tale his life from childhood to adulthood http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

Tom Hanks Directs His First Movie

Oct 4, 1996

Tom Hanks directs his first movie called That Thing You Do! He also played the role of Mr. White in the film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117887/

Saving Private Ryan

Jul 24, 1998

Tom Hanks plays Captian Miller who, following the Normandy Landings in WWII, leads a group of US soldiers behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/

The Green Mile

Dec 10, 1999

Tom Hanks plays a Death Row prison guard whos life, along with the rest of the guards, is affected by one of their inmates: a black man accused of child murder and rape, but yest has a mysterious gift. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/

Cast Away

Dec 22, 2000

Tom Hanks plays a FedEx executive who must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/

The Da Vinci Code

May 19, 2006

Tom Hanks Plays Robert Langdon in a movie about a murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings that lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/

Angels and Demons

May 15, 2009

Tom Hanks plays Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808151/