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• // 9th Jul 1956
  Tom Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, to Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook and Janet Marylyn, a hospital worker, in Concord, California. His siblings are Sandra, Larry, and Jim.
• // 1960
  His parents divorced in 1960. Tom, Sandra, and Larry were raised by his father while Jim, his youngest brother was brought up by his mother.
• // 1974
  He completed high school at Skyline High School, Oakland and graduated from the institute in 1974.
• // 1977
  He quit his studies in 1977, accepting an internship offer from the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Lakewood, Ohio.
• // 1978
  In 1978, his performance as ‘Proteus’ in Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ won him the Best Actor award in the Cleveland Critics Circle.
• // 1978 To 1980
  From 1978 to 1980, he acted in various summer productions of Shakespeare’s plays and in winters, he worked for a theater company in Sacramento.
• // 1978 To 1987
  In 1978, he married Samantha Lewes, an actress and producer. They were divorced in 1987. The couple has two children, Colin and Elizabeth.
• // 1979
  In 1979, he moved to New York with the dream of performing in Broadway. In 1980, he made his onscreen debut in the low-budget horror movie, ‘He Knows You're Alone’.
• // 1982
  In 1982, his guest appearance on the TV episode of ‘Happy Days’, impressed co-actor Ron Howard who invited him to star in the supporting role in ‘Splash’, a comic film in 1984 that became a great hit.
• // 1988
  His notable performance in ‘Punchline’ which released in 1988, won him a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award.
• // 1988
  He married Rita Wilson in 1988, an actress with whom he worked in the film ‘Volunteers’. The couple has two sons, Chester and Truman.
• // 1993
  His major breakthrough came in 1993, when he played the role an attorney with AIDS in Jonathan Demme’s film, ‘Philadelphia’. He reduced 37 pounds for the film and his performance won him an Oscar and an MTV Movie Award.
• // 1994
  In 1994, he played lead role in the movie ‘Forrest Gump’, an epic romantic-comedy-drama, based on the eponymous novel by Winston Groom. He won the Academy Award for his role in the movie.
• // 1994 To 1995
  He won two Academy Awards consecutively in 1994 and 1995 for his outstanding performance in the films ‘Philadelphia’ and ‘Forrest Gump’.
• // 1998
  In 1998, he teamed up with Steven Spielberg for the first time and performed a challenging role in ‘Saving Private Ryan’ that got him his fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
• // 1999
  The 1999 animated film, ‘Toy Story 2’, where Hanks lent his voice for the character, Woody, the leader of the cowboy dolls, became a box-office hit making a record-breaking box-office sale of $80.8 million.
• // 2001
  In 2001, he caught attention of the public when he was cast in ‘Band of Brothers, a HBO mini-series and in ‘A Tribute to Heroes’.
• // 2002
  ‘Apollo 13’ a film that deals with the lunar mission, released in 2002 in the IMAX format became a huge success earning $500 million at the box office.
• // 2002
  In 2002, he was the recipient of American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, presented by Steven Spielberg. He became the youngest recipient of this prestigious honour.
• // 2004
  In 2004, he appeared in a number of films including Coen Brothers' ‘The Ladykillers’, Spielberg’s ‘The Terminal’ and Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Polar Express’.
• // 2006
  In 2006, he teamed up with Ron Howard and played the role of Robert Langdon in the film, ‘The Da Vinci Code’, an adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel of the same name.
• // 2006
  ‘The Da Vinci Code’ filmed in 2006, based on the best-seller written by Dan Brown, earned over $750 million at the box-office.
• // 2006
  He was inducted into the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame in 2006.
• // 2008
  He co-produced ‘The Great Buck Howard’ (2008), where his son Colin Hanks co-starred with him.
• // 2009
  In 2009, he played the role of the famed Robert Langdon once again in ‘Angels and Demons’, a sequel to ‘The Da Vinci Code’ that catapulted him to fame.
• // 2012
  He was the executive producer of the 2012 film ‘Game Change’ which is about the 2008 presidential campaign.

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• What is Tom Hanks birthday?

  Tom Hanks was born at 1956-07-09

• Where is Tom Hanks's birth place?

  Tom Hanks was born in Concord, California, U.S.

• What is Tom Hanks nationalities?

  Tom Hanks's nationalities is American

• What is Tom Hanks ideologies?

  Tom Hanks's ideologies is Democrats

• Who is Tom Hanks spouses?

  Tom Hanks's spouses is Rita Wilson, Samantha Lewes

• Who is Tom Hanks siblings?

  Tom Hanks's siblings is Jim Hanks, Larry Hanks, Sandra Hanks

• Who is Tom Hanks childrens?

  Tom Hanks's childrens is Elizabeth Ann Hanks

• What was Tom Hanks universities?

  Tom Hanks studied at Concord

• What is Tom Hanks's religion?

  Tom Hanks's religion is Born-Again Christian

• How tall is Tom Hanks?

  Tom Hanks's height is 183

• Who is Tom Hanks's father?

  Tom Hanks's father is Amos Mefford Hanks

• Who is Tom Hanks's mother?

  Tom Hanks's mother is Janet Marylyn Frager

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  Tom Hanks is Cancer

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