Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in
Splash (1984),
Big (1988),
Philadelphia (1993),
Forrest Gump (1994),
Apollo 13 (1995),
Saving Private Ryan,
You've Got Mail (both 1998),
The Green Mile (1999),
Cast Away (2000),
The Da Vinci Code (2006),
Captain Phillips, and
Saving Mr. Banks (both 2013), as well as for his voice work in the animated films
The Polar Express (2004) and the
Toy Story series. Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. He won a
Golden Globe Award and an
Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in
Philadelphia, as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a
Screen Actors Guild Award, and a
People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in
Forrest Gump. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Hanks is also known for his collaboration with film director
Steven Spielberg on
Saving Private Ryan,
Catch Me If You Can (2002),
The Terminal (2004), and
Bridge of Spies (2015), as well as the 2001 miniseries
Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks as a successful director, producer, and writer. In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were
executive producers on the HBO miniseries
The Pacific (a companion piece to
Band of Brothers).