Tom Hanks was born in San Francisco on 9 July 1956. He is mostly known for his dramatic and romantic movies. Especially he gets to recognize with his “Big” and “Splash.” Both movies followed the comedy genre.
With two best acting Oscars to his name —plus dozens of other awards and nominations— Tom Hanks is one of the most decorated motion picture actors of our time. When he’s not gracing our movie screens in all-time classics, he’s probably off being one of the nicest, and the richest, guys in Hollywood.
THE BIG HITS BY TOM HANKS
He is enjoying so many big hits. Some of are: Big, splash, Forrest Gump, Sully, Road to perdition, Larry Crowne, The Burn, Elvis Has Left the Building, The Da Vinci Code or Angels & Demons, Catch Me If You Can, Turner & Hooch, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Terminal, Cast Away, Saving Mr. Banks, The Post and many more.
TOM HANKS NET WORTH IS AN ESTIMATED TO $350 MILLION
The actor has been a major money maker for a very long time, and in the ’90s and early aughts, he was commanding some seriously huge paychecks. He earned $40 million for Saving Private Ryan in 1998 and $70 million for Forrest Gump in 1994.
TOM HANKS PROFESSION
He took his first break in 1978 from the movie ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ and won many awards for his performance. Then he enjoyed the Stardom in 1988 after his blockbuster movie “Big.” In this film, he performed the character of a 13-year-old boy at the age of 35. And these films were hit the Cinemas. Apart from the actor, he was a fabulous Writer, Producer, and director too. He gets counted as one of the loving actors in Hollywood.
AWARDS WON BY HANKS
Tom Hanks has won so many awards like Oscar, MTV Movie Award, , Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Academy Award for Best Actor Presidential Medal of Freedom, AFI Life Achievement Award, Kennedy Center HonorsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.