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Early life and family. Hanks was born in Concord, California, [10] on July 9, 1956, [11] to hospital worker Janet Marylyn (née Frager) and itinerant [12] cook Amos "Bud" [13][14] Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". [15] .
10. Dragnet. 19871h 46mPG-13. 6.0 (38K) Rate. 62Metascore. The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery. Director Tom Mankiewicz Stars Dan Aykroyd Tom Hanks Christopher Plummer. 11. Punchline.
Aug 25, 2022 · When his wish is granted, and he wakes up having aged into his 30s (and now played by Tom Hanks), he discovers that adulthood isn't all it's cracked up to be. The film, directed by Penny...
Jan 20, 2021 · As for his personal life, Tom has quite the talented family, too. Tom was married to Samantha Lewes from 1978 to 1987, with whom he shares son Colin Hanks, also an actor, and daughter...
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1 day ago · Tom Hanks, American actor whose cheerful everyman persona made him a natural for starring roles in many popular films, including Splash (1984) and Big (1988). In the 1990s he expanded his comedic repertoire to include such dramas as Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
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In 1993, Hanks starred with Meg Ryan in the Nora Ephron -directed romantic comedy, Sleepless in Seattle. Later that year, he starred in the drama Philadelphia as a gay lawyer with AIDS fighting discrimination in his law firm. [6] For his performance, Hanks earned his first Academy Award for Best Actor. [7]
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry.
