The next year, Hanks landed a lead role on the ABC television pilot of Bosom Buddies, playing the role of Kip Wilson.

Hanks next starred in the highly anticipated film The Da Vinci Code, based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown.

Hanks next appeared in a cameo role as himself in The Simpsons Movie, in which he appeared in an advertisement claiming that the US government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his.

By the next morning he is shocked to discover that he has been transformed into a 30-year-old man ( Tom Hanks ), and when he goes back to the wishing machine he finds that the carnival has already left.

The next big collection, by Jane Richardson Hanks accompanied by husband Lucien Hanks in 1938, was recorded in Gleichen, Alberta among the Canadian Blackoot and featured Spumiapi (" White-Headed Chief ").

Palin was in the cast of You've Got Mail, the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic comedy as a subplot novelist, but his role was eventually cut entirely.

Although the character was written with Cromwell in mind, Tom Hanks, a big fan of Star Trek, was approached for the role by Paramount first, but he had already committed to the film That Thing You Do!

Early in 1979, Hanks was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Mandrake, directed by Daniel Southern.

At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role that eventually went to John Candy.

Instead, Hanks got the lead role and a career boost from Splash, which went on to become a box office hit, grossing more than US $ 69 million.

With Nothing in Common ( 1986 ) – about a young man alienated from his parents who must re-establish a relationship with his father, played by Jackie Gleason – Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor but of someone who could carry a serious role.

Hanks lost thirty-five pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role.

" Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia.

" Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump, becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars.

Its April 11, 2007, announcement revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon, and that he would reportedly receive the highest salary ever for an actor.

In 2010, Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in the third film in the Toy Story franchise, Toy Story 3, after he, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.

While premiering a TV series in January 2009, Hanks called supporters of Proposition 8 " un-American " and criticized the LDS ( Mormon ) church members, who were major proponents of the bill, for their views on marriage and their role in supporting the bill.

In addition to his role in Saving Private Ryan, Hanks was cited for serving as the national spokesperson for the World War II Memorial Campaign, for being the honorary chairperson of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign, and for his role in writing and helping to produce the Emmy Award-winning miniseries, Band of Brothers.

In the original sketches, Doug and Steve were often joined by that night's guest, credited as ' barhop ' ( including turns by Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Alec Baldwin, Jack Nicholson, and Sylvester Stallone parodying his familiar Rocky Balboa role ).

Big was received with almost unanimous critical acclaim ; based on 53 reviews collected by the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 96 % of critics gave the film a positive " Certified Fresh " review and the consensus stating " Refreshingly sweet and undeniably funny, Big is a showcase for Tom Hanks, who dives into his role and infuses it with charm and surprising poignancy.

Spielberg approached Tom Hanks and later Robert Downey, Jr. for the lead role, but in December 2009 Spielberg opted out after a dispute over his vision for the project.

Williams gained further notoriety when Bill Cosby cast him as Heathcliff Huxtable's father-in-law " Grandpa Al " Hanks in a recurring role on the hit 1980s sitcom The Cosby Show.

She followed this with the role of Forrest Gump's mother in Forrest Gump ( 1994 ), even though she is only 10 years older than Tom Hanks, with whom she had co-starred six years earlier in Punchline.

Before Depp's casting, the leading role of Edward had been connected to Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Robert Downey, Jr., and William Hurt, while the role of The Inventor was written specifically for Vincent Price, and was ultimately his final performance.

Regarding his religious views, Hanks has said, " I must say that when I go to church — and I do go to church — I ponder the mystery.

They wanted Tom Hanks or Jack Nicholson — two of Stone's original choices.

Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and — in three roles — Meg Ryan.

The last episode of the series ( narrated by Blythe Danner — this is the only episode which Hanks does not introduce, although he does appear in it ) begins with a look at the making of Georges Méliès ' film based upon the book.

* The Twilight Zone ( TV ) ( 1988 )-Monty Hanks — in episode: # 3. 2-" Extra Innings "-1 October 1988

* David Conrad — Captain Hanks

A supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but " didn't have the math.

In 1998, Daly appeared in several episodes of the Emmy award-winning, Tom Hanks-produced HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon playing astronaut Jim Lovell, whom Hanks himself had portrayed in the film Apollo 13.

As well, she portrayed Marilyn See, wife of astronaut Elliott See, in Episode # 11 of the Emmy Award-winning television mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, produced by Tom Hanks and directed by Sally Field.

In 1995 he played astronaut Pete Conrad, alongside Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton in the classic space drama Apollo 13.

Before the surrender, the British bombardment had killed two American officers ( including Lieutenant Porter Hanks, the former commander of Fort Mackinac, who was awaiting a court martial ), and five other ranks.

The family's three oldest children, Sandra ( now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer ), Larry ( now Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and film maker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.

The project, slated to costar Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent and Susan Sarandon, began filming in September 2011.

On October 20, 2011, CELIA was designated an Ohio Center of Excellence by Jim Petro, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents at a press conference on the campus of Wright State University, in which Tom Hanks congratulated the Wright State University arts programs via a video message.

and Turk modify shift schedules so that Doctors Turner and Hooch are teamed up as a surgical team in the episode " My Faith in Humanity " ( Doctor Turner was played by Jim Hanks, Tom Hanks ' brother ).

Hush Puppies soon began to turn up on the famous feet of stars such as Jim Carrey, Sharon Stone, David Bowie, Tom Hanks, and Sylvester Stallone.

B. CAA: Drew Barrymore, Sandra Bullock, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carey, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Tom Hanks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Meg Ryan, Will Smith, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, and Bruce Willis

* Jim Hanks as Goon Ray

Alexander's film credits include supporting roles with stars such as Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, and Jim Carrey Jason Siegle, in such films as Roxanne ( 1987 ) and Punchline ( 1988 ) and Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Notable former personnel include Holland Cooke ( Program Director ( 1982-1984 )), Peter Mokover ( Program Director ( 1980-1982 )), Bill Hess ( Program Director ( 2000s )), Mike Sands, David Jones, Joanie Edwardson ( Mornings ( 1988-2006 )), Chuck Hinman ( News Director ), Jim Halfyard, Ken Cole, Steve York, Jed Barton, Amy Navarro, Jack Casey, Jay Stevens, Scott Mallory, Bruce Gammon, Jack Lawrence, Donna Mac, Harmon Dash, Bill O ' Brien, Stacy Shannon, Doug O ' Brien, Gary Trust, Michael Nordé, Chris Eagan, Vinnie McCoy, Patti Costa, Bob Hollands, John Morgan, Paul Perry, Steve Peck, Jim Raposa, Wally Bruckner, Norm Thibeault, Lisa Hanks, Liz Ryan, Will Gilbert, and Bill Smith.

He meets many celebrities, including Colonel Oliver North, the Ayatollah Khomeini, John Hinckley, Jim Bakker, Ivan Boesky, Ronald Reagan, Saddam Hussein, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Tom Hanks ( who plays Forrest in the movie ).

* Tom Hanks as Narrator ( voice ) Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 and hosted From the Earth to the Moon