Nancy Hanks married Thomas, who became a respected citizen.

At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival.

This case became the basis for the 1993 Tom Hanks film Philadelphia.

In 1992, Petty was featured in what became her best known role, A League of Their Own, opposite Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna.

The show became known for its quirky humor and its frequent use of improvisation, especially between stars Hanks and Scolari.

Denton, along with James Stockdale ( another Navy officer who became the vice-presidential running mate of H. Ross Perot during his 1992 presidential campaign ), Larry Guarino ( an Air Force Major ) and James Robinson Risner ( an Air Force colonel ), distinguished themselves as members of the American POW resistance from 1965-1973, and helped their men accomplish their sworn goal to " return with honor " – a POW battle cry that later was used as the title of a documentary film narrated and produced by Tom Hanks.

Hanks became only the second person in Oscar history to accomplish the feat of winning consecutive awards in the Best Actor category, the first being Spencer Tracy.

As MTV became the center of the entertainment universe, Hunter ’ s celebrity interviews included the first MTV interviews with Madonna, Duran Duran and U2, and also included Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Loverboy, Kasim Sultan, Crosby Stills & Nash, Kevin Bacon, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Eurythmics, Kenny Loggins, the Psychedelic Furs, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, the Cars, the GoGos, the Bangles, Colin Hay and Men at Work, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Hugh Hefner, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Crowded House, Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Peter Wolf, Toto, Level 42, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Pee-Wee Herman among others.

Hanks became an excellent seamstress, working at that before her marriage.

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.

Hanks made public his presidential candidate choice in the 2008 election when he uploaded a video to his MySpace account in which he announced his endorsement of Barack Obama.

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.

* Tom Hanks appeared in an episode as a character seeking revenge on Fonzie for pushing him off a swing when the two of them were in the 3rd grade.

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.

During the 1980s and early 90s, those of Harryhausen's growing legion of fans who had graduated into the professional film industry, started lobbying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to acknowledge Harryhausen's contribution to the film industry and he was finally awarded a Gordon E. Sawyer Award for " technological contributions have brought credit to the industry " in 1992, with Tom Hanks as the Master of Ceremonies and Bradbury, a friend from when they were both just out of high school, presenting the award.

Mandel plays the man in charge of ice skate rentals who tackles Tom Hanks ' character when he tries to run out with his skates still on.

Other productions included an early example of a formatted documentary, Thighs, Lies & Beauty, an investigation of the myths and reality surrounding the beauty business for BBC1 ; The Art of Tripping, a 2 hour dramatised documentary for Channel Four on drug taking and the arts starring Bernard Hill ; a Frontline ( Channel Four ) current affairs film featuring the story of South African Jann Turner whose father was assassinated in front of her when she was 13, and as an adult returns to South Africa to look at the arguments for revenge versus reconciliation in the new South Africa ; Steven Spielberg on " Schindler's List " and Tom Hanks & The World According to Gump, both for the BBC ; and Wagner vs Wagner, for Channel Four, featuring Richard Wagner's great grandson on the composer's political and cultural legacy of anti-semitism and race hatred.

Hanks ' character's loss of the famed volleyball is lampooned in a scene in the film Behind Enemy Lines when the steam-catapult aboard an aircraft carrier launches a Wilson football off the flight deck prompting Owen Wilson's character to cry " Wilson!

The name of this problem derives from its inventors, Steve Hanks and Drew McDermott, working at Yale University when they proposed it.

In 2008's The Great Buck Howard, Hanks played the on-screen father of a young man ( Hanks ' real-life son, Colin Hanks ) who chooses to follow in the footsteps of a fading magician ( John Malkovich ).

The couple had two children, son Colin Hanks, also an actor, and daughter Elizabeth Ann.

Mel Hanks, a longtime reporter at Little Rock's KARK-TV, who was known for his investigative reporting, lived in Beebe at one time with his wife and son.

After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks ' title character ’ s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller film, The Sixth Sense, which earned him a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In December 2003, Hervey secured a small part in the 2004 American film RX opposite Colin Hanks ( son of Tom Hanks ) as a waitress in a diner.

Some of the characters ' names were slightly changed from their original versions from the graphic novel: the surname of the real-life gangsters John Looney and his son Connor were changed to Rooney, and the surname of Tom Hanks ' character and his family was streamlined from the original O ' Sullivan to simply Sullivan.

Hall purposely distanced the camera from Hanks ' character, Michael Sullivan, at the beginning of the film to establish the perspective of Sullivan's son, who is unaware of his father's true nature.

" To keep Hanks ' character from justifying his violent actions in the film, Mendes left out scenes in the final cut that had Sullivan explaining to his son about his background.

Tyler Lee Hoechlin (; September 11, 1987 ) is an American actor who got his big break starring as Tom Hanks ' son in the film Road to Perdition ( 2002 ).

He appeared as Tom Hanks ' younger son in the 2002 film Road to Perdition.

Colin Lewes Hanks ( born November 24, 1977 ) is an American actor who is best known for being Tom Hank's son.

He is the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks.

Hanks was born Colin Lewes Dillingham in Sacramento, California, the oldest son of actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late producer and actress Samantha Lewes < ref > Colin Hanks Biography ( 1977 -) from filmreference. com

She was married four times and had one son, Robert Lowery Hanks.

In 1952, Parker gave birth to a son, Robert Lowery Hanks, who works as an executive for the city of Los Angeles.

She was survived by her son, Robert, and granddaughters Katie and Nora Hanks.

The same year, Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced the hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

The matriarch was his wife, attorney Clair Huxtable née Hanks.

In 1989, Fisher played a major supporting role in When Harry Met Sally, and in the same year, she appeared opposite Tom Hanks as his wife in The ' Burbs.

She attended LeConte Junior High School with actress Rita Wilson ( wife of Tom Hanks ).

In 1990, Bonfire was adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy, Kim Cattrall as his wife Judy, Melanie Griffith as his mistress Maria, and Bruce Willis as journalist ( and narrator of the film ) Peter Fallow.

Tom Hanks ' wife, Rita Wilson, whose father is a Bulgarian, is reported to have coached Hanks in Bulgarian in the course of the shooting of the film.

He was almost passed over because of his resemblance to the film's director, actor Tom Hanks, but Hanks's wife, Rita Wilson, encouraged Hanks to cast Scott in the role.

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.