Lincoln's mother, Nancy, was the daughter of Lucy Hanks, and was born in what is now Mineral County, West Virginia, then part of Virginia.

Afterwards, it follows Tom Hanks as United States Army Rangers Captain John H. Miller and seven other soldiers ( Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies ) as they search for a paratrooper, Private First Class James Francis Ryan ( Matt Damon ), who is the last-surviving brother of four servicemen.

Michael Quinion and Patrick Hanks argue that the term refers to the Dutch nickname and surname Janneke ( from Jan and the diminutive-eke, meaning " Little John " or Johnny in Dutch ), Anglicized to Yankee ( in Dutch, the letter " J " is pronounced the same as the English consonantal " Y " sound ) and " used as a nickname for a Dutch-speaking American in colonial times ".

Thomas Jeffrey " Tom " Hanks ( born July 9, 1956 ) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Hanks is known for his roles in Apollo 13, Big, That Thing You Do !, The Green Mile, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Charlie Wilson's War, Catch Me If You Can, Forrest Gump, A League of Their Own, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and as the voice of Woody in the Toy Story movie franchise.

Hanks ' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain.

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.

Hanks is producer of the Spike Jonze film Where The Wild Things Are, based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak.

A proponent of environmentalism, Hanks is an investor in electric vehicles and owns both a Toyota RAV4 EV and the first production AC Propulsion eBox.

About a week later, Hanks apologized for the remark, saying that nothing is more American than voting one's conscience.

" Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun.

Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O ' Brien's talk shows, including Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan while a guest.

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Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific.

In 1995, Chuck Noland ( Tom Hanks ) is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots.

He was the first of nine actors to win the award twice, a record which remains unbeaten, and is one of two actors to receive it consecutively, the other being Tom Hanks.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times stated that " Starting with Tom Hanks, who brings an invaluable heft and believability to Woody, Toy Story is one of the best voiced animated features in memory, with all the actors ... making their presences strongly felt.

A significant county court record is the marriage bond of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, parents of President Abraham Lincoln.

Hanks received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, which is the highest award given to a Marine for heroism in a non-combat situation.

His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died while he was young ; her burial site is located on the original farm.

At the end of the film Cast Away, Chuck Nolan ( Tom Hanks ) is seen on US Route 83 near Interstate 40, the real-life location of Shamrock.

Hanks love for propane is sometimes shown in an ironic juxtaposition with his love of all things Texas, for example being introduced to mesquite, a traditional Texan barbecue wood, by his immigrant neighbor Kahn.

Big is a 1988 fantasy film directed by Penny Marshall, and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish " to be big " to a magical wishing machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight.

It was also unfavorably compared to the 1988 film Big, in which Tom Hanks also played a child in a grown man's body.

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

Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show Passport to the Universe at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Toy Story was the highest grossing domestic film in 1995, beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13 ( also starring Tom Hanks ).

The 2000 film Cast Away, with Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an Island for many years, also borrows much from the Robinson Crusoe story.

Shore continued to score numerous films from 1995 – 2001, including two David Fincher films, Seven ( 1995 ) The Game ( 1997 ) and The Truth About Cats and Dogs ( 1996 ); also, he collaborated on two films with Cronenberg along with Tom Hanks ' directorial debut, That Thing You Do !.

* He also consulted on the movies Apollo 13 for Ron Howard and was on the set for much of the filming of the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, where he advised both Tom Hanks and the various directors, as well as answered questions from the actors on set.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also complimented Hanks and Newman: " act together with the confidence of titans, their talents in the service of character, never star ego.

The Polar Express used motion capture to allow Tom Hanks to perform as several distinct digital characters ( in which he also provided the voices ).

Actor Tom Hanks also made a donation.

Tom Hanks also won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.

It was also used by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in their miniseries The Pacific.

Fox, Tom Hanks, Kyle MacLachlan and Arnold Schwarzenegger ( who also had cameos in their episodes ).

The set had once been used in Dragnet ( 1987 ) also starring Tom Hanks.

A number of films have also been set in Clifton, including The Truth About Love ( 2005 ) starring Dougray Scott and Jennifer Love Hewitt, The Foolish Things ( 2005 ), starring Lauren Bacall and Anjelica Huston, and Starter for 10 ( 2006 ), starring James McAvoy and produced by Tom Hanks, which was filmed largely on Royal York Crescent.

She also co-starred in the movie Bachelor Party as the bride-to-be of a young Tom Hanks and was the star of the 1986 horror movie Witchboard.

" Hanks also felt that The Fifties season as a whole, as demonstrated by The Quatermass Memoirs, had a somewhat misleading focus.

Gorda Cay has also been used for filming ; the beach where Tom Hanks first encounters Daryl Hannah in Splash is on the island.

The WCOL calls were also used in tribute as the backdrop for the 1996 Tom Hanks movie " That Thing You Do.

" He also has a long list of TV credits, including the Tom Hanks produced mini series " From The Earth To The Moon " where he played James B. Irwin.