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 is also known for his collaboration with film director Steven Spielberg on Saving Private Ryan and the mini-series Band of Brothers, which launched Hanks also as a successful director, producer and writer.

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.

In March 2005, the British network Sky TV reported that Tom Hanks was planning to produce a biopic on the life of Bill Haley, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in 2006.

In August, 2009, Steven Spielberg announced that he was planning on doing a remake of " Harvey ", reaching out to Tom Hanks and Will Smith to play Elwood Dowd.

In 2001, Hanks helped direct and produce the acclaimed HBO mini-series Band of Brothers.

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.

Tom Hanks is expected to reprise his role as Langdon, and Brian Grazer and John Calley have signed on to produce the film, though it has not been confirmed if Ron Howard will return to direct.

In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film He Knows You're Alone ( 1980 ) and got a part in the television movie Mazes and Monsters.

Only the 1989 movie Turner & Hooch brought success for Hanks during this time.

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

In a USA Weekend interview, Hanks talked about how he chooses projects: " A League of Their Own, it can't be just another movie for me.

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.

In June 2006 Hanks was inducted as an honorary member of the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame for his accurate portrayal of a Captain in the movie Saving Private Ryan ; Hanks, who was unable to attend the induction ceremony, was the first actor to receive such an honor.

* 1987 City of Crime ( Dan Ackroyd / Tom Hanks )-from the " Dragnet " movie

The success of this film eventually spurred the idea of highlighting the voice actors as stars of a film, this becoming the norm in movie marketing, with a greater focus on hiring Hollywood celebrities for name power, rather than performers with most experience in voice acting, particularly the Toy Story ( Tom Hanks and Tim Allen ) and Shrek ( Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas ) franchises.

A portion of the Tom Hanks movie, Cast Away, was filmed in Canadian.

In addition, they appeared in and performed several songs in the quirky 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party including " Who Do You Want To Be Today?

She played the sister of Renée Zellweger in the movie Jerry Maguire and Jan Edgecomb opposite Tom Hanks in the film adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile.

Ben Stiller has said that Sean Penn's performance, along with other actors ' performances such as Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, is the source of the movie Tropic Thunders infamous admonition: " Never go full retard ".

Shanley wrote two songs for the movie, " Marooned Without You " and " The Cowboy Song ", the former used thematically throughout and the latter performed by Tom Hanks on the ukulele.

Merchant has said in interviews that after her split with 10, 000 Maniacs she was so eager to begin writing her own material that she went home that very day and composed the song " I May Know the Word ", which was originally meant to appear on the soundtrack to the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia.

* The promenade at 91st Street in the park is where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan meet at the end of the 1998 movie You've Got Mail.

It lost out to The Piano for Best Original Screenplay while the song " A Wink and a Smile " lost out to " Streets of Philadelphia " ( another Tom Hanks movie ) for Best Original Song.

* In the movie That Thing You Do !, Mr. White ( Tom Hanks ) says " Well, he's the biggest cootie I've ever seen ," in reference to K. O.

The Polar Express ( Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks ) movie visuals at the North Pole were based on Pullman architecture.

The book was adapted as a television movie starring a young Tom Hanks.

Hanks found admiration for Dante's directorial style, saying " Joe has a stylized, visionary way of looking at the entire movie.

The movie starred a 26-year-old Tom Hanks in his first major leading film role.

The film inspired the Tom Hanks movie The Money Pit ( 1986 ), and prompted a 2007 remake called Are We Done Yet?