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Hanks's films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, [3] making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America. [4] Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in a series of comedies: Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992).
Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. [5] The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding a multi-national escort destroyer group of four, defending an Allied convoy from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Bridge of Spies is a 2015 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Matt Charman and the Coen brothers, and starring Tom Hanks in the lead role, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. Set during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan, who is entrusted with negotiating the ...
Chet Hanks is the third child of Tom Hanks, and the first child born to Hanks and actress Rita Wilson. [4] During high school, Hanks' parents sent him to a wilderness therapy program for troubled teens. [5] Hanks later attended the Oakley School, a now-closed therapeutic boarding school in Oakley, Utah, [6] where he played lacrosse. [7]
But first, Orloff spent an entire year creating a show outline with Hanks, which came to be known as the show’s “Bible,” a 250-page book with 500 footnotes. From there, it took four years ...
Budget. $26 million. Box office. $34.6 million [ 1] That Thing You Do! is a 1996 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom Hanks, in his feature writing and directorial debut. The film is set in 1960s rock and roll culture. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional one-hit wonder pop band, and stars Tom Everett ...
List of Tom Hanks performances and credits. Hanks receiving the Kennedy Center Honors medallion in December 2014. Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker who has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Hanks made his professional acting debut on stage, playing Grumio in a 1977 Great Lakes Theater production of The Taming of ...
Box office. $12.7 million [ 4] News of the World is a 2020 American Western film co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Paulette Jiles, and starring Tom Hanks and introducing Helena Zengel in her international film debut. The film follows an aging Civil War veteran who must return a young girl ...