Tom Hanks
His career track is the stuff of showbiz legend. After two seasons on the silly sitcom Bosom Buddies (in drag, no less), the affable actor came to prominence in the 1984 romantic comedy Splash. Then a...
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07/08/1956
Concord, CA |
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| A distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, through Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks. |
| In 2002, at age 46, became the youngest actor to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. |
| Remembering Hanks from a 1982 episode of Happy Days, Ron Howard hired him for the 1984 comedy Splash. Howard later directed him in Apollo 13 (1995) and The Da Vinci Code (2 |
| Originally auditioned for the supporting role in 1984's Splash, but it eventually went to John Candy. |
