RECENT CREDITS
Where the Wild Things Are (FILM)  Oct. 16, 2009
My Life in Ruins (FILM)  Jun. 5, 2009
Angels and Demons (FILM)  May. 15, 2009
The Great Buck Howard (FILM)  Mar. 20, 2009
City of Ember (FILM)  Oct. 10, 2008


HIGHLIGHTS
A distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, through Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.
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.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Executive Producer
Film


Actor, Producer
Film


City of Ember  2008
Producer
Film


Mamma Mia!  2008
Executive Producer
Film


Charlie Wilson's War  2007 -Charlie Wilson
Producer, Actor
Film


The Simpsons Movie  2007 -Tom Hanks
Voice
Film


Evan Almighty  2007
Executive Producer
Film


The Ant Bully  2006
Producer
Film


Cars  2006 -Woody Car
Voice
Film


The Da Vinci Code  2006 -Robert Langdon
Actor
Film


Producer, Voice, Screenwriter
Film


The Polar Express  2004 -Conductor, Father, Hero Boy, Santa Claus, Scrooge
Executive Producer, Voice, Voice, Voice, Voice, Voice
Film


The Terminal  2004 -Viktor Navorski
Actor
Film


The Ladykillers  2004 -Goldthwait Higginson Dorr
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A League of Their Own  2003 -Jimmy Dugan
Actor
Film


Catch Me If You Can  2002 -Carl Hanratty
Actor
Film


Road to Perdition  2002 -Michael Sullivan
Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Cast Away  2000 -Chuck Noland
Producer, Actor
Film


The Green Mile  1999 -Paul Edgecomb
Actor
Film


Toy Story 2  1999 -Woody
Voice
Film


You've Got Mail  1998 -Joe Fox
Actor
Film


Saving Private Ryan  1998 -Capt. John Miller
Actor
Film


Toy Story  1995 -Woody
Voice
Film


Apollo 13  1995 -Jim Lovell
Actor
Film


Radio Flyer  1992 -Older Mike
Actor
Film


The Bonfire of the Vanities  1990 -Sherman McCoy
Actor
Film


Joe Versus the Volcano  1990 -Joe Banks
Actor
Film


Turner and Hooch  1989 -Scott Turner
Actor
Film


The 'Burbs  1989 -Ray Peterson
Actor
Film


Punchline  1988 -Steven Gold
Actor
Film


Big  1988 -Josh Baskin
Actor
Film


Dragnet  1987 -Pep Streebek
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Nothing in Common  1986 -David Basner
Actor
Film


The Money Pit  1986 -Walter Fielding
Actor
Film


Bosom Buddies   -Kip/Buffy Wilson
Actor
TV


Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip   -Horatio Nelson Jackson
Voice
TV


Executive Producer
TV


Life with Bonnie   -Himself
Actor
TV
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Mazes and Monsters   -Robbie Wheeling
Actor
TV


Saturday Night Live  1985-2006
Host
TV
Expand


Narrator
TV


Producer
Film


Voice
Film


That Thing You Do!  1996 -Mr. White
Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Film


The Celluloid Closet  1996 -Interviewee
Actor
Film


Forrest Gump  1994 -Forrest Gump
Actor
Film


Sleepless in Seattle  1993 -Sam Baldwin
Actor
Film


Philadelphia  1993 -Andrew Beckett
Actor
Film


Splash  1984 -Allen Bauer
Actor
Film


Volunteers   -Lawrence Bourne III
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip   -Horatio Nelson Jackson
Voice
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Actor
Film


Actor, Director
Film


Bachelor Party   -Rick Gasko
Actor
Film


Toy Story 3  2010 -Woody
Voice
Film


Producer
Film


Executive Producer
Film


Angels and Demons  2009 -Robert Langdon
Actor
Film


Producer, Actor
Film




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Highlights

A distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, through Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks.
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.
In 2002, at age 46, became the youngest actor to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.


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