Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-, two-time Emmy-, four-time Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American film actor, director, voice-over artist, writer and film producer. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. He is also one of only three actors in the history of film to have seven consecutive US$100 million blockbusters, the two other being Tom Cruise and Will Smith.

Academy Award for Best Actor: Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama: Big (1989), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994) and Cast Away (2001)