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Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
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ForDisney, he voicedWoody inDisney/Pixar'sToy Story films and commercials, while his brotherJim Hanks voiced Woody inToy Story Treats, video games, and other media. Tom also portrayedWalt Disney inSaving Mr. Banks, Scott Turner inTurner & Hooch, Allen Bauer inSplash, James B. Donovan inBridge of Spies, and Goldthwaite Higginson in the2004Touchstone Pictures filmThe Ladykillers. Additionally, he made a vocal cameo as himself in theBig City Greens episode "Cheap Show". He most recently playedGeppetto inRobert Zemeckis'2022 live-action adaptation ofPinocchio onDisney+.
Hanks was born in Concord,California, to hospital worker Janet Marylyn (née Frager) and itinerant cook Amos "Bud" Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". His father hadEnglish ancestry, and through his line, Hanks is a distant cousin of PresidentAbraham Lincoln and children's hostFred Rogers, whom he played. His parents divorced in1960. Their three oldest children, Sandra (later Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (who became an entomology professor at the University ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign), and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest,Jim (who also became an actor and filmmaker), remained with their mother in Red Bluff, California. In his childhood, Hanks' family moved often; by the age of ten, he had lived in ten different houses.
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(Turner & Hooch)
(Splash)
(The Ladykillers)
(Bridge of Spies)
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- Tom Hanks is related to three famous people:
- Hanks is related toAbraham Lincoln, the 16th president of America; he is the third cousin, four times removed of the former president. Hank's link to Honest Abe comes through the president's mother, Nancy Hanks. As a joke, inToy Story 2,Woody mentions Abraham Lincoln's mother in reference to his voice actor.
- Not only did Hanks playWalt Disney inSaving Mr. Banks, he was also actually a distant cousin of Walt himself.
- Hanks is also related toFred Rogers, whom he portrays in the2019 drama filmA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
- His favorite film Walt Disney produced was20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.[1]
- He was considered to voiceDodger inOliver & Company, along with several other actors, but the role was later given toBilly Joel.[citation needed]
- Hanks was originally considered for the role ofQui-Gon Jinn inStar Wars: The Phantom Menace, along with several other actors, beforeLiam Neeson was ultimately selected.[2]
- He was also originally offered to playV.A. Vandevere, the main villain of the 2019 live-action adaptation ofDumbo, before hisToy Story 3 co-starMichael Keaton took over the role.[citation needed]
- His role asForrest Gump fromthe film of the same name was spoofed byGenie inAladdin and the King of Thieves.
- He was mentioned inMuppets Most Wanted, as well as in theBunk'd episode "Boo Boos and Birthdays" and in an episode ofI Didn't Do It.
