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Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has called a "fractured" family. He moved around a great ...
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Producer (56 credits)
Producer (56 credits)
Lewis and Clark
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 6 episodes) (announced)
- Episode #1.4
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- Episode #1.5
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- Episode #1.3
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- Episode #1.6
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- Episode #1.2
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2018
The 2000s
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- I Want My MP3
(2018)
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- Yes We Can
(2018)
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- The Financial Crisis
(2018)
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- The i Decade
(2018)
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- Quagmire: Bush's Second Term
(2018)
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2018
1968: The Year That Changed America
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Part Four: Fall
(2018)
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- Part Three: Summer
(2018)
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- Part Two: Spring
(2018)
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- Part One: Winter
(2018)
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2017
The Nineties
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Isn't It Ironic
(2017)
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- The Information Age
(2017)
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- Terrorism Hits Home
(2017)
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- New World Order
(2017)
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- Can We All Get Along?
(2017)
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2016
The Eighties
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- The Tech Boom
(2016)
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- The Fight Against AIDS
(2016)
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- Video Killed the Radio Star
(2016)
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- Greed Is Good
(2016)
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- Tear Down This Wall
(2016)
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2015
The Seventies
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
- What's Goin' On
(2015)
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- Terror at Home and Abroad
(2015)
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- Battle of the Sexes
(2015)
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- The State of the Union Is Not Good
(2015)
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- Crimes & Cults
(2015)
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2014
Olive Kitteridge
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Security
(2014)
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- A Different Road
(2014)
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- Incoming Tide
(2014)
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- Pharmacy
(2014)
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2014
The Sixties
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll
(2014)
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- The Times They Are A-Changin'
(2014)
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- 1968
(2014)
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- The Space Race
(2014)
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- The British Invasion
(2014)
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2011
The 3 Minute Talk Show
(TV Series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
- Robin Williams
(2011)
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- Jimmy Fallon/Rico Rodriguez
(2011)
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- Wilmer Valderrama
(2011)
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- Nia Vardalos
(2011)
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- Lance Bass
(2011)
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2006-2011
Big Love
(TV Series) (executive producer - 51 episodes)
- Where Men and Mountains Meet
(2011)
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- Exorcism
(2011)
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- The Noose Tightens
(2011)
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- Til Death Do Us Part
(2011)
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- D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
(2011)
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2010
The Pacific
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Home
(2010)
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- Okinawa
(2010)
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- Iwo Jima
(2010)
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- Peleliu Hills
(2010)
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- Peleliu Airfield
(2010)
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2008
John Adams
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Peacefield
(2008)
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- Unnecessary War
(2008)
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- Unite or Die
(2008)
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- Reunion
(2008)
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- Don't Tread on Me
(2008)
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2007
Big Love: In the Beginning
(TV Series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
- Post-Partum
(2007)
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- Moving Day
(2007)
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- Meet the Babysitter
(2007)
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2001
Band of Brothers
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Points
(2001)
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- Why We Fight
(2001)
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- The Last Patrol
(2001)
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- The Breaking Point
(2001)
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- Bastogne
(2001)
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2000
American Experience
(TV Series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
- Return with Honor
(2000)
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1998
From the Earth to the Moon
(TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
- The Original Wives Club
(1998)
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- Le voyage dans la lune
(1998)
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- Galileo Was Right
(1998)
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- For Miles and Miles
(1998)
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- We Interrupt This Program
(1998)
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Actor (87 credits)
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Soundtrack (15 credits)
Soundtrack (15 credits)
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Writer (7 credits)
Writer (7 credits)
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Director (8 credits)
Director (8 credits)
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Thanks (22 credits)
Thanks (22 credits)
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Self (367 credits)
Self (367 credits)
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Archive footage (115 credits)
Archive footage (115 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
Stage Play: Lucky Guy. Drama. Written by Nora Ephron. Associate Director: Kamilah Forbes. Costume Design by Toni-Leslie James. Scenic Design by David Rockwell. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Broadhurst Theatre: 1 Apr 2013- (still in production + 33 previews that began on 1 Mar 2013). Cast: Tom Hanks (as "Mike McAlary") [Broadway debut], ... See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 3 Print Biographies | 26 Interviews | 48 Articles | 9 Pictorials | 65 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Tomu HankusuHeight:
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(1989, on landing Bosom Buddies (1980)) I had lived in New York for a couple of years and had developed, I guess, a defense mechanism when it came to auditions. And that was not to care about them too much. So I was able to go in and be so casual, so nonchalant about impressing those people that I'd screw it up-as opposed to trying to show them how great and unique a talent you are. People hate ... See more »Trademark:
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