- Russell Crowe, George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Hugh Jackman are battling for the lead role in movie adaptation of best-seller The Da Vinci Code. (2004)
- Is spending his summer holiday with his family on a small Aegean Sea island reachable only by a slow ferry. (June 23, 2004)
- Has ruled out the possibility of embarking on a political career because he'd much rather spread his message through acting. (June 17, 2004)
- Teams up with Imax Corp. to produce a 3D documentary about NASA's historic lunar voyages called MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION. (March 4, 2004)
- His production company Playtone is teaming up with HBO again for a drama series pilot Big Love. (January 7, 2004)
- Ben Affleck, Tom Hanks and John Travolta helped Mickey Mouse celebrate his 75th birthday yesterday by designing larger-than-life statues of the Disney icon. (November 20, 2003)
- Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen, Carrie Fisher and Cybill Shepherd are teaming up to oppose Schwarzenegger's bid to become Governor of California. (August 25, 2003)
- Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are reuniting to mount a new 10-part WWII miniseries, dubbed for now UNTITLED WORLD WAR II PACIFIC THEATER PROJECT, which is on the fast track at DreamWorks. (July 22, 2003)
- Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#9)
- Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are furious with a construction company they hired to build their hideaway in Idaho -- The actors were hoping to keep their 10-acre Ketchum home a super secret, and were horrified when Storey Construction revealed all in a $1.9 million suit, which claims Hanks and Wilson owe them $1.9 million for work they completed on the hideaway. (June 21, 2003)
- Hanks' production company has struck a deal to produce a CGI feature adaptation of classic tale, THE SPIDER AND THE FLY -- The fable concerns a gullible young fly who is flattered by a wily spider who tries to charm him into her web. (May 10, 2003)
- Not content at remaking 1955 Brit classic THE LADYKILLERS with chums Joel and Ethan Coen, Hanks has turned his attention to yet another masterpiece of yesteryear, Akira Kurosawa's 1952 movie, IKIRU -- A heartbreaking and intimate film about mortality, there's not a samurai in sight as Kurosawa tells the story of a low-level bureaucrat who learns he has terminal stomach cancer and subsequently tries to have some impact on the world. (March 26, 2003)
- Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are in final talks to reteam for the airport comedy TERMINAL - The movie will star Hanks on a down-on-his-luck immigrant from Europe who takes up permanent residence at a New York airport after his passport becomes null and void due to a war that erases his homeland from the map; hilarity will supposedly ensue as Hanks befriends the airport staff and falls head-over-heels for a flight attendant. (February 8, 2003)
- Reunited rockers Phish have apologized for duping fans into thinking Tom Hanks was part of their New Year's Eve show in New York -- The group announced the movie star at the start of their Madison Square Garden set and a man with Hanks' features stepped onto the stage to wish fans a happy new year. (January 8, 2003)
- Hanks' publicists said Friday that an onstage cameo at Phish's New Year's Eve concert by someone identified as Hanks was almost certainly not him -- news outlets reported that Hanks appeared briefly on stage at the jam band's Madison Square Garden concert, but his publicists said he was going with his family for a skiing holiday and had no plans to be in New York. (January 4, 2003)
- Hanks is to star in the Coen Brothers' remake of classic Ealing comedy THE LADYKILLERS - In the 1955 black comedy Hanks will reprise Guinness' role as a criminal mastermind, who plots to rob a riverboat casino, only to be thwarted in his attempts to get away with the perfect crime by his innocent landlady. (December 12, 2002)
- Hanks would reunite with director Ron Howard for DOWNTOWN -- he's about ready to play what could be his biggest stretch in a long time: a gay cop in 1960s Cleveland who must solve his lover's murder. (November 14, 2002)
- Former FBI agent Joseph Shea can count on some thrills from seeing Hanks portray him in Steven Spielberg's upcoming movie CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - but since Hanks' character in the movie goes by a different name, Shea won't get any royalties or other payments. (November 11, 2002)
- Hanks tops Entertainment Weekly's 2002 Power Issue list of the most formidable entertainers in Hollywood for delivering strong grosses for the atypically dark ROAD TO PERDITION, snagging Emmys for BAND OF BROTHERS, and even having the savvy to coproduce the surprise smash MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. (October 11, 2002)
- Hanks's 1995 hit, director Ron Howard's APOLLO 13 has been reconfigured to be shown in 70mm IMAX, under the reconfigured title, APOLLO 13: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE. (September 18, 2002)
- Presented Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for Oprah Winfrey at the 54th annual Emmys. (September 2002)
- Hanks hankers there's only one role he'd still love to play - James Bond.
- Says he's not letting his young kids see his screen performance as a gun-toting mobster in ROAD TO PERDITION because it's too violent.
- Hanks said he was leaving the Deauville Festival of American Cinema to be home in time for his children's first day of school.
- Has a private exhibition of snapshots from the sets of his films in his Hollywood home.
- Wilson, the volleyball that kept Tom Hanks' character company on a deserted island in the hit CAST AWAY (2000), sold for $18,400 in an online auction of movie props in 2001.
- FALL (1999): Dislocated his shoulder when he fell through a rotting floor in building in Germany while scouting locations with Steven Spielberg for prospective HBO series, BAND OF BROTHERS.
- After a one-shot guest appearance on HAPPY DAYS (1974), producer Ron Howard asked him to read for a secondary part in SPLASH (1984), and he got the lead instead.
- Asked to play the title role in JERRY MAGUIRE (1996).
- He is a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks, Abraham Lincoln's mother.
- His Oscar acceptance speech for 1993's PHILADELPHIA (1993) led to the plot of the movie IN & OUT (1997). Hanks thanked a gay teacher in his speech.
- Received emergency treatment for serious staph infection in leg in summer, 1999 after returning from overseas location shoot.
- Received the Distinguished Public Service Award, the U. S. Navy's highest civilian honor, on Veterans Day 1999 for his work in the movie SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998).
- Voted best actor by the readers of the US Magazine in 1995.
- Was only first actor to win back-to-back Oscars since Tracy Spencer for CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (1937) and BOYS TOWN (1938).
- In BIG (1988), to give star Hanks an idea of how a 12 year-old would behave, director Penny Marshall, filmed each grown-up scene with David Moscow (Young Josh) playing Hanks's part. Hanks then copied Moscow's behavior.
- Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Steven Ambrose passed each of the scripts around to real-life soldiers of Easy-Company to guarantee the authenticity of the mini-series BAND OF BROTHERS (2001).
- Was the first choice to replace Michael Keaton as Batman in BATMAN FOREVER (1995).
- Several actors from APOLLO 13 (1995) including: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, and Gary Sinise visited U.S. Space and Rocket Center Space Camp program and worked on their simulators before production of the movie began to help them get a feel for what it would be like to work in zero gravity.
- In interviews for APOLLO 13 (1995), the real Jim Lovell had said that he thought Kevin Costner looked a little bit like him, but Costner was never cast. When Brian Grazier and Imagine Entertainment got the rights to the script, Ron Howard signed on to direct and knowing that Tom Hanks was an Apollo/space buff, sent the script to him. They set a meeting and Hanks agreed to play Jim Lovell during Hanks' and Howard's first meeting about the film.
- Considered for the role of Larry Flynt in THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996).
- Gained 30 pounds in preparation for his role in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992). He attributed the weight he gained to a nearby Dairy Queen.
- His character in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, Jimmy Dugan, is loosely based on real-life baseball slugger Jimmie Foxx.
- In the scene in which his character tells the rest of the unit what he does for a living back at home, Hanks' speech was much longer in the original script. But Hanks felt that his character wouldn't have said so much about himself, and he told director Steven Spielberg so. Spielberg agreed, and the speech was shortened. (SAVING PRIVATE RYAN)
- Initially opposed to hiring Everett Scott in THAT THING YOU DO! because of Scott's strong resemblance to a younger Hanks; but he was convinced by his wife, Rita Wilson, who thought Scott was cute.
- Lost 12kg during his role for PHILADELPHIA (1993)
- Met his wife Rita Wilson while making VOLUNTEERS (1985).
- Originally considered for the role of Zephram Cochrane in STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (1996).
- Was originally going to play the Old Paul Edgecomb but the makeup tests didn't make him look credible enough to be an elderly man. Dabbs Greer was cast instead as the older Paul Edgecomb. (THE GREEN MILE (1999).
- Slinky's line, I may not be a smart dog, but I know what road kill is is a reference to FORREST GUMP which starred Hanks the voice of Woody. (TOY STORY 2 (1999).
- Written and directed by Hanks THAT THING YOU DO! (1996) contains characters named James Mattingly and Leonard Haise. Hanks previously played James Lovell in APOLLO 13 (1995), which had other characters named Ken Mattingly, John Leonard Swigert, and Fred Haise.
- In FORREST GUMP (1994), his younger brother Jim doubles for him in many of his mindless running sequences.
- In FORREST GUMP (1994) Hanks patterned his accent after the little boy who played young Forrest, who actually talked that way.
- FORREST GUMP (1994): The girl in the school bus with the red hair is his daughter Elizabeth.
- Production of CAST AWAY (2000) was halted for a year so Hanks could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island.
- A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) is reportedly his favorite film.
- Hanks said that he would make FORREST GUMP (1994) only if all the events that took place were true to historical reality.
- On the day that he shot the football running scenes in FORREST GUMP (1994) he had been suffering from influenza.
- Has had 11movies that have grossed over $100 million at the US box office. These are; SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, TOY STORY, TOY STORY 2, YOU'VE GOT MAIL, THE GREEN MILE, APOLLO 13, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, PHILADELPHIA, BIG, CAST AWAY, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN and the most famous- FORREST GUMP.
- Is now paid $20million per movie
- One of his childhood dreams was to be an astronaut. The closest he has felt to acheiving this is playing Jim Lovell in APOLLO 13.
- Played two successful romantic commedy with Meg Ryan, SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1993) and YOU'VE GOT MAIL (1998). Both movies about blind date, one in radio era and in 1998, Hanks met Ryan through the internet.
- In the popular UK film magazine 'Empire' Tom Hanks was voted the 17th Best Actor of all time
- Nominated for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special (Informational) at Emmy Awards for We Stand Alone Together (2002)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special at Emmy Awards for BAND OF BROTHERS (2002)
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for CAST AWAY (2001) - shared with Helen Hunt
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for CAST AWAY (2001) - shared with Wilson
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for CAST AWAY (2001)
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for CAST AWAY (2001)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for CAST AWAY (2001)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for CAST AWAY (2001)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for TOY STORY 2 (2000) - shared with Tim Allen
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for THE GREEN MILE (2000)
- Nominated for Best Action Sequence at MTV Movie Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
- Nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie at Emmy Awards for FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1998)
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for APOLLO 13 (1996)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for TOY STORY (1996) - shared with Tim Allen (voice)
- Nominated for Best Actor Leading at BAFTA Awards for FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Nominated for Best Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1994) - shared with Meg Ryan
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical at Golden Globe Awards for SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (1994)
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1993) - shared with Pauline Brailsford
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for BIG (1989)
Quotes- "I would give myself a 'C' in every movie I've ever been in. I'm the least objective human being to look at my own work."
- "I don't joke around when it comes to raising my kids."
- May you live as long as you want and not want as long as you live."
- "It was incredibly cheesy set with torches - it looked like the lobby of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. And here as some guy pulling names out of a coconut, and I said, 'This is the thing that has made American mass media stop in their tracks?'" [on TV's Survivor]
- "There was nothing to react to except wind and trees. It was like making a silent movie." [on his role in Cast Away]. Premiere. 12.2000.
- "We don't have a host and it's hard to vote yourself off the island when you're the only one on it." [comparing Cast Away to Survivor]
Awards- People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Time Entertainer (2004)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite All-Time Entertainer (2004)
- American Film Institute: Life Achievement Award (2002)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, BAND OF BROTHERS (2002)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Miniseries, BAND OF BROTHERS (2002)
- Hollywood Film Festival: Actor of the Year (2002)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (2002)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Drama (2002)
- PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform, BAND OF BROTHERS (2002)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, CAST AWAY (2001)
- Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor, CAST AWAY (2001)
- Teen Choice Awards: Film - Choice Chemistry, CAST AWAY (2001) - shared with Wilson
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Drama, THE GREEN MILE (2000)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, CAST AWAY (2000)
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, CAST AWAY (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Drama, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- Empire Awards: Best Actor, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1999)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Motion Picture Actor (1999)
- PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1999)
- PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Vision Award - Television, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1999)
- ShoWest Convention: Special Award - Boxoffice Star of the Decade (1999)
- Columbus International Film & Video Festival: President's Award, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1998)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Miniseries, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1998)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role), FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1995)
- People's Choice Awards: Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actor (1995)
- Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, FORREST GUMP (1995)
- ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (1995)
- Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, FORREST GUMP (1995)
- Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actor, PHILADELPHIA (1994)
- Academy Awards: Best Actor, FORREST GUMP (1994)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, FORREST GUMP (1994)
- MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for PHILADELPHIA (1994) - shared with Denzel Washington
- MTV Movie Awards: Best Male Performance, PHILADELPHIA (1994)
- National Board of Review: Best Actor, FORREST GUMP (1994)
- Academy Awards: Best Actor, PHILADELPHIA (1993)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1993)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, PHILADELPHIA (1993)
- Saturn Award: Best Actor, BIG (1990)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role), BIG (1989)
- Golden Apple Awards: Male Star of the Year (1988)
- Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Musical or Comedy, BIG (1988)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, BIG (1988)
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