The 80s - Tom Hanks #10: "If you're funny, if there's something that makes you laugh, then everyday's going to be okay."

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 12-23-2019, 02:26 PM

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles in Splash (1984), Big (1988), Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan, You've Got Mail (both 1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Captain Phillips, and Saving Mr. Banks (both 2013), as well as for his voice work in the animated films The Polar Express (2004) and the Toy Story series.

Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia, as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in Forrest Gump. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

“You ever get up at night, and it’s like pitch dark, and all you know is your throat is on fire and you gotta get a glass of water?
And you don’t turn on any lights, so you just stumble… that’s what my career was.” - Tom Hanks x

**Melis** · 12-23-2019, 06:58 PM

Tom deserves another thread.

**Barrybgb** · 12-24-2019, 09:17 AM

He deserves a lot of them.

**GardenSirens** · 12-24-2019, 11:51 AM

He is very deserving!

**Barrybgb** · 12-24-2019, 12:00 PM

I look forward to "Greyhound".

**Melis** · 12-24-2019, 03:27 PM

I will watch it on TV.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 01-03-2020, 11:49 AM

**Melis** · 01-03-2020, 06:13 PM

He deserves the recognition.

**Barrybgb** · 01-04-2020, 09:36 AM

It couldn't happen to a better person.

**Melis** · 01-04-2020, 12:47 PM

Tom is such a good guy.

**My Kind Of Crazy** · 01-06-2020, 07:31 AM

Tom Hanks Injects Class Into Golden Globes With Cecil B. DeMille Speech, Extolling Film Craft And ‘Love Boat’

**Barrybgb** · 01-06-2020, 08:21 AM

His moment at the show was so wonderful and touching. It just reminded how much he is beloved and how great he is.

**Melis** · 01-06-2020, 07:14 PM

aww glad to hear it.

Love that he took a pic on someone's phone.

**Barrybgb** · 01-07-2020, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Melis (View Post)

aww glad to hear it.

Love that he took a pic on someone's phone.

Can you just imagine finding that on your phone?!

**Melis** · 01-07-2020, 07:00 PM

I'd freak out.

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