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Tom Hanks: Biography

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Birth Name: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Birth Place: Concord, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/09/1956, Cancer
Profession: Actor; director; writer; producer

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His career track is the stuff of showbiz legend. After two seasons on the silly sitcom Bosom Buddies (in drag, no less), the affable actor came to prominence in the 1984 romantic comedy Splash. Then a string of... read more

Tom Hanks: TV Guide News

George Clooney Recruits All-star Mediation Team | WGA Post-Strike Watch: News About Returning Shows | 1/11/2008
He's robbed millions from Sin City vaults, so who's to say he can't solve the unsolvable? George Clooney is assembling a "mediation panel," composed of several Hollywood heavy hitters, which would set out to get the WGA strike resolved once and for all. As reported by Nikke Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, Clooney plans to ask Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and John Wells ("a controversial ex-WGA president"), as well as three or four producer-sympathetic bigwigs, to join this strike-striking squad.While pitching the idea in a phone call to Harvey Weinstein (who is also onboard), Clooney is said to have suggested that the panel lock all involved parties in a room and then tell each side as each term is negotiated, "You have to live with this and get over it."What's your take? Just so much posturing by a well-intentioned movie star? Or hey, might this actually get the job done?More strike coverage:• Will the Strike Force The Closer to Close Up Shop?• Weinsteins to Announce... read more
Shopoholic Isla, Narnia 3 Delay and More Film News | Today's News: Our Take | 9/20/2007
Wedding Crashers nymph Isla Fisher has signed on to star in Confessions of a Shopoholic, a Disney com based on the Sophie Kinsella novels (shop Amazon).... Also per the Reporter, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of Dawn Treader has had its release pushed back a year to May 7, 2010, due to "the challenging schedules for our young actors".... Leslie Nielsen, Marion "Mrs. C!" Ross, Jeffery Tambor and Brent Spiner have joined Josh Bell and Sara Paxton for the Scary Movie-esque action-hero spoof Superhero.... Tom Hanks is producing a thriller based on the new bio Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal.... The AP reports that Matthew McConaughey will replace Owen Wilson in Tropic Thunder.... To avoid a May 2009 showdown with James Cameron's Avatar, Variety says DreamWorks has moved up its own 3-D pic, Monsters vs. Aliens, to March 27. read more
HBO, Tom Hanks Snuff JFK Conspiracy Theories | Today's News: Our Take | 6/7/2007
HBO is finalizing a deal with Tom Hanks' Playtone shingle to adapt Vincent Bugliosi's 1,632-page Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy into a miniseries. Per Variety, the 10-part series will put to bed, once and for at least 10 nights all the assorted conspiracy theories, while establishing that Lee Harvey Oswald in fact acted alone. The mini will span Oswald's journey from becoming an assassin to his own murder on live television. read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 3/19/2007
If you were ever a fan of Bosom Buddies, and you now watch CBS' Two and a Half Men (Mondays at 9 pm/ET), not many a week read more
Short Cuts: Desirable Beyoncé, Big Brother and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/1/2007
Talk about a Dreamgirl: Beyoncé tops AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007 list, followed by Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, "virgin supermodel" Adriana Lima and Jessica Biel.... CBS has greenlit production on an eighth season of Big Brother.... Feb. 13 marks the DVD releases of Steve Martin: The Wild and Crazy Comedy Collection and Tom Hanks: Comedy Favorites Collection. read more

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Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Eric Idle courtesy Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com

Steven Spielberg, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Hanks courtesy Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Elton John courtesy Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

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Tom Hanks: TV Listings

Tom Hanks: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
80th Academy Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series	Available
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series
Charlie Wilson's War (Actor - Charlie Wilson)	2007	Movie
Charlie Wilson's War (Producer)	2007	Movie
Golden Globe Awards (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series	Available