Last Friday was the 65th birthday of Tom Hanks, who has become a global superstar. The broad respect is shown with the awards of 2002 American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, 2004 BAFTA/LA Britannia Award for Excellence in Film & 2020 Cecil B de Mille Award at the Golden Globes plus a Presidential Medal of Freedom by Obama in 2016. He won as few have done consecutive Oscars & Golden Globes for Best Actor for Philadelphia 1993 & Forrest Gump 1994; he was nominated for Big 1988 (won GG), Saving Private Ryan 1998 & Cast Away 2000 (won GG), also for Best Supporting Actor for A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood 2019; he has six other Golden Globe nominations & 5 BAFTA nominations, in addition to the foregoing for Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Charlie Wilson’s War 2007 Captain Phillips 2013 & The Post 2017; he has countless other awards, including 6 Primetime Emmys for production/direction of From the Earth to the Moon 1998, Band of Brothers 2001, John Adams 2008, The Pacific 2010, Game Change 2012 & Olive Kitteridge 2014. There will no doubt be others remembered amongst his 93 screen credits too – Splash & Bachelor Party 1984, Turner & Hooch 1989, A League of Their Own 1992, Apollo 13 1995, That Thing You Do ! 1996, You’ve Got Mail 1998, The Green Mile 1999, Road to Perdition 2002, The Terminal 2004, The Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons 2006&9, Saving Mr Banks 2013, Sully 2016, Greyhound 2020 – all those without so far mentioning he is the voice of Woody in all four Toy Story films 1995-2019. Born in Concord, California he had an unsettled childhood after parents divorced, lived with Dad in Reno, Nevada and did not act much in school. Started his career in Cleveland, Ohio, then returned to Sacramento as a professional actor, later moving with first wife to New York City, then as his films took off to California. Attended Skyline High School in Oakland, CA and Chabot College in Hayward, CA then California State University CSU in Sacramento. He is a diehard fan of Cleveland Indians baseball team, and also a fan of English Premier League’s Aston Villa soccer team. He is referred to often as the modern James Stewart, who has cornered the market as the ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances. He once worked as a hotel bellman & carried bags for Cher & Sidney Poitier, and sold popcorn & peanuts at the Oakland Coliseum, so is also a diehard fan of Oakland Raiders, though deplores their move to Las Vegas. Filled in one night for John Cleese at a Monty Python concert and is a huge fan, playing one of the Mounties in the Lumberjack Song in Concert for George 2003. He lives in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, California & in Ketchum, Idaho. We believe he is more than worthy of a match in his honour and hope you accept – if the number or ratings do not suit, then please make contact.
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