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Actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Tom Hanks has been honored with numerous awards and nominations, including two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for playing a lawyer suffering with AIDs in Philadelphia (1993) and the title role in Forrest Gump (1994).
OrganizationsYearCategoryWork2016Icon AwardIcon Award2014Chairman's Vanguard Award2000Choice Movie Chemistry (with Wilson the ...2013Outstanding Producer of Long-Form ...Jan 15, 2020 · Won – Best Actor for Philadelphia (1994) Widely hailed as the finest performance of Hanks’ career, Philadelphia follows a gay man living with AIDS who takes to the courts after being...
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Tom Hanks. Jump to. 97 wins & 209 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 2020 Nominee Oscar. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. 2001 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Cast Away. 1999 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Saving Private Ryan. 1995 Winner Oscar.
- July 9, 1956
Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Hanks also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Nora Ephron's play Lucky Guy in 2013.
- Tom Hanks Won Oscar No. 1 For ‘Philadelphia’
- Tom Hanks Won Oscar No. 2 One Year Later
- Many More Oscar Nominations
Before Philadelphia, Hanks had done a few dramedies before. Nothing In Common starred Hanks as a son dealing with his parents’ divorce and caring for his ailing father. Punchline utilized Hanks’ humor as a stand-up comic, but allowed him to show the demons that drove his character to comedy. Philadelphia was the most serious, and most important rol...
Once Tom Hanks won an Oscar, ads for his movies quickly said, “Starring Oscar-winner Tom Hanks.” It wasn’t long before they called him “Two Time Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks.” His movie after Philadelphia was Forrest Gump, and that fit the bill. Forrest (Hanks) has an IQ of 75, but his ability to run land him a college football scholarship and ma...
Philadelphia was not Hanks’ first Oscar nomination. His first was for 1989’s comedy Big. Hanks was perfect in the role of a 13-year-old boy in a grown-up’s body. It allowed Hanks to express his childlike innocence and playfulness. Alas, he did not win that year. Somehow, Hanks was not nominated for his role in A League of Their Own. “There’s no cry...
Mar 10, 2024 · Hanks has won two Academy Awards in his career, but for what movies and when? How many times has he been nominated? He received his first nomination in Best Actor for Big (1989) before...
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May 14, 2008 · Holly Hunter presenting the Best Actor Oscar® to Tom Hanks for his performance in "Forrest Gump" - 67th Annual Academy Awards® in 1995.
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