History Creator / TomHanks

* ''Film/NewsOfTheWorld2020'' (2020)

* ''Film/NewsOfTheWorld'' (2020)

* HappilyMarried: Although heavily averted for Tom’s first wife Samantha Lewes (whom he married in 1978 and later divorced in 1987), it’s played straight for his second wife Rita Wilson, whom he’s been married to for ''32 years now.''

He's hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' ten times (his fifth time hosting, in 1990, was the episode in which the "Five Timers' Club" [a club featuring ''SNL'''s most frequent hosts] was revealed, while his most recent hosting gig in 2020 was the first episode of ''SNL'''s short-lived series, ''SNL Stays at Home'', done due to the temporary shutdown of Studio 8H due to public health concerns over the coronavirus and coming off the heels of Hanks being released from quarantine after catching the disease himself) and ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'' once to rave reviews each time. He runs his own studio called Playtone, named after the music label in his self-produced ''Film/ThatThingYouDo''. [[JustForFun/OneOfUs He's also a big enough fan of both]] Music/TheBeatles and Creator/MontyPython that he got to sing "The Lumberjack Song" (as one of the Lumberjacks) in the ''Concert for George'', the memorial concert celebrating the life of Music/GeorgeHarrison. He also appeared in the video for Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's song "I Really Like You" - contrary to many rumours it was actually ''his'' idea to take the role.

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He's hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' nine times (his fifth time hosting, in 1990, was the episode in which the "Five Timers' Club" was revealed) and ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe'' once to rave reviews each time. He runs his own studio called Playtone, named after the music label in his self-produced ''Film/ThatThingYouDo''. [[JustForFun/OneOfUs He's also a big enough fan of both]] Music/TheBeatles and Creator/MontyPython that he got to sing "The Lumberjack Song" (as one of the Lumberjacks) in the ''Concert for George'', the memorial concert celebrating the life of Music/GeorgeHarrison. He also appeared in the video for Music/CarlyRaeJepsen's song "I Really Like You" - contrary to many rumours it was actually ''his'' idea to take the role.

* InterspeciesRomance: ''Splash'', in which Tom Hanks falls in love with a mermaid (played by Daryl Hannah).

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found his characters hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as Creator/DarylHannah in ''Film/{{Splash}}'', Tawny Kitaen in ''Film/BachelorParty'', Lori Singer in ''Film/TheManWithOneRedShoe'', and Sela Ward in ''Film/NothingInCommon'':

** Even the late Moshe Mizrahi who directed Tom Hanks in the 1986 romantic war drama ''Film/EveryTimeWeSayGoodbye'' went so far as to call Tom Hanks a ''[[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4912521 mensch]]''[[note]]A Yiddish word for "good person"[[/note]]

->''"I'm that actor in some of the movies you liked and some you didn't. Sometimes I'm in pretty good shape, other times I'm not. Hey, you gotta live, you know?"''
-->-- Tom Hanks on his {{Website/Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/tomhanks account]].

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and director who is regarded as being one of the best performers of his generation.

* HappilyMarried: Although heavily averted for Tom’s first wife Samantha Lewes (with whom he married in 1978 and later divorced in 1987), it’s played straight for his second wife Rita Wilson, whom he’s been married to for ''32 years now.''

* ConvertingForLove: Although RaisedCatholic (and later as a Mormon once his father Amos remarried), Hanks converted to Greek Orthodox before marrying Rita Wilson.[[note]]Rita Wilson herself was raised Greek Orthodox, since her mother Dorothea Tzigkou is Greek. Interestingly, Rita’s father Allan Wilson (who was born Hassan Ibrahimoff) converted from Islam to Greek Orthodox Christianity upon marrying Rita’s mother.[[/note]]

* HappilyMarried: Although heavily averted with Tom’s first wife Samantha Lewes, it’s played straight for his second wife Rita Wilson, whom he’s been married to for 32 years.

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found his characters hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as Creator/DarylHannah in ''Splash'', Tawny Kitaen in ''Bachelor Party'', Lori Singer in ''The Man With One Red Shoe'', and Sela Ward in ''Nothing in Common'':

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found his characters hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as Creator/DarylHannah in ''Splash'' , Tawny Kitaen in ''Bachelor Party'', Lori Singer in ''The Man With One Red Shoe'', and Sela Ward in ''Nothing in Common'':

** Even the late Moshe Mizrahi who directed Tom Hanks in the 1986 romantic war drama ''Film/EveryTimeWeSayGoodbye'' went so far as to call Tom Hanks a ''[[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4912521 mensch]]''[[note]]A Yiddish word for "good person"[[/note]]

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found his characters hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as Creator/Daryl Hannah in ''Splash'' , Tawny Kitaen in ''Bachelor Party'', Lori Singer in ''The Man With One Red Shoe'', and Sela Ward in ''Nothing in Common'':

** Even the late Moshe Mizrahi who directed Tom Hanks in the 1986 romantic war drama ''Film/EveryTimeWeSayGoodbye'' went so far as to call Tom Hanks a ''[[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4912521 mensch]]''[[note]]A Yiddish word for "good person"[[/note]]

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found his characters hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as Creator/Daryl Hannah in ''Splash'' , Tawny Kitaen in ''Bachelor Party'', Lori Singer in ''The Man With One Red Shoe'', and Sela Ward in ''Nothing in Common'':

** Even the late Moshe Mizrahi who directed Tom Hanks in the 1986 romantic war drama ''Film/EveryTimeWeSayGoodbye'' went so far as calling Tom Hanks a ''[[https://www.haaretz.com/1.4912521 mensch]]''[[note]]A Yiddish word for "good person"[[/note]]

* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with ''[[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false New York Magazine]]'' why he always found himself hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as ''Splash'' (with Daryl Hannah), ''Bachelor Party'' (with Tawny Kitaen), ''The Man With One Red Shoe'' (with Lori Singer), and ''Nothing in Common'' (with Sela Ward AND Bess Armstrong):
-->“I think it’s because there are a lot of writers who aren’t very attractive but who are fairly funny and ''want'' to have sex a lot, so they write about these guys who are not very attractive, but they’re funny and ''do'' have sex a lot. So I guess I’m the [[AuthorAvatar chief beneficiary]] of that.”

* TheEveryman: A recurring role for him.

* HappilyMarried: Although heavily averted with Tom’s first wife Samantha Lewes, it’s played straight for his second wife Rita Wilson, whom he’s been married to for 31 years.
* KavorkaMan: Lampshaded by Tom Hanks when asked in a 1986 interview with [[https://books.google.com/books?id=9OYCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false ''New York Magazine'']] why he always found himself hooking up with gorgeous leading ladies in his films such as ''Splash'' (with Daryl Hannah), ''Bachelor Party'' (with Tawny Kitaen), ''The Man With One Red Shoe'' (with Lori Singer), and ''Nothing in Common'' (with Sela Ward AND Bess Armstrong):

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* ConvertingForLove: Although raised both as a Catholic and a Mormon, Hanks converted to Greek Orthodox before marrying Rita Wilson.[[note]]Rita Wilson herself was raised Greek Orthodox, since her mother Dorothea Tzigkou is Greek. Interestingly, Rita’s father Allan Wilson (who was born Hassan Ibrahimoff) converted from Islam to Greek Orthodox Christianity upon marrying Rita’s mother.[[/note]]

->''So this is what bug me about todays ”GOTCHA!”-culture, there is no understanding for time, youth or history. I swear to God, we could all wake up tomorrow with everyone on Twitter going mad about ”Do you know what Tom Hank said in 1976????” (I use Tom Hanks as my example since there is no way that Tom would ACTUALLY be shown to do this)—which kind of disproves my point. There IS a way to be successful in show business today; you just need to be a living saint. And the number of performers that fit that bill is Tom and literally no one else.''