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Tom Hanks is an American actor who was born and raised in Concord, California in the United States of America. In 1977 Tom started acting
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Tom Hanks Biography

Tom Hanks is an American actor who was born and raised in Concord, California in the United States of America. In 1977 Tom started acting with the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival and later relocated to New York City.

Hanks was brought up alongside his elder brother and sister after his parents had a divorce. Nonetheless, his parents separated while he was merely 5years old and hence they remained under the care of his father Amos, who is a chef.

Tom ensured interest in acting after watching and enjoying reading Eugene O’Neill’s performance of 1946 “The Iceman Cometh”. Furthermore, he decided to join California State University in Sacramento for a theater program.

Moreover, Tom spent his early life during summer performing in Shakespeare production as well as his winter working out of the public eye at a community theater company in Sacramento.

Tom Hanks Age

How old is Tom Hanks? Tom was born in Concord, California on July 9, 1956. In 2o21, Hanks is 65 years old

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Tom Hanks Education

Hanks went to high school in Oakland and graduated in 1974 where they had settled after making several moves in need to settle down. Additionally, he went to junior college in Hayward, California.

Tom Hanks Movies

Hanks has been very productive in the acting industry. Furthermore, he dropped out of school in 1980 and moved to New York City after his 3rd season with the Great Lakes gala.

Moreover, due to his hard work and passion in the industry, he got a small part in the slasher film of 1980 “He Knows You’re Alone” after going for many auditions. In addition to that, Hanks was seen by a talent scout for ABC as well as cast in the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies. Here, he was taking part in one of 2 advertising directors who dress in drag to lease an apartment in an all-female building.

Hank got exposed after the advertisement and this led him to acquire a position in casting to a major role on various popular shows for example; The Love Boat(1977-87), Family Ties (1982-89), Taxi(1978-83) not to forget Happy Days(1974-84). This happened after the show he was doing on TV sitcom was canceled. Ron Howard who was an actor and a co-star of Happy Day and currently doing an executive role invited Hank to an audition for a supporting role that could not be secured by Hank but John Candy. Furthermore, Hank was given the main role in Howard splash of 1984 to act like a man who falls in love with a mermaid done by Daryl Hannah just immediately Tom Hank became famous due to the surprise hit of the movie.

A series of movies were produced after the hit namely The Man With One Red Shoe (1985), Tne Money Pit(1986), Dragnet(1987), Volunters(1985), and Bachelor Party(1984), due to remarks made by viewers on the performance of Tom Hank as a norm about each movie, he achieved to come out relatively unscathed from these critical failures.

Luckily, Hanks realized that he could be the best actor and a box-office draw in the more to come days. This was after he was finally diffused in a star-making role director Penny Marshall’s Big, in 1988. Playing a 13-year old boy induced overnight into the body of a 35-year-old man’s character. Tom’s incredible acting has made him achieve Academy Award Nomination for the best actor as well as critics.

Tom Hanks New Movies

Hanks’s upcoming movie in 2022is called Elvis.
His latest movies; Greyhound 2020, News of the World 2020,

Tom Hanks Son

Tom has 3 children namely Truman Hanks, Colin Hanks, and Chet Hanks.

Chet Hanks also known as Chester Marlon Hanks is a child born child to Tom. He is an American musician as well as an actor who has followed his father’s talent in acting and is currently doing well. He has been seen in a recurring role on “Shameless” as well as “Empire”. Furthermore, the talented actor Chet has also acted in the “Showtime” legal drama whereby he showcased Joey Maldini. Chet has also done a hit song”White Boy Summer” which was launched in 2021.

 

Tom Hanks Net Worth

Hanks’ net worth is estimated at $400 Million.