To many people,Tom Hanksreally is Forrest Gump, Woody fromToy Story,andFred Rogers.
Others might just know him as America’s Dad.
We all get by with a little Hanks with our friends.
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I knew he’d be a movie star in two years."
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Praiser was right (mostly).
Two years later, Hanks starred withDaryl Hannahin the 1984 rom-comSplash,which was critically and commercially successful.
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The role would earn Hanks his first Best Actor Oscar.
Hanks earned a Golden Globe nomination forSleepless in Seattlethe same year he won forPhiladelphia.
The year 1999 saw Hanks reprise his role as Woody inToy Story 2and star inThe Green MilealongsideMichael Clarke Duncan.
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Box office king
The 2000s saw Hanks starring in some of his most crowd-pleasing movies.
Hanks once helped the Girl Scoutssell cookies.
Mister Rogers, everyone collectively went, “Yup, that makes sense.”
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Perhaps one day he’ll even nab the elusive EGOT.
We can’t wait to see what he does next.
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