Tom Hanks

Back to back Best Actor Oscars

Facts

• Born: 1956
• Country: United States
• Field: Film
• Era: Modern Era

Overview

Won consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards for Philadelphia 1993 and Forrest Gump 1994, the first actor to repeat since Spencer Tracy. Big 1988, Saving Private Ryan 1998, and Cast Away 2000 earned further nominations, for a career total of six. He received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Cecil B DeMille Award in 2020. He produced Band of Brothers 2001 and many documentary series.