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[[Image:TomHanks.jpg|thumb|300px|Hanks with the Muppets in an unidentified backstage promotional photo.]]
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[[Image:TomHanks.jpg|thumb|300px|Hanks and wife [[Rita Wilson]] with the Muppets backstage at ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.]]
   
'''Tom Hanks''' is an actor an [[Hollywood]] movie producer whose career gained attention during the 1980s sitcom ''Bosom Buddies''. He portrayed Professor G.H. Dorr in the [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] effects movie ''[[The Ladykillers]]''.
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'''Tom Hanks''' (b. 1956) is a two-time [[Academy Award]]-winning actor and [[Hollywood]] movie producer who first gained attention from the 1980s sitcom ''Bosom Buddies'' before establishing himself as a leading man in films. He portrayed Professor G.H. Dorr in the [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]]-effects movie ''[[The Ladykillers]]'' (chasing the animatronic cat Pickles).
   
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Hanks also made an appearance on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Season 24]] waiting for the bus with [[Big Bird]] and [[the Kids|the kids]].<ref>[[User:JParanoid|Joe Hennes]] email [[Category talk:Sesame Street Guest Stars#Sesame_Workshop list|communication]] with [[Sesame Workshop]]</ref>
Hanks has appeared in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' as the title character, the film version of ''[[Dragnet]]'', 1984's ''[[Splash]]'', ''Apollo 13'' (telling the story of the April 1970 [[NASA]] mission to [[the Moon]]), [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''Saving Private Ryan'', and provided the voice of Woody for [[Pixar]]'s ''Toy Story'' films.
 
   
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Hanks spoke to ''[[Empire]]'' magazine about his favorite Muppet: "Gotta be [[Animal]]. It's always the drummer, man."<ref>[http://www.empireonline.com/features/movie-stars-favourite-muppets/ ''Empire'' issue 272] "Stars Reveal Their Favourite Muppets" February 2012</ref>
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The song "[[We're Doing a Sequel]]" from ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]'' includes the lyric, "the studio wants more, while they wait for Tom Hanks to make ''[[Pixar|Toy Story 4]]''."
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Hanks has appeared in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' as the title character, the comedic film version of ''[[Dragnet]]'', ''[[Splash]]'', ''Apollo 13'' (telling the story of the April 1970 [[NASA]] mission to [[the Moon]]), [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''Saving Private Ryan'', and [[Pixar]]'s ''Toy Story'' films (as the voice of Woody). He was the co-producer of ''[[Where the Wild Things Are]]'', which had effects provided by [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]].
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/ IMDb]
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Revision as of 17:44, 19 March 2014

TomHanks

Hanks and wife Rita Wilson with the Muppets backstage at Saturday Night Live.

Tom Hanks (b. 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor and Hollywood movie producer who first gained attention from the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies before establishing himself as a leading man in films. He portrayed Professor G.H. Dorr in the Jim Henson's Creature Shop-effects movie The Ladykillers (chasing the animatronic cat Pickles).

Hanks also made an appearance on Sesame Street in Season 24 waiting for the bus with Big Bird and the kids.[1]

Hanks spoke to Empire magazine about his favorite Muppet: "Gotta be Animal. It's always the drummer, man."[2]

The song "We're Doing a Sequel" from Muppets Most Wanted includes the lyric, "the studio wants more, while they wait for Tom Hanks to make Toy Story 4."

Hanks has appeared in Forrest Gump as the title character, the comedic film version of Dragnet, Splash, Apollo 13 (telling the story of the April 1970 NASA mission to the Moon), Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, and Pixar's Toy Story films (as the voice of Woody). He was the co-producer of Where the Wild Things Are, which had effects provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Sources

  1. Joe Hennes email communication with Sesame Workshop
  2. Empire issue 272 "Stars Reveal Their Favourite Muppets" February 2012

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