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How Well Do You Know the Legendary Actor-Tom Hanks?

Megha Chakraborty
Hollywood leading actor Tom Hanks has become one of the most popular stars in the contemporary American cinema. Take this challenge to know if you are his true fan!
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Hanks was born on July 9, 1956, in Concord, California. Unfortunately his parents divorced when he was only 5 years old, and he was raised, by his father, a chef named Amos along with his siblings.
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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks' turning point was when he enrolled at Chabot College in Hayward, where he decided to pursue acting after reading and watching the performance of Eugene O'Neill's “The Iceman Cometh".
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After many round of auditions, Hanks landed a small role in the 1980 slasher film "He Knows You're Alone" where he played the character of a psychology student.
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Hanks' big Hollywood credit, "Splash" was directed by Ron Howard. He initially considered Hank for the role of main character's wisecracking brother, but later Hank landed the main lead and the film became a surprise box office success.
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The "Da Vinci code" movie was adapted from Dan Brown's worldwide best-selling novel of the same name where, Hank played the character of a professor of religious iconography and symbology from Harvard University, a prime suspect of a murder.
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Tom Hanks pulled quadruple duty in this 1996 film, "That Thing You Do!" which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. Hank wrote the script for this movie in just 30 days while he was on the promotional tour for "Forrest Gump."
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The American Film Institute (AFI) presented its 30th Life Achievement Award to Tom Hanks, the highest honor for a career in film. The award was presented to Hanks at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on June 24, 2002.
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"Toy Story 3" is the highest-grossing Tom Hanks movie of all time. Currently sitting at $1.067 billion worldwide, it is the second movie with Tom Hanks involved that passed the billion-dollar mark.
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Tom was married to American actress Samantha Lewes from 1978, but they divorced in 1987. They had one son, actor Colin Hanks and one daughter, Elizabeth Hanks.
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Hanks has been the voice of Woody, the toy cowboy sheriff in the Toy Story movie franchise created by Disney and Pixar since it began in the mid-'90s.
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Before Hanks took up acting, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut. In 1996 a newly discovered asteroid was named "12818 Tomhanks" in recognition of his performance in Apollo 12.
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Hanks has been nominated 6 times for Oscars and  received back-to-back Oscars for Best Actor for his roles in "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Grump" (1994).
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