Chi ha sposato Tom Hanks?

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks, detto Tom (Concord, 9 luglio 1956), è un attore, regista, sceneggiatore, produttore cinematografico e televisivo statunitense.

Riconosciuto come uno dei più noti volti della Nuova Hollywood, Tom Hanks è unanimemente considerato uno degli attori più versatili nel mondo cinematografico.

La sua carriera ha avuto inizio negli anni ottanta quando, interpretando la serie Henry e Kip, cominciò a esser conosciuto; da allora ha recitato in numerosi film ottenendo un grande successo di critica e di pubblico. Nel corso della sua carriera ha ricevuto sei candidature agli Oscar, ed è tra i soli due attori (insieme a Spencer Tracy) nella storia ad aver vinto due Oscar al miglior attore consecutivamente: nel 1994 per Philadelphia e nel 1995 per Forrest Gump.

Ha inoltre vinto cinque Golden Globe, di cui uno alla carriera, due Screen Actors Guild Award, cinque Emmy e un Orso d'argento al Festival di Berlino. Tra gli incarichi dal lui svolti c'è, a partire dal 2005, quello di vicepresidente dell'Academy, la società che ogni anno assegna i premi Oscar.

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks is ranked as the fourth-highest-grossing American film actor. His numerous awards include two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards; he has also been nominated for five BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

Hanks rose to fame with leading roles in comedies: Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988), and A League of Their Own (1992). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, playing a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993), then the title character in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks has collaborated with Steven Spielberg on five films—Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Post (2017)—and three World War II-themed miniseries: Band of Brothers (2001), The Pacific (2010), and Masters of the Air (2024). He has also frequently collaborated with directors Ron Howard, Nora Ephron, and Robert Zemeckis.

Hanks cemented his film stardom with lead roles in the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012), and News of the World (2020); and the biographical dramas Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Elvis (2022). He played the title character in the Robert Langdon series (2006–2016) and voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present) and multiple roles in The Polar Express (2004). Hanks directed and acted in That Thing You Do! (1996) and Larry Crowne (2011).

His breakthrough television role was a co-lead in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982). He has hosted Saturday Night Live ten times and launched a production company, Playtone, which has produced various limited series and television movies, including From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Band of Brothers, John Adams (2008), The Pacific, Game Change (2012), and Olive Kitteridge (2015). He made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy (2013), earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.

Rita Wilson, all'anagrafe Margarita Ibrahimoff (Los Angeles, 26 ottobre 1956), è un'attrice, produttrice cinematografica e cantante statunitense naturalizzata greca.