His performance as Jim Lovell is the first time Hanks has portrayed a real person
Jim Carrey, Howie Mandel, and Tim Robbins were all considered for the lead role in this rambunctious comedy; it went to Hanks due to his work in TV's 'Bosom Buddies'
His first Academy Award nomination was for this movie
This critical and financial flop is his only movie to be nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Picture
This comedy's titular neighborhood was created on the Universal Backlot and has been used in many films and TV shows such as 'Desperate Houswives'
All the interior lifeboat scenes were filmed in a scale model on the water resulting in Hanks being vomited on by various crew members
At the 2001 Critic's Choice Awards, this film received a special award for Best Inanimate Object
The second of Hanks' films to be turned into a Broadway musical; Norbert Leo Butz won a Tony Award playing the role originated by Hanks onscreen
This was Hanks' only film directed by Mike Nichols and his only film with Philip Seymour Hoffman; both men passed away in 2014
This ambitious movie had three directors, takes place over 500 years, and had Hanks playing multiple characters including an Asian man
The Vatican called for a boycott of this film due to its content; most moviegoers found Hanks' hairstyle to be the most objectionable thing
Dan Aykroyd offered the role to James Belushi and Albert Brooks before giving it to Hanks
His first period film was this little-seen World War II romantic drama
Despite a Rotten Tomatoes score of 47% (one critic called it 'nauseatingly precious' and 'too soon'), this film scored an Oscar nomination for Best Picture
Five years before his breakthrough role, Haley Joel Osment made his film debut playing Hanks' son in this movie
His only movie based on the work of Stephen King
He made his debut in this low-budget slasher flick
This was the first of his three movies with Meg Ryan
With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 55% it is the Coen Brothers' worst reviewed film
Despite their combined star power, this romantic comedy is one of the worst reviewed movies for both Hanks and Roberts
Hanks' character set a cinematic record by urinating for an impressive 53 seconds in this movie
This was a remake of the French farce 'Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire;' Hanks describes it as 'not a very good movie'
This is a remake of the 1946 film 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House' starring Cary Grant
Jackie Gleason's performance as Hanks' father was his final appearance on screen; he died shortly after filming
This movie was the first time a Hanks character dies
Listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the 'first all-digital capture' film, where all acted parts were done in motion capture
She would be cast as his mother a few years later, but in this movie Sally Field is romantically pursued by Hanks
Based on a graphic novel, this is Hanks' only 'comic book movie'
To be historically accurate, Hanks wanted to smoke in this film but Disney refused to allow a cigarette near their founder's lips
This was his first film directed by Steven Spielberg; their fourth movie together opens later this year
This film is #10 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest romantic comedies
Four of his films have been directed by Ron Howard; this was the first
Hanks' character is from the fictional country of Krakozhia but the language he speaks is actually Bulgarian
His first film as director
This is the first animated film to receive an Academy Award nomination for its screenplay
His only movie to win the Golden Globe for Best Picture - Comedy or Musical
This is his highest grossing movie
This is the first time his character's name was featured in the movie's title
Hanks began a relationship with co-star Rita Wilson during the filming of this Peace Corps comedy
This romantic comedy is a remake of the 1940 film 'The Shop Around the Corner' starring Jimmy Stewart
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