Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in Big, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away. Hanks’ mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. in addition to having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks was a “Bible-toting evangelical teenager” for several years. I was always a real good kid and pretty responsible.” in 1965, Amos Hanks married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent. Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and after two years, transferred to California State University, Sacramento. At Dowling’s suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival. He also had a sizable hit with the sex comedy Bachelor Party, also in 1984.
Tom Hanks in Negotiations for Broadway Bow Tom Hanks is in talks to make his Broadway debut next year (13) in a new play about famed New York reporter MIKE McALARY. [link]
