1Tom Hanks’ Most Influential Roles

Tom Hanks is one of the most iconic actors of the modern era. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Primetime Emmy Awards. Throughout his career, Hanks has taken on a wide range of roles that have left a deep and lasting impression on audiences everywhere. Here are some of his most influential roles.
1. Forrest Gump (1994): In this critically acclaimed film, Hanks plays the titular character, Forrest Gump, a slow-witted yet kindhearted man who experiences a number of significant events in 20th century American history. Forrest Gump earned Hanks an Academy Award for Best Actor, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
2. Captain John H. Miller in Saving Private Ryan (1998): Hanks plays the leader of a World War II squad sent on a mission to rescue a paratrooper whose three brothers have all been killed in action. The film earned Hanks his second Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
3. Sheriff Woody in Toy Story (1995): Hanks provides the voice of Woody, a cowboy doll who is the leader of the toys in the Toy Story franchise. The first film in the series was the first feature-length computer-animated film, and it was a massive success, earning Hanks a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor.
4. Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993): In this film, Hanks plays a lawyer who is fired from his firm after being diagnosed with AIDS. It is one of the first major Hollywood films to address the AIDS crisis, and it earned Hanks his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
5. Professor Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code (2006): In this film, Hanks plays the role of Professor Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbologist who helps the French police solve a murder mystery connected to the works of Leonardo da Vinci. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 2006, and was nominated for two Academy Awards.