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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks
After regional theater and television roles, American actor Tom Hanks had his first major motion-picture role in the romantic comedy Splash (1984). He won the Academy Award for best actor in 1994 for his performance in Philadelphia (1993). The title role in the successful film Forrest Gump (1994) earned Hanks his second Academy Award for best actor, presented in 1995.
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