Tom Hanks, 40 years of acclaimed career for being Hollywood’s favorite

The first time that Tom Hanks he worried about acting he was in high school, the stage where he entered the theater; Subsequently, he tried to be on the screen and joined one or the other film with minor roles. He is now one of the Hollywood favorites with 40 years of acclaimed career in cinema and on television that led him to win two Oscars.

From an early age Tom Hanks had an interest in acting and once he started attending workshops or classes in his school, there was no turning back: he specialized in acting and gradually made small appearances in the cinema. . He made his debut in ‘Sabes que Está Sola’ with a secondary character, two years later he had his first starring role with ‘Bachelorette Party’.

This film gave him the direct lift to star in Ron Howard’s ‘Splash’; his first major production with a famous director. Later came some successful titles such as ‘Turner and Hooch’, but it was until the late 1980s and for the entire decade of the 1990s that the actor really felt success in the cinema.

The success of Tom Hanks in the cinema

The first film with which Tom Hanks really felt the blow of stardom from audiences and film critics was with ‘Big’ in the late 1980s, which led to him having his own first Oscar nomination. However, it was in 1994 when the actor finally managed to win the prestigious statuette by winning his second nomination for Best Actor with ‘Philadelphia’by Jonahan Demmen, the film that finally catapulted him to international success.

Later came other great ones very popular films all over the world. Like ‘Forrest Gump’, with which she won her second Oscar; ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘Toy Story’, where he played Woody’s voice; Steven Spielberg’s’ Saving Private Ryan ‘, Robert Zemeckis” Shipwrecked ‘,’ Catch Me If You Can ‘with Leonardo DiCaprio and, of course, the films’ The DaVinci Code’ and ‘Angels and Demons’.

In addition to these films, the actor has also managed to star in countless plays that have continued to keep him as one of the best performers of his decade and even in the United States, achieving a filmography of around 60 films and 25 series or television shows. A career with which, in addition to winning two Oscars, five Golden Globes and two Emmys; It has also led to him being an audience favorite for his talent, personality and characters.

Tom Hanks, beyond cinema and television

On the other hand, Tom Hanks has also distinguished himself in the public for some of his activities outside of film and television. An example is his great passion for space and everything that involves developing to know and investigate everything that is outside the planet, not for nothing he was part of ‘Apollo 13’ and produced his own series on HBO : ‘From the Earth to the Moon’. The interest and support he has shown in this branch of science has given him the honor of receiving the Morrow Duguglas Outreach Organization Award from the Space Foundation.

In turn, the actor is characterized by having a charismatic and humble personality that has always conquered the public, on and off the big or small screen. This is how, to date, after forty years of a flawless career, he has positioned himself as a Hollywood favorite, with many other projects in the pipeline for the future.