Tom Hanks was born on July 9,1956. Tom Hanks discovered acting skills early and began performing in school plays, studied for several years in college in the theater arts department, and in 1979 went to New York to start a career in films. Tom's first film work was the low-budget horror film He Knows You're Alone. In the movie "Philadelphia", Tom had to lose more than 15 kg. The torment was not in vain - for this role he received his first Oscar. And ahead was probably the most famous role - in the movie "Forrest Gump". In 1998, the film Saving Private Ryan was released, in which he plays Captain John Miller. This picture is considered one of the best war films in the history of cinema.