Tom Hanks

Short biography

Full name:	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Born:	July 9, 1956
Place of birth:	Concord, California, U.S.
Spouses:	Samantha Lewes (1978 - 1987)
	Rita Wilson (1988 - present)
Children:	From first marriage: Colin Hanks, Elizabeth Ann
	From seconf marriage: Chester Hanks, Truman Hanks
Hobby:	Collects typewriters and loves to hybrid cars
Start a career in cinema:	1980 ("He Knows You're Alone")
Career:	Actor, producer, director, screenwriter
Genres:	drama, comedy, documentary
Political views:	Environmentalism (environmental protection, well-known fact: Tom Hanks loves and invests in hybrid cars);
	Democracy (repeatedly made multimillion-dollar donations to the US Democratic Party);
	Promotes same-sex marriages (publicly opposed Proposition 8 in California, this paper proposes to enshrine the notion of marriage as a union only between a man and a woman)

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We can offer you articles on the biography of Tom Hanks:

«Before Cinema» - about family, about the life of Tommy before debut in the movie (Read)
«Beginning of Career» - from 1980 to 1984 (Read)
«From the decline to the success» - 1985 - 1990 (Read)
«Triumph and Drama» - first half of 1990s (Read)
«Life After Oscars» - 1996 - nowadays (Read)
«While serving as a producer» - films which were produced by Tom Hanks (Read)
«Nowadays» - the latest movies with Tom Hanks (Read)

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