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Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as Splash (1984), Bachelor Party (1984), Big (1988), Turner & Hooch (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002), Cloud Atlas (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016) and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). He has also starred in the Robert Langdon films, and voices Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story film series. He is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an American cultural icon.
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Tom Hanks Put In His Own Money To Finance Some Scenes For 'Forrest Gump'

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Tom Hanks put in his own money to finance some of the parts of Forrest Gump. In a new interview, the 64-year-old actor opened up about investing some of his own money into the film that would go on to earn him the Oscar for Best Actor.

One of the scenes that Tom backed, along with filmmaker Robert Zemeckis was the run across America. “And [Zemeckis] said ‘Well, this run is going to cost X amount of dollars.’ And it wasn’t cheap.

And I said ‘ok,’” he shared on In Depth with Graham Bensinger. “He said, ‘You and I are going to split that amount, and we’re going to give it back [to Paramount].

We’ll give you the money back, but you guys [Paramount] are going to have to share the profits a little bit more.’ Which the studio said ‘Fabulous,

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