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Tom Hanks has played some of our most beloved movie characters. Are you a fan of the actor and filmmaker? See how well you know Tom Hanks in front of and behind the camera by taking this quiz.A young Hanks played Elliot in the 1980 low-budget horror flick "He Knows You're Alone."
Hanks has won two best actor statues, for "Philadelphia" in 1993 and "Forrest Gump" in 1994.
"Toy Story 3" blows them all out of the water.
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Spencer Tracy won his back-to-back Oscars in 1937 and 1938.
"Splash" director Ron Howard remembered working with Hanks on one episode of "Happy Days."
Hanks starred in "Bachelor Party" in 1984.
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Hanks reportedly ate a lot of ice cream to bulk up for the role of Jimmy Dugan in "A League of Their Own."
Hanks became fairly emaciated for his role as AIDS patient Andrew Beckett.
Shelley Long and Hanks played Anna and Walter Fielding.
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"Forrest Gump" won best picture in 1994.
"Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail" are quintessential Nora Ephron movies.
Spielberg has directed Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan," "Catch Me If You Can," "The Terminal" and "Bridge of Spies."
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Howard directed "Splash," "Apollo 13," "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons."
Meg Ryan has played Hanks' love interest in "Joe Versus the Volcano," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail."
Hanks made that comment about "Bonfire of the Vanities" in a 2009 interview with "American Cinematographer" magazine.
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Hanks played astronaut Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13."
The filming of "Cast Away" halted for a year so Hanks could lose weight and grow his hair for the second half of the movie.
Hanks has said that his acting abilities, and his career, turned a corner with "Sleepless in Seattle" in 1993.
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Hanks and Sally Field were a couple in "Punchline" and mother and son in "Forrest Gump" five years later.
Hanks played Walt Disney in the 2013 film.
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is Hanks' biggest hit as a producer.
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Hanks was nominated but didn't win for "Big," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Cast Away."
The third movie was the Coen brothers' little-seen "The Ladykillers."
The two Hankses played father and son, and John Malkovich was a washed-up magician.
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Hanks became the highest paid actor of all time with "Angels & Demons," the 2009 follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code."
Hanks directed and starred in "Larry Crowne" with Julia Roberts in 2011.
Mike Nichols directed Roberts and Hanks in 2007's "Charlie Wilson's War."
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Hanks also directed "That Thing You Do!" in 1996.
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is the airline pilot who safely crash-landed in the Hudson River in 2009.
Hanks is a "failed American businessman look[ing] to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch."
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