10 months ago 26th Jan 08:15
Tom Hanks is Hollywood's ultimate nice guy. He's been one of Tinseltown's biggest stars for over 20 years but there's never been a bad word said about him. You don't hear stories of Hanks falling out of nightclubs, being in rehab or sleeping with every woman who comes his way, and Hanks is quite happy with his reputation.
He said: "I'm in an interesting position there with the nice guy thing and the problem is that I co-operate. But that is who I am. But it also means that if I play a guy who shoots someone in the head and then machineguns everyone else in the movie, everybody still says, 'Yeah, but he's such a nice guy!'"
Instead of travelling on the path to self-destruct like so many of his fellow compatriots, Hanks has concentrated on the two most important things in his life - his family and becoming one of the finest actors of his generation.
He first captured the world's attention in 1984, starring alongside Daryl Hannah in the romantic comedy 'Splash', which grossed a respectable $69 million at the worldwide box office.
But it was 1988's 'Big' - the movie about a boy who finds himself trapped in an adult's body after making a wish - which saw him become a real star. He followed it up with more box-office successes including 'Turner and Hooch', 'A League of Their Own', and 'Sleepless in Seattle'.
Hanks had become one of the world's most bankable actors and while he was popular with the audiences he hadn't received the critical acclaim he was so desperate for.
That was all to change with 1993's 'Philadelphia', where he took on the role of Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer who was wrongfully sacked from his job as a lawyer because he had AIDS.
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