汤姆·汉克斯英文简介
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is truly one of the best actors of all times. A perfect blend of talent, charisma, comic ability, and a dramatic flair helped to create one of the most frequently rewarded, one of the most surefire box office successes in the history of Hollywood.
charisma n.非凡的领导力
comic adj. 滑稽的，有趣的
flair n.鉴别力
surefire adj.一定会发生，一定成功的
Thomas J. Hanks was born in Concord, California, a few miles away from the Los Angeles city where he grew to make millions of dollars and have millions of fans. It was 1956, and Tom was brought into a family that was quite disfunctional for its time. He himself refers to the family as "fractured" as he moved around quite a bit early in his life, from one step-family to the next. He attended high school at Skyline High School in Oakland, California.
In college, Chabot College in Hayward, California and California State College in Sacramento, Tom didn't pursue an acting career through classes. Short on cash and aware of the University's "perform for free" plan, he instead went downtown and worked at a community theatre, where he could actually be paid for his craft. The director of the first play he worked on was impressed and encouraged Tom to go to Cleveland where he'd find more work as a professional actor. Tom dropped out of college, picked up and went to Cleveland.
Tom's first professional role came in "Bosom Buddies", where he enjoyed reasonable success from 1980-82. Probably his biggest break in film came when Ron Howard, from Happy Days, caught a guest appearance by Hanks and asked him to read for a part in "Splash". Howard was so impressed with Tom's reading that he bumped him from a secondary part to the lead. The film enjoyed great success and propelled Hanks' career. Many roles followed, but his biggest came in 1989 as a boy who wishes he was "Big". The film won critical kudos and had a huge box office ticket. From there, it was pretty much box office success after box office success after box office success.
Tom has an illustrious career at the Oscars, being the first person since 1938 to win back to back Best Actor Awards. He won for his performance in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" (1994 and 1995). His first nomination came for "Big" in 1989, and he was also nominated in 1999 for his performance in "Saving Private Ryan." He has also won three Golden Globes.
In 1978, Tom married his sweetheart, Samanta Lewes, with whom he has two children, a son and a daughter. But, in the spirit of family's disfunctions, that marriage was bound for failure. In 1985, Tom starred in "Volunteers," a film that he credits with little except for meeting his future wife, Rita Wilson. He divorced Samantha and married Rita in 1988. Tom has two children with Rita, giving him a grand total of four kids.
