Tom Hanks is one of the most famous actors and filmmakers of all time. He is known worldwide for his parts in movies that have made a huge impact on the film industry. Tom Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as the villain, Proteus, in Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’. This was one of the few times he played a villain, as most of his roles were comedic or dramatic. ‘Forrest Gump’ was one of the highlights of his career because it won him an Oscar and made almost $680 million at the box office. It was one of the highest-grossing films of the 1990s. He was the youngest ever to receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award at the age of 45. He is the second actor ever to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars.