Hanks ended up turning the part down, however, and instead went on to star in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump back-to-back - ...

A loft in Philadelphia is the location in which the main characters of a 1993 film lived, writes Tim McKeough for The New York Times. That film, titled, ...

Tom Hanks is one of ... success to come in the same year. In 1993, Hanks stepped into his first major role as a lead in a dramatic film when he starred in Philadelphia. Playing Andrew Beckett ...

Another classic from Hanks' romantic-comedy days, in which he plays opposite Shelley Long as a couple who struggle to repair a broken-down house they've bought. Hanks' physical comedy is at its ...

Tom Hanks was born on July 9 ... and he won his first Oscar for his performance as a gay lawyer in Philadelphia (1993). Hanks has collaborated with director Robert Zemeckis on many a film since ...

By Tim McKeough In 2011, when Sam Mink and Anthony Padilla bought the loft where characters played by Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas had lived in the 1993 movie “Philadelphia,” there were many ...

Tom Hanks, the versatile actor who has grown up with us ... The pinnacle of his career: ‘Philadelphia’ and ‘Forrest Gump’ Hanks’ great moment would come in 1993 with ‘Philadelphia’, the first film ...