Nominated along with Hanks in the category for 1994 were Morgan Freeman for "The Shawshank Redemption"; Nigel Hawthorne for "The Madness of King George"; Paul Newman for "Nobody's Fool"; and John Travolta for "Pulp Fiction."
When Hanks won, he became the first person since Spencer Tracy in 1937 and 1938 to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars. Hanks had won the year before for his performance in the 1993 film "Philadelphia."
"Philadelphia" (1993).
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Art Carney portrayed Ed Norton in the classic TV series The Honeymooners. He won an Oscar as Best Actor for Harry and Tonto (1974). Other Academy Award winners that started on TV include Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.
Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1998The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1998 went to Roberto Benigni in the movie "Life Is Beautiful" for his role as Guido Orefice. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: Tom Hanks in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" as Captain John Miller, Ian McKellen in the movie "Gods and Monsters" as James Whale, Nick Nolte in the movie "Affliction" as Wade Whitehouse, and Edward Norton in the movie "American History X" as Derek Vinyard. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1998 went to "Shakespeare in Love"
Jamie Foxx in Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda, Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby, and Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland were all nominated, with Jamie Foxx as the winner.
Sheriff Woody is voiced by Tom Hanks in Toy Story movies and by Jim Hanks in other media.
Tom Hanks won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for his performances in "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994). He became the first actor to win consecutive awards in the category since Spencer Tracy won for "Captains Courageous" (1937) and "Boys Town" (1938).
Besides "Forrest Gump," which won Oscars for both of them, Hanks and director Zemeckis collaborated on "Cast Away" (2000) and "The Polar Express" (2004).
The star of "Forrest Gump" is Tom Hanks. He has had a long and very successful career in such films as "Apollo 13," "Saving Private Ryan, " "Castaway," and many others.
Mother India by Sir Irani won the Oscar in bollywood.
The Oscar she won from Gone With the Wind is in a traveling exhibit with other memorabilia from the movie.
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No, Sally Field played only the role of Forrest's mother. Not correct. Sally Field played Forrest's mother AND was also dressed as a male reporter when Forrest was running across America.
Edgar Freeman Hanks has written: 'Hanks and other ancestors of mine'
They started fishing for shrimp. At first, they were spectacularly unsuccessful. But then a hurricane destroyed all the other shrimp boats in the area, and suddenly business was booming for Forrest and Lt. Dan.
Art Carney portrayed Ed Norton in the classic TV series The Honeymooners. He won an Oscar as Best Actor for Harry and Tonto (1974). Other Academy Award winners that started on TV include Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington.
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Nominees for 'Best Actor' 1998The Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1998 went to Roberto Benigni in the movie "Life Is Beautiful" for his role as Guido Orefice. Other nominees for "Best Actor", performance by an Actor in a Leading Role were: Tom Hanks in the movie "Saving Private Ryan" as Captain John Miller, Ian McKellen in the movie "Gods and Monsters" as James Whale, Nick Nolte in the movie "Affliction" as Wade Whitehouse, and Edward Norton in the movie "American History X" as Derek Vinyard. The Oscar for Best Picture in 1998 went to "Shakespeare in Love"