Performer

Tom Hanks

A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.

Born
9 July 1956
Age
70
Nationality
American
Active
1984–present
Performances
78
In Nutevio
1984–present
Known for
The Comebacker
Performer Score
7.8
  • Academy Award Winner
  • Hall of Fame
  • Horror Icon
  • Action Legend
  • Modern Classic
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Nutevio rank

#10

of 909177 performers

Top 1%

Tom Hanks represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 43 years in, and Tom is still choosing the harder script.
Ranked #10 of 909177 performers in the Nutevio catalogue. Recalculated automatically as titles and credits are imported.

The essay

Reading Tom Hanks

Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.

Why this performer matters

Tom Hanks appears in 78 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Tom. Decency played as a technical challenge rather than a default setting. We Are Cinema is the clearest case: a film rated 9.5 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.

Signature style

The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for animation, family, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.

Legacy

Working with Marielle Heller, Andrew Stanton, Lawrence Kasdan and others, Tom Hanks helped set a standard other performers now audition against. 2 Academy Awards confirm what the films already argue.

Best known for

We Are Cinema (2021) as Self (archive footage) · The Green Mile (1999) as Paul Edgecomb · The Green Mile (1999) as Paul Edgecomb

Career snapshot

The career at a glance

Ranked #10 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.

  • Films in Nutevio

    78

    1984–2027

  • Career length

    47 yrs

    Active since 1979

  • Academy Awards

    2

    Competitive wins

  • Oscar nominations

    6

    Career total

  • Highest Nutevio score

    9.5

    We Are Cinema

  • Average Nutevio score

    6.7

    Across catalogue work

  • Highest IMDb rating

    9.5

    We Are Cinema

  • Most frequent director

    Robert Zemeckis

    6 films together

  • Longest collaboration

    With Robert Zemeckis

  • Most common genre

    Drama

    35 titles

  • Average runtime

    1h 44m

    Across catalogue work

  • Golden Globe wins

    4

    Career total

Nutevio metric

Performer Score

Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.

Nutevio Performer Score

7.8

out of 10

A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.

  • Performance quality6.8
  • Consistency6.6
  • Emotional range8.4
  • Character transformation8.6
  • Cultural impact7.0
  • Iconic roles7.7
  • Career longevity9.9
  • Influence6.8
  • Awards recognition9.9
  • Rewatch value6.4

Nutevio metric

Influence Score

Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.

Nutevio Influence Score

8.5

out of 10

Substantial influence: the work changed casting, not only credits.

  • Cultural impact6.6

    How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.

  • Legacy7.2

    What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.

  • Industry recognition9.9

    Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.

  • Career longevity9.9

    Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.

  • Awards9.9

    Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.

  • Iconic performances9.9

    Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.

  • Influence on filmmakers7.3

    Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.

  • Influence on other actors7.2

    The reading other performers now have to answer.

Actor DNA

How they work on screen

A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.

  • Versatility99
  • Transformation99
  • Quiet performance84
  • Screen presence72
  • Rewatchability66
  • Charisma65
  • Emotional range62
  • Drama53
  • Comedy39
  • Intensity23
  • Villain presence18
  • Action17
  • Physical performance17

The shape of a career

Career evolution

Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.

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  • Nutevio
  • Performance score
  • IMDb

Peak years

Best era

Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.

Best decade

1990s

7.6 average MV

The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. The Green Mile, Toy Story 2, The Green Mile — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.

Highest average Nutevio score

1990s

7.6

Across 14 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.

Highest average IMDb rating

1990s

7.5

The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.

Most awarded era

1980s

0 Academy Awards

Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Turner & Hooch, The 'Burbs, Big.

Most productive era

2020s

28 films

The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.

Range, mapped

Career heatmap

Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.

The career concentrates in drama during the 1990s, and the scores hold there.
Genre1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Drama
7.21 film
7.611 films
7.55 films
6.911 films
7.27 films
Action
6.41 film
6.82 films
6.82 films
Thriller
6.62 films
6.74 films
6.64 films
Comedy
6.75 films
7.38 films
6.86 films
7.27 films
7.18 films
Crime
6.41 film
8.92 films
7.23 films
6.42 films
Romance
6.52 films
7.43 films
6.01 film
Horror
6.81 film

Chronology

Career timeline

Firsts and peaks

Career milestones

The turning points, in the order they happened.

  1. Career begins

    1979Working from 1979

    The start of the professional record — years before the catalogue picks the story up.

  2. First film in Nutevio

    1984Splash

    Where our catalogue meets this career, as Allen Bauer.

  3. First Academy Award nomination

    1994Philadelphia

    Best Actor — the moment the industry started writing the same sentences our editors had been writing.

  4. First Academy Award

    1994Philadelphia

    Best Actor. Confirmation rather than revelation, which is how the best of these usually arrive.

  5. First Nutevio masterpiece · Career peak

    1999The Green Mile

    The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.

  6. Highest rated performance

    2021We Are Cinema

    9.5 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.

  7. Most recent film

    2027The Comebacker

    The current state of the argument.

Our order

Performances ranked

Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.

1
Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

2021 · TV Movie

1h 11m

9.5IMDb
2
Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

The Green Mile

1999 · Drama

3h 9m

8.6IMDb
3
Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

The Green Mile

1999 · Fantasy

3h 9m

8.5IMDb
4
Official poster for Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump

1994 · Romance

2h 22m

8.5IMDb
5
Official poster for Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan

1998 · War

2h 49m

8.2IMDb
6
Official poster for Toy Story (1995)

Toy Story

1995 · Comedy

1h 21m

8.0IMDb
7
Official poster for Toy Story 5 (2026)

Toy Story 5

2026 · Animation

1h 40m

7.5IMDb
8
Official poster for Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Catch Me If You Can

2002 · Crime

2h 21m

8.0IMDb
9
Official poster for Toy Story 3 (2010)

Toy Story 3

2010 · Comedy

1h 43m

7.8IMDb
10
Official poster for Marty, Life Is Short (2026)

Marty, Life Is Short

2026 · Documentary

1h 42m

8.0IMDb
11
Official poster for Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter (2022)

Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter

2022 · Comedy

1h 25m

8.0IMDb
12
Official poster for John Candy: I Like Me (2025)

John Candy: I Like Me

2025 · Documentary

1h 53m

7.9IMDb
13
Official poster for A Man Called Otto (2022)

A Man Called Otto

2022 · Comedy

2h 6m

7.8IMDb
14
Official poster for Finch (2021)

Finch

2021 · Science Fiction

1h 56m

7.8IMDb
15
Official poster for Cast Away (2000)

Cast Away

2000 · Adventure

2h 23m

7.7IMDb
16
Official poster for Toy Story 2 (1999)

Toy Story 2

1999 · Comedy

1h 32m

7.6IMDb
17
Official poster for Toy Story 4 (2019)

Toy Story 4

2019 · Comedy

1h 40m

7.5IMDb
18
Official poster for Philadelphia (1993)

Philadelphia

1993 · Drama

2h 6m

7.7IMDb
19
Official poster for Elvis (2022)

Elvis

2022 · Music

2h 39m

7.5IMDb
20
Official poster for Captain Phillips (2013)

Captain Phillips

2013 · Action

2h 14m

7.5IMDb
21
Official poster for The Terminal (2004)

The Terminal

2004 · Comedy

2h 8m

7.4IMDb
22
Official poster for Apollo 13 (1995)

Apollo 13

1995 · Drama

2h 20m

7.5IMDb
23
Official poster for Toy Story 5 (2026)

Toy Story 5

2026 · Comedy

1h 42m

7.4IMDb
24
Official poster for Greyhound (2020)

Greyhound

2020 · War

1h 32m

7.4IMDb
25
Official poster for Road to Perdition (2002)

Road to Perdition

2002 · Crime

1h 57m

7.4IMDb
26
Official poster for Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Saving Mr. Banks

2013 · Comedy

2h 6m

7.3IMDb
27
Official poster for Sully (2016)

Sully

2016 · Drama

1h 36m

7.2IMDb
28
Official poster for Bridge of Spies (2015)

Bridge of Spies

2015 · Drama

2h 21m

7.2IMDb
29
Official poster for Toy Story of Terror! (2013)

Toy Story of Terror!

2013 · Comedy

0h 22m

7.2IMDb
30
Official poster for The Simpsons Movie (2007)

The Simpsons Movie

2007 · Comedy

1h 27m

7.0IMDb
31
Official poster for Cars (2006)

Cars

2006 · Comedy

1h 57m

7.0IMDb
32
Official poster for A League of Their Own (1992)

A League of Their Own

1992 · Comedy

2h 8m

7.2IMDb
33
Official poster for Big (1988)

Big

1988 · Comedy

1h 44m

7.2IMDb
34
Official poster for The Bloody Hundredth (2024)

The Bloody Hundredth

2024 · War

1h 3m

7.1IMDb
35
Official poster for Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

Toy Story That Time Forgot

2014 · Comedy

0h 22m

7.1IMDb
36
Official poster for Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear (2022)

Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

2022 · Documentary

0h 35m

7.0IMDb
37
Official poster for A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)

A Night at the Academy Museum

2021 · Documentary

1h 0m

7.0IMDb
38
Official poster for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019 · Family

1h 49m

7.0IMDb
39
Official poster for The Post (2017)

The Post

2017 · Drama

1h 56m

7.0IMDb
40
Official poster for The Walk (2015)

The Walk

2015 · Adventure

2h 3m

7.0IMDb
41
Official poster for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011 · Drama

2h 9m

7.0IMDb
42
Official poster for Hawaiian Vacation (2011)

Hawaiian Vacation

2011 · Comedy

0h 7m

7.0IMDb
43
Official poster for The Pixar Story (2007)

The Pixar Story

2007 · Documentary

1h 27m

7.5IMDb
44
Official poster for Radio Flyer (1992)

Radio Flyer

1992 · Drama

1h 54m

7.0IMDb
45
Official poster for News of the World (2020)

News of the World

2020 · Western

1h 58m

6.9IMDb
46
Official poster for Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019 · History

1h 35m

6.9IMDb
47
Official poster for Cloud Atlas (2012)

Cloud Atlas

2012 · Science Fiction

2h 52m

6.9IMDb
48
Official poster for Halftime (2022)

Halftime

2022 · Music

1h 35m

6.8IMDb
49
Official poster for The Polar Express (2004)

The Polar Express

2004 · Fantasy

1h 40m

6.7IMDb
50
Official poster for You've Got Mail (1998)

You've Got Mail

1998 · Romance

1h 59m

6.7IMDb
51
Official poster for That Thing You Do! (1996)

That Thing You Do!

1996 · Comedy

1h 48m

6.9IMDb
52
Official poster for Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Sleepless in Seattle

1993 · Romance

1h 45m

6.8IMDb
53
Official poster for The 'Burbs (1989)

The 'Burbs

1989 · Comedy

1h 42m

6.8IMDb
54
Official poster for Celebrating America (2021)

Celebrating America

2021 · TV Movie

1h 30m

6.7IMDb
55
Official poster for Angels & Demons (2009)

Angels & Demons

2009 · Mystery

2h 19m

6.7IMDb
56
Official poster for The Da Vinci Code (2006)

The Da Vinci Code

2006 · Mystery

2h 29m

6.7IMDb
57
Official poster for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Charlie Wilson's War

2007 · Comedy

1h 42m

6.5IMDb
58
Official poster for The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

The Phoenician Scheme

2025 · Comedy

1h 42m

6.5IMDb
59
Official poster for Here (2024)

Here

2024 · Drama

1h 44m

6.5IMDb
60
Official poster for Asteroid City (2023)

Asteroid City

2023 · Comedy

1h 45m

6.5IMDb
61
Official poster for The Money Pit (1986)

The Money Pit

1986 · Romance

1h 31m

6.5IMDb
62
Official poster for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2020 · Comedy

1h 36m

6.4IMDb
63
Official poster for Turner & Hooch (1989)

Turner & Hooch

1989 · Action

1h 39m

6.3IMDb
64
Official poster for Splash (1984)

Splash

1984 · Romance

1h 50m

6.3IMDb
65
Official poster for Freaky Tales (2025)

Freaky Tales

2025 · Action

1h 47m

6.3IMDb
66
Official poster for Pinocchio (2022)

Pinocchio

2022 · Fantasy

1h 45m

6.3IMDb
67
Official poster for Inferno (2016)

Inferno

2016 · Action

2h 2m

6.1IMDb
68
Official poster for The Ladykillers (2004)

The Ladykillers

2004 · Comedy

1h 44m

6.1IMDb
69
Official poster for Larry Crowne (2011)

Larry Crowne

2011 · Romance

1h 38m

6.0IMDb
70
Official poster for The Great Buck Howard (2008)

The Great Buck Howard

2008 · Comedy

1h 30m

6.0IMDb
71
Official poster for The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990 · Comedy

2h 5m

5.6IMDb
72
Official poster for Tom Hanks: The Nomad (2023)

Tom Hanks: The Nomad

2023 · Documentary

0h 48m

5.5IMDb
73
Official poster for The Circle (2017)

The Circle

2017 · Science Fiction

1h 50m

5.5IMDb
74

The Comebacker

2027

75
Official poster for Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 (2026)

Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20

2026 · Documentary

0h 43m

76
Official poster for What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas (2025)

What is an Ocean… Reconnecting the Cast and Crew of Cloud Atlas

2025 · Documentary

2h 3m

77

Clint Eastwood : la légende

2025 · Documentary

78
Official poster for Commitment to Life (2023)

Commitment to Life

2023 · Documentary

1h 30m

Every title

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78 of 78 films

Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

as Paul Edgecomb

Directed by Frank Darabont

  • Masterpiece
  • Cult Classic
IMDb8.6Rotten Tomatoes90%Metacritic823h 9mDrama · Fantasy · Crime
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Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

as Paul Edgecomb

Directed by Frank Darabont

  • Cult Classic
IMDb8.5Rotten Tomatoes88%Metacritic803h 9mFantasy · Crime · Drama
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Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

as Self (archive footage)

Directed by Unknown

  • Masterpiece
IMDb9.5Rotten Tomatoes95%Metacritic871h 11mTV Movie · Documentary
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Official poster for Forrest Gump (1994)

as Forrest Gump

Directed by Robert Zemeckis

  • Cult Classic
IMDb8.5Rotten Tomatoes87%Metacritic792h 22mRomance · Comedy · Drama
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From the library

Complete credits

Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.

The defining work

Signature performances

Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

#1

Paul Edgecomb

The Green Mile (1999)

Performance score9.3

The performance the rest of the career is read through. Paul Edgecomb gives Tom Hanks a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.

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Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

#2

Paul Edgecomb

The Green Mile (1999)

Performance score9.2

The Green Mile asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Paul Edgecomb is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

#3

Self (archive footage)

We Are Cinema (2021)

Performance score9.1

We Are Cinema asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self (archive footage) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Official poster for Forrest Gump (1994)

#4

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump (1994)

Performance score9.1

Forrest Gump asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Forrest Gump is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.

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Start here

The movie journey

A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.

Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

Best entry point

The Green Mile

as Paul Edgecomb

Start here. The Green Mile is the clearest statement of what Tom Hanks does — accessible, 189 minutes, and rated 9.0 by our editors. No context required.

Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Tom at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.

  1. Official poster for Forrest Gump (1994)

    Forrest Gump (1994)

    Keeps the drama register of The Green Mile but asks for a colder reading of it.

  2. Official poster for Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    Keeps the drama register of Forrest Gump but asks for a colder reading of it.

  3. Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

    The Green Mile (1999)

    Keeps the drama register of Saving Private Ryan but asks for a colder reading of it.

  4. Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

    We Are Cinema (2021)

    A deliberate change of key after The Green Mile — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.

Company kept

Frequent collaborators

The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.

Behind the camera

Director network

Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.

Six degrees

Connected through cinema

Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.

Recognition

Awards

22 wins · 7 nominations

Academy Awards

3 wins · 6 nominations · latest 1995

  • WinnerBest Actor1995

    Forrest Gump · as Actor

  • WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor1994

    as Actor

  • WinnerBest Actor1994

    Philadelphia · as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor2020

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor2001

    as Actor

  • NomineeBest Actor2001

    Cast Away · as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor1999

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor1995

    as Actor

  • NomineeAcademy Award for Best Actor1989

    as Actor

Golden Globes

6 wins · latest 2020

  • WinnerGolden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2020

    as Actor

  • WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama2001

    as Actor

  • WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1995

    as Actor

  • WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1994

    as Actor

  • WinnerGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy1989

    as Actor

  • WinnerGolden Globe Awards1989

    as Actor

Primetime Emmy Awards

1 win

  • WinnerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie

    as Actor

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2 wins · latest 1996

  • WinnerScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture1996

    as Actor

  • WinnerScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role1995

    as Actor

Producers Guild of America Awards

1 win

  • WinnerProducers Guild of America Awards

    as Actor

AFI Life Achievement Award

1 win · latest 2002

  • WinnerAFI Life Achievement Award2002

    as Actor

Britannia Awards

1 win · latest 2004

  • WinnerBritannia Awards2004

    as Actor

honorary doctor of Harvard University

1 win · latest 2023

  • Winnerhonorary doctor of Harvard University2023

    as Actor

Kennedy Center Honors

1 win · latest 2014

  • WinnerKennedy Center Honors2014

    as Actor

Knight of the Legion of Honour

1 win · latest 2016

  • WinnerKnight of the Legion of Honour2016

    as Actor

Officer of the Legion of Honour

1 win

  • WinnerOfficer of the Legion of Honour

    as Actor

Presidential Medal of Freedom

1 win · latest 2016

  • WinnerPresidential Medal of Freedom2016

    as Actor

Silver Bear

1 win · latest 1994

  • WinnerSilver Bear1994

    as Actor

Theatre World Award

1 win · latest 2013

  • WinnerTheatre World Award2013

    as Actor

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

No wins yet · 1 nomination

  • NomineeTony Award for Best Actor in a Play2013

    as Actor

Categories of our own

Most rewatchable, most emotional, most influential

Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.

Most rewatchable

Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.

Most emotional performance

Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

The Green Mile

as Paul Edgecomb

Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.

Most influential performance

Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.

Best ensemble performance

Official poster for The Walk (2015)

The Walk

as Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)

Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.

Career defining performance

Official poster for The Green Mile (1999)

The Green Mile

as Paul Edgecomb

If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.

In their films' words

Lines that stay

You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Tom Hanks has known it for a long time.

Nutevio Editors · On The Green Mile

Head to head

Compare performers

Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.

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Nutevio Performer Score8.67.9
Career ranking#9 of 681#488 of 681
Awards on file3 recordedUnknown
Oscar wins2Unknown
Oscar nominations6Unknown
Average Nutevio score8.68.6
GenresAnimation, Family, Comedy, DramaAnimation, Family, Comedy, Drama
DirectorsAndrew Stanton, Frank DarabontAndrew Stanton, Frank Darabont
Performance DNAEmotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presenceEmotional range, Quiet performance, Screen presence
Career timeline1999–20261999–2026
Most iconic rolePaul Edgecomb — The Green MileJan Edgecomb — The Green Mile
Most rewatchable filmThe Green MileThe Green Mile
Filmography2 catalogue films2 catalogue films

Films together

Toy Story 5, The Green Mile

Shared directors

andrew-stanton, frank-darabont

Shared collections

Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Best Prison Movies, Best Courtroom Dramas, Fantasy Movies, Crime Movies

Collaborators in common

Frank Darabont · Andrew Stanton · William Sadler · Jeffrey DeMunn · Harry Dean Stanton · David Morse · Michael Clarke Duncan · James Cromwell

Tom Hanks takes it on our scale, largely on the strength of the catalogue's rating of the films Tom chooses.

Ours alone

Nutevio Honors

Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.

Career Achievement

Awarded

43 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.

Modern Classic Performer

Awarded

Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.

Most Influential Career

Awarded

Recognised for changing what casting directors thought a leading performance could look like.

Drama Legend

Awarded

35 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.

Our desk

Editor's picks

Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.

Best ending

Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.

Best opening

Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.

Most emotional

Official poster for Elvis (2022)

Elvis

as Colonel Tom Parker

The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.

Best twist

Official poster for Angels & Demons (2009)

Angels & Demons

as Robert Langdon

A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.

Best visual achievement

Official poster for We Are Cinema (2021)

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Images that would survive with the sound switched off.

Best action sequence

Official poster for News of the World (2020)

News of the World

as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd

Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.

Best dialogue

Official poster for Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

Saving Mr. Banks

as Walt Disney

Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.

Most underrated film

Official poster for Toy Story 5 (2026)

Toy Story 5

as Woody (voice)

The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.

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Quick facts

Born
9 July 1956
Concord, California, USA
Age
70
Height
1.83 m
Nationality
American
Years active
1979–present
Known for
Decency played as a technical challenge rather than a default setting.
Genres
Animation, Family, Comedy
Awards
2 Oscars
6 nominations
IMDb
nm0000158
Nutevio rank
#10
of 909177 performers tracked

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