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Jim Hanks
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American actor
OverviewAI-generated
James Mathew Hanks, born on June 15, 1961, in Shasta County, California, is an American film director, producer, cinematographer, and camera operator. He began his professional work period in 1988. Hanks is the brother of Tom Hanks and Larry Hanks and has one child. He speaks English and is a citizen of the United States.
His career includes acting, as indicated by his department classification, and he has five recorded works. While his primary roles involve behind-the-camera positions such as directing and cinematography, he is also identified as an actor.
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Film & TV
Acting · Shasta County, California, USA
Younger brother of Tom Hanks. Provided the voice for the tie-in "Woody" action figures from Toy Story (1995) voiced in the movie by older brother Tom Hanks. He regularly substitutes for his brother by recording Woody's voice for "Toy Story" merchandise, video games, audio storybooks, Disney theme park ride narrations, etc. Brother-in-law of actress Rita Wilson. Former brother-in-law of Samantha…
Known for
- Hexed2026
- Lamp Life — Woody (voice)2020
- Abnormal Attraction — Frank Stein2018
- BLOOD TYPE — Stew2018
- The Sex Trip — Matt Flannery2017
- The Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United — Polar Express Conductor (voice)2015
- I Know That Voice — Self2014
- Automotive — Detective Fulton2013
- I Married Who? — Director2012
- Acts of Violence — Detective Mike2010
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1956-07-09
Discography
- City of Crime1987
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 16
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 20,482x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,228x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,704x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,261x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Mathew Hanks , ( 1961-06-15 ) June 15, 1961 (age 64) , Shasta County, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor filmmaker
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Spouse
- Karen Praxel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. May 25, 1986</span>"}]]}'>1986 )
- Relatives
- Tom Hanks (brother) Larry Hanks (brother) Colin Hanks (nephew) E. A. Hanks (niece) Chet Hanks (nephew) Rita Wilson (sister-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shasta
- Sibling
- Larry Hanks
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Number of children
- 1
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1961-06-15
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- James Mathew Hanks
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- James Mathew Hanks
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Encyclopedic overview
James Mathew Hanks (born June 15, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has played numerous minor roles in film and guest appearances on television. Bearing both a face and a voice that resemble those of his older brother Tom Hanks, he often serves as a voice double for Woody in Toy Story media when the latter is unavailable. He has produced, directed, and filmed several short films. Hanks made his film debut in Buford's Beach Bunnies (1993).
Early life
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