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The Best Biopics Tom Hanks Has Ever Been In
ByWilliam Fischer
As "Weird Al" Yankovic once sang on "Last Week Tonight," nobody doesn't like Tom Hanks.
The man's acting chops have brought him two Oscars (and, according to GOBankingRates, a box office of $5.57 billion as of 2020, via Yahoo Finance), and his decency and affability have brought him the nickname "America's Dad." That nice-guy reputation can be a slight hindrance to an acting career; Hanks admitted to The New York Times once that "bad guys, by and large, require some degree of malevolence that I don't think I can fake." But that "handicap," if it can even be called that, hasn't seemed to cost him too many offers.
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Public credibility, and talent, have made Hanks a popular choice for filmmakers helming biopics.
A genre built around true-life stories that celebrate remarkable individual achievement almost demands performers who can project likability. Of course, in trying to mak