Editing Tom Hanks (section)

== Reputation and legacy ==
[[File:P052511PS-1339 (5836460582).jpg|thumb|Hanks with Queen [[Elizabeth II]] and U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] at [[Winfield House]] in London]]
[[File:P120714PS-0497 (15953217940).jpg|thumb|Hanks with President [[Barack Obama]] and First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] at the [[Kennedy Center Honors]]]]
Hanks is often compared to [[James Stewart]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/11/19/20970642/tom-hanks-darker-roles-mr-rogers|title=The Darker Side of Tom Hanks|last=Phipps|first=Keith|date=November 19, 2019|website=The Ringer|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref> and has also frequently been referred to as "America's Dad".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a48447/tom-hanks-american-dad/ |title=How Tom Hanks Slowly Became America's Dad |date=September 8, 2016 |work=Esquire |access-date=March 16, 2020 |first=Manuel |last=Betancourt}}</ref> In 2013, when he was starring in Nora Ephron's ''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]'' on Broadway, he had crowds of 300 fans waiting for a glimpse of him after every performance. This is the highest number of expectant fans post-show of any Broadway performance.<ref>Vineyard, Jennifer, "Who Needs a Tony&nbsp;...", New York, June 24&nbsp;– July 1, 2013, pp. 124–25</ref>

Hanks is ranked as the fifth-highest all-time box office star in North America, with a total gross of over $4.9&nbsp;billion at the North American box office, an average of $100.8&nbsp;million per film.<ref name="boxofficemojo.com sumgross">{{cite web|title=People Index|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823151645/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm|archive-date=August 23, 2019|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> Worldwide, his films have grossed over $9.96&nbsp;billion.<ref name="box">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=tomhanks.htm |title=Tom Hanks profile at Box Office Mojo |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> Asteroid [[List of minor planets: 12001–13000|12818 Tomhanks]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=12818+Tomhanks |title=12818 Tomhanks (1996 GU8) |access-date=August 3, 2011 |publisher=[[NASA]].gov}}</ref>

In 2003, Hanks was voted Number 3 in [[Channel 4]]'s countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/06/filmnews.arts |title=Pacino, godfather of movie stars |first=Hugh |last=Muir |newspaper=The Guardian |date=May 6, 2003 |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> and he is number 22 on [[VH1]]'s list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time".<ref>{{cite press release |title=The 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Complete Ranked List |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114233812/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-200-greatest-pop-culture-icons-complete-ranked-list-70807437.html |archive-date=January 14, 2012 }}</ref> He was included on ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}} list of the top ten [[Forbes Celebrity 100|most powerful celebrities]] in the world, in 2000, 2002, and 2003.<ref>Forbes 100:
* 2000: {{cite web|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28szuwwc45obrykg55jrzohgrw%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=79|title=AmIAnnoying.com – Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2000]|work=amiannoying.com}}
* 2002: {{cite web|url=http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%28ylm23545via5cz3efshv5u55%29%29/collection.aspx?collection=219|title=AmIAnnoying.com – Forbes' Celebrity 100 Power Ranking [2002]|work=amiannoying.com}}
* 2003: {{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/static_html/celebs/2003/index.shtml|title=Forbes|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Hanks was the guest on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on May 8, 2016. In the process in the final minutes of the program, in which the guest chooses his/her favorite of the eight discs (pieces of music) just played, a book, and a luxury item, he chose [[Richard Strauss]]' ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra]]'' by the [[Vienna Philharmonic]], ''[[A World Lit Only by Fire]]'' by [[William Manchester]], and a [[Hermes 3000]] typewriter and paper, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b079m78n |title=BBC Radio 4—Desert Island Discs, Tome Hanks |publisher=BBC |access-date=December 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/08/tom-hanks-speaks-of-lonely-childhood-in-emotional-desert-island-discs |title=Tom Hanks speaks of lonely childhood in emotional Desert Island Discs |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=March 16, 2020 |date=May 8, 2016}}</ref>

Hanks was interviewed five times on [[WHYY-FM]] by [[Terry Gross]] on the radio show ''[[Fresh Air]]'' in Philadelphia. Topics included two segments on his lead role in ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'', a movie about the real life story of a ship's captain hijacked by Somali pirates. Two interviews are about the 12 part miniseries ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From Earth to the Moon]]'', for which Hanks was executive producer and which was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards. The last interview segment comprises anecdotes shared by Hanks about his acting career.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gross |first1=Terry |title=WHYY, Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Tom Hanks |url=https://freshairarchive.org/guests/tom-hanks |website=frteshairarchives.org |date=April 26, 2016 |publisher=Fresh Air |access-date=April 1, 2022 |language=en }}</ref>
[[File:Tom Hanks - footprint.JPG|thumb|right|Hanks' cement prints in front of the [[TCL Chinese Theatre|Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in Hollywood]]
[[Roger Ebert]] wrote "of actors who are not 'bigger than life,' but somehow just like life—people who we feel we know and understand, and are comfortable with. We sense that these actors embody not our fantasies, but our lives. Watching them we feel congratulated, because we are watching ourselves. They reassure us that in our ordinariness we also have a kind of importance. The actors who can do that—[[Buster Keaton]], [[Spencer Tracy]], [[James Stewart]], [[Henry Fonda]], [[Robert Duvall]], [[Gene Hackman]], and Tom Hanks, occupy a special category... The central triumph of Tom Hanks as a movie actor is that, most of the time, we believe he thinks a lot like us, and does more or less what we would do, but that he somehow does it on a larger or more ennobling scale. It is the James Stewart quality. But few actors can obtain it; with most, you see their egos peeking through, or you catch them trying too hard. The camera is a lie detector, and Hanks must be a fundamentally good person to play such roles—either that, or he is an even better actor than we think."<ref>{{cite book| author=Roger Ebert| title=Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert| date=2006| page=86}}</ref>