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=== 2010β2019: Broadway debut and other roles === [[File:26th Tokyo International Film Festival- Tom Hanks from Captain Phillips, Yakusho Koji from The Kiyosu Conference, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo (15403635119).jpg|thumb|right|Hanks, Japanese Prime Minister [[Shinzo Abe]], and [[Koji Yakusho]] at the 2013 [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]]] Hanks reprised his role of Woody in ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010) after he, [[Tim Allen]] and [[John Ratzenberger]] were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.<ref>[http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/04/23/tom-hanks-on-toy-story-3-and-what-they-showed-him-first/ Tom Hanks on Toy Story 3] from [http://www.firstshowing.net/ firstshowing.net].</ref> The film went on to become the [[List of highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated film at the time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2904&p=.htm |title='Toy Story 3' Reaches $1 Billion |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=August 29, 2010 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |first=Ray |last=Subers}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7945746/Toy-Story-3-highest-grossing-animated-film.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/7945746/Toy-Story-3-highest-grossing-animated-film.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Toy Story{{nbsp}}3 highest-grossing animated film |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 14, 2010 |access-date=August 6, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Fro">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26815584 |title=Frozen becomes the biggest animation in box office history |work=BBC News |date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> He executive produced the miniseries ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/pacific |title=The Pacific |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2011, he directed and starred opposite [[Julia Roberts]] in the title role in the romantic comedy ''[[Larry Crowne]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/06/26/the-first-rule-is-no-punching-tom-hanks/ |title=The first rule is no punching Tom Hanks |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 26, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |first=Luis |last=Gomez}}</ref> The movie received poor reviews, with only 35% of the 175 [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reviews giving it high ratings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/larry_crowne/ |title=Larry Crowne (2011) |access-date=July 23, 2011 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> Also in 2011, he starred in the drama ''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |title=Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/movies/extremely-loud-incredibly-close-with-tom-hanks-review.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 22, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, he voiced the character Cleveland Carr for a web series he created, ''[[Electric City (web series)|Electric City]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/17/for-web-only-viewing-tom-hanks-created-series-debuts-today/ |title=Online Blockbuster?: Tom Hanks' Electric City Debuts on Yahoo Today |magazine=Time |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |last1=Newcomb |first1=Tim }}</ref> He played multiple parts in ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]'' (2012), based on the [[Cloud Atlas (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]], and was executive producer of the miniseries ''[[Game Change (film)|Game Change]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/game-change |title=Game Change |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, Hanks starred in two critically acclaimed filmsβ[[Paul Greengrass]]'s ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'' and [[John Lee Hancock]]'s ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]''βwhich earned him praise, including nominations for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor β Motion Picture Drama]] for the former role.<ref name="BAFTAnom">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25648930 |title=Bafta Film Awards 2014: Full list of nominees |work=BBC News |date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/apr/11/tom-hanks-walt-disney-mary-poppins |title=Tom Hanks to play Walt Disney in Saving Mr Banks |access-date=April 13, 2012 |work=The Guardian |first=Ben |last=Child |date=April 11, 2012}}</ref> In ''Captain Phillips'', he starred as [[Captain Richard Phillips]] with [[Barkhad Abdi]], which was based on the [[Maersk Alabama hijacking]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-play-capt-richard-167846 |title=Tom Hanks to Play Capt. Richard Phillips in Somali Pirate Hostage Story |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 15, 2011 |access-date=April 13, 2012 |first=Borys |last=Kit}}</ref> In ''Saving Mr. Banks'', co-starring [[Emma Thompson]], he was the first actor to portray [[Walt Disney]] in a mainstream film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Mike |title=Tom Hanks becomes first actor to play Walt Disney on the big screen |url=http://uk.yahoo.com/movies/s/tom-hanks-becomes-first-actor-play-walt-disney-212800793.html |website=Yahoo UK |publisher=Yahoo Contributor Network |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403060535/https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/s/tom-hanks-becomes-first-actor-play-walt-disney-212800793.html |archive-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> That same year, Hanks made his Broadway debut, starring in [[Nora Ephron]]'s ''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]'', for which he was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlson |first1=Erin |title=Tonys: Tom Hanks Gets Nomination for 'Lucky Guy' |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/tonys-tom-hanks-gets-nomination-448972 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> [[File:Tom_Hanks_2016.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Hanks at a ''[[Sully (film)|Sully]]'' premiere in Japan in 2016]] In 2014, Hanks' short story "Alan Bean Plus Four" was published in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hanks |first=Tom |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/alan-bean-plus-four |title=Alan Bean Plus Four |date=October 27, 2014 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Revolving around four friends who make a voyage to the moon, the short story is titled after the [[Apollo 12]] astronaut [[Alan Bean]]. ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' magazine's Katy Waldman found his first published short story "mediocre", writing that "Hanks' shopworn ideas about technology might have yet sung if they hadn't been wrapped in too-clever lit mag-ese".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Waldman |first1=Katy |title=Tom Hanks Has a Short Story in The New Yorker. It's Not Very Good. |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/10/20/tom_hanks_new_yorker_story_alan_bean_plus_four_is_not_very_good.html |website=Slate |publisher=The Slate Group |date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> In an interview with ''The New Yorker'', Hanks said he has always been fascinated by space. He told the magazine that he built plastic models of rockets when he was a child and watched live broadcasts of space missions back in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Hanks publishes short story in The New Yorker and gets panned |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/movies/story/tom-hanks-publishes-short-story-the-new-yorker-and-gets-panned-20141021 |website=The Straits Times |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |date=October 21, 2014 |access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> In March 2015, Hanks appeared in the music video for [[Carly Rae Jepsen]]'s "[[I Really Like You]]", lip-syncing most of the song's lyrics as he goes through his daily routine.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shetty |first1=Sharan |title=Tom Hanks Lip-Syncs to Carly Rae Jepsen in the 'I Really Like You' Music Video |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/03/07/i_really_like_you_music_video_watch_tom_hanks_lip_sync_to_carly_rae_jepsen.html |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 7, 2015 |access-date=March 7, 2015}}</ref> His next film was Steven Spielberg's ''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'' (2015), in which he played lawyer [[James B. Donovan]], who negotiated for the release of pilot [[Francis Gary Powers]] by the Soviet Union in exchange for [[KGB]] spy [[Rudolf Abel]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Debruge |first1=Peter |title=Film Review: 'Bridge of Spies' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/bridge-of-spies-film-review-1201609677/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=July 10, 2016 |date=October 4, 2015}}</ref> In April 2016, Hanks starred as Alan Clay in the comedy-drama ''[[A Hologram for the King (film)|A Hologram for the King]]'', an adaptation of the 2012 [[A Hologram for the King|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mclintcock |first1=Pamela |title=Cannes: First Look at Tom Hanks in 'A Hologram for the King' (Exclusive Image) |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-first-look-at-tom-703993 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=July 10, 2016 |date=May 14, 2014}}</ref> It is the second time he was directed by Tom Tykwer after ''Cloud Atlas''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/19/a-hologram-for-a-king-review-tom-hanks-tribeca-film-festival |website=[[The Guardian]]| title=A Hologram for a King review β Tom Hanks presides over meandering mess |access-date=March 16, 2020 |date=April 20, 2016 |first=Nigel |last=Smith}}</ref> Hanks starred as airline captain [[Chesley Sullenberger]] in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[Sully (film)|Sully]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dugan |first1=Christina |title=First Look: Tom Hanks as Heroic Pilot Sully Sullenberger |url=http://www.people.com/article/tom-hanks-plays-heroic-pilot-sully-sullenberger |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=July 10, 2016 |date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> He next reprised his role as Robert Langdon in ''[[Inferno (2016 film)|Inferno]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lesnick |first1=Silas |title=Production Begins on Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code Sequel, Inferno |url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/434441-production-begins-on-ron-howards-da-vinci-code-sequel-inferno |website=[[ComingSoon.net]] |access-date=July 10, 2016 |date=April 27, 2015}}</ref> and co-starred alongside [[Emma Watson]] in the 2017 science fiction drama ''[[The Circle (2016 film)|The Circle]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Tom Hanks Eyes David Eggers' Novel 'The Circle' With James Ponsoldt: Hot Package |url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/tom-hanks-eyes-david-eggers-novel-the-circle-with-james-ponsoldt-hot-package-1201325646/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=July 10, 2016 |date=December 15, 2014}}</ref> He voiced [[David S. Pumpkins]] in ''[[The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special]]'', which aired October 28, 2017, on NBC, a character he had portrayed in episodes of ''Saturday Night Live''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/10/29/david-s-pumpkins-halloween-special/ |title=David S. Pumpkins saves the day with a Pumpkinmobile and song in ''SNL'' Halloween special |first=Sarah |last=Weldon |date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in Pixar's ''[[Toy Story 4]]'' (2019).<ref name="YahooHanksUpdate">{{cite web |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/tom-hanks-offers-toy-story-4-update-175036790.html |title=Tom Hanks Offers Toy Story{{nbsp}}4 Update |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=March 16, 2020 |date=May 25, 2016 |first=Ben |last=Skipper}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/incredibles-2-moves-up-summer-2018-toy-story-4-pushed-2019-941475 |title='The Incredibles 2' Moves Up to Summer 2018; 'Toy Story 4' Pushed to 2019 |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=October 26, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> Hanks portrayed [[Fred Rogers]] in [[Marielle Heller]]'s biographical film ''[[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood]]'' (2019), for which he was nominated for his first [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-01-13/oscar-nominations-2020-tom-hanks-a-beautiful-day-in-the-neighborhood|title=Tom Hanks ends 20-year drought with new Oscar nomination|date=January 13, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>
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