Editing Tom Hanks (section)

==Awards and honors==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Tom Hanks}}
[[File:Tom Hanks the Presidential Medal of Freedom 2016.jpg|thumb|right|[[Barack Obama|President Obama]] giving the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] to Hanks in 2016]]

In Hanks' career as an actor and producer, he has received many award nominations. Hanks has received six [[Academy Award]] nominations including two consecutive wins for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' and ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Hanks also received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play|Best Actor in a Play]] for his performance in [[Nora Ephron]]'s play ''[[Lucky Guy (play)|Lucky Guy]]'' in 2013. Hanks has also received 12 [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations for his work on television which includes 7 wins for his work as a producer on various limited series and television films including ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' (1998), ''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'' (2002), ''[[John Adams (miniseries)|John Adams]]'' (2008), ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' (2010), ''[[Game Change (film)|Game Change]]'' (2012), and ''[[Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)|Olive Kitteridge]]'' (2015).

'''Honors'''
* 2002: [[AFI Life Achievement Award]]
* 2006: Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
* 2014: [[Kennedy Center Honors]] Medallion
* 2016: [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Merrit |last=Kennedy |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/16/502347068/these-are-the-21-people-receiving-the-nations-highest-civilian-honor |title=These Are The 21 People Receiving The Nation's Highest Civilian Honor |publisher=NPR |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=November 16, 2016}}</ref>
* 2016: French [[Legion of Honor]], at the rank of ''Chevalier'' (Knight),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/lifestyle/people/2019/12/27/lacteur-tom-hanks-naturalise-grec-par-le-president-DU6KJSJS2NAWTK7YU4BJAAJ6XY/ |title=L'acteur Tom Hanks naturalisé grec par le président - La Libre |publisher=Lalibre.be |date= |access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> for his presentation of World War II and support of World War II veterans, along with [[Tom Brokaw]], retired NBC anchor, and [[Gordon H. Mueller]], president and co-founder of [[the National WWII Museum]], New Orleans.<ref>{{cite news |title=National World War II Museum president and supporters Tom Hanks, Tom Brokaw to receive award in Paris |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_64eba587-d843-5a9f-a071-a524dc8d004f.html |publisher=The New Orleans Advocate |last=Roberts III |first=Faimon A. |date=May 11, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227195349/https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_64eba587-d843-5a9f-a071-a524dc8d004f.html |archive-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref>
* 2019: Honorary citizen of Greece.<ref name=greek/>
* 2020: [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award]]