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Hanks was born in Concord, California, United States. His father, Mr. Amos Mefford Hanks is a chef, Janet Marylyn Frager's mother worked in a hospital, the couple divorced four years old when the new Hanks [2]. Tom Hanks had a sister, Sandra Hanks (now a writer), Lawrence M. Hanks a brother (entomologist) and a younger brother Jim Hanks (also an actor and film producer).

In schools, teachers and Hanks little friends attention and affection, he told Rolling Stone magazine: "When I was a student I was very eccentric and shy. But I was the one who could shout to the funny dialogues in the film. I've never caused trouble and was always a good kid, are responsible ". When high school at Skyline School in Oakland, California, Tom has starred in the school play, including the musical South Pacific. Hanks later studied acting for 2 years at Chabot College before moving to the University of California in Sacramento (California State University, Sacramento). Hanks said in an interview to The New York Times: "The acting class is probably the best place for guys like noise and amplify popular. I spent a lot of time to see the play. I never come along who just drove to the theater, buy tickets, sitting on a chair, read the program and then completely immersed in the play. I see a lot, from Bertolt Brecht, Henrik Ibsen and Tennessee Williams to the others. "

During college, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival Drama Festival in Cleveland. Agree with the proposal of Dowling, Hanks became the practice here, in the 3 years he did everything from light charge, choreographed to the stage manager. This contract Hanks forced to leave school, but it opens up the future for his acting. Hanks won Best Actor Critics Association for his Cleveland Shakespeare's plays Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona, which is also one of the few times Hanks plays the villain.