In pictures: Film star Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks poses for a portrait in 2013.

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Updated 10:30 PM EDT, Wed March 11, 2020

Tom Hanks is one of only two actors to win the best actor Oscar in consecutive years. He took home his first Oscar in 1994 for his role as AIDS-stricken lawyer Andrew Beckett in "Philadelphia." The following year, he won for his performance in "Forrest Gump." He also won Golden Globe Awards for both films.

This past January, Hanks was honored at the Golden Globes with the Cecil B. deMille Award.

Hanks, who is currently in Australia, posted on Instagram Wednesday, March 11, 2020 that he and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus.

Hanks is known for several blockbuster films during his career include "Big," "Saving Private Ryan," "Cast Away," "Catch Me If You Can," "Apollo 13" and "Captain Phillips." He has also voiced Sheriff Woody in the popular "Toy Story" franchise.

"For more than three decades, he's captivated audiences with rich and playful characters that we've grown to love and admire," said Lorenzo Soria, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. "As compelling as he is on the silver screen, he's equally so behind the camera as a writer, producer and director."

Hanks was born in Concord, California, in 1956.

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One of Hanks' first major roles came in the television sitcom "Bosom Buddies." The show, which also starred Peter Scolari, ran for two seasons from 1980-1982.

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Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, married in 1988. It was Hanks' second marriage.

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Hanks starred in several movies in the mid-1980s, but his breakthrough role came in the 1988 comedy "Big." Hanks was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Hanks performs his monologue while hosting an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1990. He has hosted the show nine times during his career.

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Hanks is joined by his wife, Rita, as he receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.

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Hanks won an Academy Award for his role as an AIDS-stricken lawyer in 1993's "Philadelphia."

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Hanks holds his Oscar at the 1994 Academy Awards.

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Hanks stars as the lead character in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump." That role earned Hanks his second Oscar in as many years.

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Hanks is honored by Harvard University students as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year in 1995.

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Hanks received an Oscar nomination for his role in the World War II epic "Saving Private Ryan" in 1998.

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Hanks stars with Meg Ryan in the 1994 romantic comedy "You've Got Mail." The two starred in several movies together.

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Hanks and Tim Allen pose with their "Toy Story" characters in 1999. The animated franchise has been wildly successful, with three sequels since the first film in 1995.

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Hanks got more critical acclaim for his role in 2000's "Cast Away."

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Hanks, his wife and two of his children attend a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game in 2004. Hanks also has a son and a daughter from his first marriage to Samantha Lewes.

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Hanks reads a historical text at the "We Are One" concert, which was one of President Barack Obama's inauguration celebrations in 2009.

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Hanks throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a pro baseball game in Tokyo in 2009.

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Hanks looks at his caricature after it was unveiled at Sardi's restaurant in New York in 2013.

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Hanks and his wife attend the European premiere of "Captain Phillips" in 2013.

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Hanks was jogging through New York's Central Park in September 2016 when he saw a couple taking wedding photos. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/entertainment/tom-hanks-wedding-crasher/index.html" target="_blank">He stopped to wish them well.</a>

Hanks was jogging through New York's Central Park in September 2016 when he saw a couple taking wedding photos. He stopped to wish them well.

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Hanks hams it up with late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert in October 2016.

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Hanks receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in November 2016. "From a Philadelphia courtroom, to Normandy's beachheads, to the dark side of the moon, he has introduced us to America's unassuming heroes," President Obama said at the ceremony.

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Hanks played pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger in the 2016 film "Sully." Sullenberger was the pilot who successfully landed a passenger plane in the Hudson River in 2009.

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