The 28 Greatest Tom Hanks Movie Characters of All Time

By YPB TeamJun 21

From everyman heroes to lonely castaways and quiet legends, his most unforgettable roles go head to head. Who's your favorite?

1
Chuck Noland
The FedEx executive stranded alone on a desert island in Cast Away.
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2
Andrew Beckett
The lawyer fighting wrongful dismissal over his AIDS diagnosis in Philadelphia.
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3
Joe Fox
The bookstore-chain owner falling in love by email in You've Got Mail.
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4
Fred Rogers
The gentle TV host Mister Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
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5
Paul Edgecomb
The compassionate death-row prison guard in The Green Mile.
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6
Woody
The voice of the loyal cowboy doll across the Toy Story films.
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7
Robert Langdon
The symbologist racing to solve deadly puzzles in The Da Vinci Code.
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8
Forrest Gump
The kind-hearted Alabama everyman who witnesses decades of American history.
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9
Jim Lovell
The commander steering the imperiled Apollo 13 mission home.
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10
Viktor Navorski
The traveler stranded living inside an airport terminal in The Terminal.
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11
Captain Richard Phillips
The cargo-ship captain taken hostage by pirates in Captain Phillips.
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12
Carl Hanratty
The dogged FBI agent chasing a young con man in Catch Me If You Can.
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13
Captain John H. Miller
The weary Army Ranger leading a rescue mission in Saving Private Ryan.
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14
Josh Baskin
The boy magically turned into an adult in the comedy Big.
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15
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
The calm US Airways captain who glided Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River in 2009, in Clint Eastwood's 2016 drama Sully.
16
James B. Donovan
The insurance lawyer who defends Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and negotiates a Cold War prisoner swap in Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies.
17
Michael Sullivan
The Depression-era mob enforcer on the run with his young son after a brutal betrayal in Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition.
18
Jimmy Dugan
The washed-up, hard-drinking manager of the Rockford Peaches who insists there's no crying in baseball in A League of Their Own.
19
Sam Baldwin
The grieving Seattle widower whose son calls a late-night radio show and wins him the heart of a stranger in Sleepless in Seattle.
20
Walt Disney
The animation mogul spending years courting author P.L. Travers for the film rights to Mary Poppins in Saving Mr. Banks.
21
Otto Anderson
The grumpy, grieving widower whose carefully planned exit is upended by his lively new neighbors in A Man Called Otto.
22
Colonel Tom Parker
Elvis Presley's manipulative manager and the film's unreliable narrator in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic Elvis.
23
Allen Bauer
The lovelorn New York produce wholesaler who falls for a mermaid, played by Daryl Hannah, in Ron Howard's 1984 comedy Splash.
24
Ben Bradlee
The Washington Post's executive editor pushing to publish the Pentagon Papers against White House pressure in Steven Spielberg's The Post.
25
Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd
The Civil War veteran who reads the news aloud in Texas towns and escorts an orphaned girl home in News of the World.
26
Joe Banks
The hypochondriac office drone who agrees to leap into a South Seas volcano in the offbeat 1990 romance Joe Versus the Volcano.
27
Scott Turner
The fastidious small-town detective forced to team up with a slobbering Dogue de Bordeaux to solve a murder in Turner & Hooch.
28
Charlie Wilson
The hard-partying Texas congressman who funnels covert aid to Afghan mujahideen fighters in Mike Nichols' Charlie Wilson's War.