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Jim Hanks (born June 15, 1961 in Shasta, California) is an American film and television actor, and voice-over artist.
Jim Hanks is the youngest brother of Tom Hanks, but they were not raised together. After their parents Amos and Janet Hanks divorced in 1961, Jim went to Red Bluff, California with his mother, while older siblings Tom, Larry, and Sandra remained with their father. After college Jim lived in Sacramento worked as a waiter, and in 1988, moved to Los Angeles. The agent who employed his actress wife Karen Praxel as a receptionist encouraged Jim to get into acting. Jim took acting lessons, and began his career with roles in B-movies and commercial voice-overs.
He also works with Los Angeles based "Feet First Films", a production company that provides actor demos as well as production support for short films. Jim and his wife have one son and currently reside in Venice, California.
Jim Hanks' first lead role was as Jeeter Buford in the film Buford's Beach Bunnies. Wishing to earn the role based upon his own abilities, he had auditioned as "Jim Matthews", using just his first and a modification of his middle name. While production noted his "resemblance to Tom Hanks", he won the role based upon his own comedic and acting skills and his true relationship to Tom was not revealed until paperwork was completed.
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in Big, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away.
Hanks' other acting roles include Apollo 13 as Jim Lovell, The Green Mile as Paul Edgecomb, Toy Story as Woody and Charlie Wilson's War as Charlie Wilson.
Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks (born in Glenn County, California, on March 9, 1924 – died in Alameda, California, on January 31, 1992), was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager; born in Alameda County, California, on January 18, 1932), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks's parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer)[citation needed], Larry (now Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and film maker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.[citation needed]
Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwriter, rapper, stand-up comedian, and talk radio host who began playing the piano when he was five years old. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician, producing three albums which have charted highly on the Billboard 200: Unpredictable, which topped the chart, Best Night of My Life and Intuition.
Born in Terrell, Texas, Foxx was raised by his mother's adoptive parents. He performed in high school and was awarded with a scholarship to United States International University. In his twenties, Foxx began performing stand-up at comedy clubs, and eventually joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991; this exposure helped him land film roles and star in his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show. He released his debut album, Peep This, in 1994, but he did not gain significant musical success until 2004 when he was featured in Twista's song "Slow Jamz". Also in 2004, Foxx played critically acclaimed roles in the films Collateral and Ray. He released his second album, Unpredictable, in 2005, which was helped by his collaboration on Kanye West's number-one single "Gold Digger". His third album Intuition was released in 2008 and was anchored by the single "Blame It". Foxx released his fourth studio album, Best Night of My Life, in 2010.
Jim Hanks sounds just like his brother Tom.
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Actors: Robert Boileau (actor), Charles McClelland (actor), Susan Triggiani (actress), Fran Carroll (actor), Alton Clemente (actor), Donna Dudick (director), Donna Dudick (writer), Claire Furia Smith (actress), Tobi-Lyn Byers (actress), Maggie Lakis (actress), Shannon Welsh (miscellaneous crew), Joe Donnelly (actor), Joanne Bowes (actress), Julie Funderburk (actress), Alyssa Degidio (actress),
Plot: In the aftermath of her young son's tragic death, attorney Eton Soviet investigates the healch care claims of a twelve year old client. When her investigation uncovers corruption, secrets and crimes, the upstanding Soviet must decide whether to compromise her values in order to to rescue the town of Saint Olga's, PA
Genres: Drama,Sitting up
On pretzel legs
Tracing shapes
Outlining
Bunny rabbit clouds
In a blink
They fade away
Making room
That others
They may
Come around
[Chorus:]
These days come
They're coming
Oh, so fast
These days still
How we wish to last
Sitting underneath
Our tree
Carving hearts
Around the letters
Of our names
How we pray
That it won't end
(Lord we're gonna pray)
Though we know some how
It never stays the same
[Chorus]
I know
It's hard to only
Imagine a time
When we're gone
But when you come
And hold me
Time
She won't move us along
Little baby
Dance up high
Pay no mind to Mother
As she goes on by
From the ceiling
To the ground
Up and down goes baby
Dancing round and round
[Chorus]
These days come
They're coming
Oh, so fast
These days still
You know