49 Celebrities Before They Became Famous

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Tom Hanks Sold Peanuts And Popcorn In A Stadium

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The amazing film star and cultural icon, Tom Hanks, has moved audiences to tears and laughter countless times with over 80 heartwarming and heartbreaking movies. Before impressing viewers and critics with his comedic and dramatic roles in an impressive list of highly acclaimed movies, this extraordinary actor worked as a vendor, selling peanuts and popcorn at the Oakland Coliseum.

Hanks is now one of the most popular and recognizable movie stars in the world, with his films grossing almost $9 billion in the US and Canada and almost $10 billion worldwide. He has won many awards for his roles as the associate attorney hiding his homosexuality in the drama film Philadelphia and the unintelligent but kind human being in Forrest Gump, making Hanks one of only two actors to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in back-to-back years. Hanks is also the youngest person to receive the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, a distinction he earned when he was only 46.