DATE OF BIRTH: July 9, 1956 PLACE OF BIRTH: Concord, California STATUS: Married to actress Rita Wilson for 18 years BIG MONEY: $20 million per picture and $70 million for Forrest Gump (gross and profit participations).

UPCOMING PROJECT THE DA VINCI CODE May 19 Based on the best-selling novel by Dan Brown, Hanks plays American religious symbologist Robert Langdon who, while in Paris on business, becomes entangled in a murder mystery at the Louvre involving Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. Langdon soon unravels a trail of hidden clues in other works of Da Vinci, cleverly disguised by the painter. Along with gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), Langdon embarks on a dangerous quest through the streets of Paris and London to unlock an ancient secret held by the secret society know as the Priory, that threatens to shake the foundation of the Catholic church. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Splash (1984)

DATE OF BIRTH: June 20, 1971 PLACE OF BIRTH: Little Rock, Arkansas STATUS: Single
UPCOMING PROJECT POSEIDON May 21 When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship, a small group of survivors find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for their lives. Preferring to test the odds alone, career gambler John Dylan (Lucas) ignores captain's
orders to wait for possible rescue and sets out to find his own way to safety. What begins as a solo mission soon draws others as Dylan is followed by a desperate father (Kurt Russell) searching for his daughter (Emmy Rossum) and her fiancé (Mike Vogel). As the unstable upside down vessel rapidly fills with water, each must fight against time for their own survival, and for each other. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Glory Road (2006), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Alive (1993)