HANKS, TOM Meaning of HANKS, TOM in English Hanks, Tom /hæŋks/ BrE AmE (1956–) a US film actor whose films include Sleepless in Seattle (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), and Saving Private Ryan (1998) Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012