How old was Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump?

Sometimes, a character’s impact makes us want to know more about the person portraying them. It reveals something about timing, talent, and opportunity. Here’s the age that matched the moment.

Tom Hanks was this age when he appeared in Forrest Gump:

37 years old

According to our data, that’s how old the celebrity really was during the film.

The age was estimated using the initial day of the year Forrest Gump came out:

January 1, 1994

And the day Tom Hanks was born, which is:

July 09, 1956

Given that most films are released within a year of production, the actual age of Tom Hanks during filming may have varied by one year from the shown age.