Oscar Nominees Who Started on TV

Tom Hanks — This is the career that every TV actor dreams about. It's hard to remember a time when Hanks wasn't a bankable movie star and a two-time Oscar winner for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump." But back in 1980, we only knew him as cross-dressing ad man Kip Wilson on the wacky ABC sitcom "Bosom Buddies." See, Matthew Perry? It can be done!

Tom Hanks — This is the career that every TV actor dreams about. It's hard to remember a time when Hanks wasn't a bankable movie star and a two-time Oscar winner for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump." But back in 1980, we only knew him as cross-dressing ad man Kip Wilson on the wacky ABC sitcom "Bosom Buddies." See, Matthew Perry? It can be done!