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Tom Hanks Is Bringing World War II Back to Television and This Time It's Personal
The Greek Orthodox Christian who turned history into ministry is back, with his most ambitious project yet.
For Tom Hanks, World War II has never just been a subject. It has been a calling.
The 69-year-old actor narrates and executive-produces World War II with Tom Hanks, a sweeping 20-episode documentary series premiering Memorial Day – Monday, May 25 – on the History Channel at 8 p.m. ET. It is his most ambitious WWII project yet, and by his own account, his most personal.
"During my formative years, every single adult in my life would make references to two words: The War," Hanks has said. "The lasting effects of WWII on the world and my own family were not lost on me."
Tom Hanks’ Binge-Worthy WWII Series Officially Releases in 2 Weeks
Throughout his many years as one of the world’s most famous actors, Tom Hanks has starred in some of the most famous WWII movies of all time. His WWII magnum opus came all the way back in 1998 when he teamed up with Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan, the visceral and emotional war epic that’s still hailed to this day as one of the greatest movies of all time. A few years ago, Hanks reunited with Spielberg for Masters of the Air, a new WWII series streaming on Apple TV starring Callum Turner and Austin Butler. Hanks has another massive WWII submarine epic on Apple TV, Greyhound, which was first releasedin 2020. The demand for more Greyhound was so immense that Apple TV greenlit a sequel to the film, which is now in production.
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Tom Hanks Revisits WWII 28 Years After “Saving Private Ryan”: 'A Major European Nation…Removed from the Map' (Exclusive)
Tom Hanks received a best actor Oscar nomination for his performance in the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan
He returns to the subject of WWII in the upcoming documentary series World War II with Tom Hanks, premiering May 25 on the History channel
In an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE, the actor—who executive produces and narrates the series— and two historians detail Germany's advancement into Poland alongside archival footage from the war
Nearly three decades after starring in Saving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks is heading back behind enemy lines.
The actor, 69, who portrayed Captain John Miller in the Oscar-winning 1998 war drama, is revisiting the deadliest conflict in history for a new generation in the History channel's upcoming docuseries World War II with Tom Hanks.
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