Tom Hanks
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 (part of February 2026)
category: 
Movies
clue: Be careful flying anywhere with this actor! His characters' planes have gone down in the Hudson River, the Pacific Ocean, the World Trade Center, San Francisco, and North Africa. They've had other plane trouble while pursuing a fake pilot, passing through customs in a terminal, getting his pocket picked by spies at an airport, discovering his kid has flown to see the Empire State Building, overcoming jet lag in Saudi Arabia, and escaping from a toy collector. He can't even seem to fly safely when his characters are in a modified children's wagon or a doomed NASA spacecraft.
explanation: Hanks starred in Sully, Cast Away, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Cloud Atlas, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, The Man with One Red Shoe, Sleepless in Seattle, A Hologram for the King, Toy Story 2, Radio Flyer, and Apollo 13. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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