Tom Hanks to receive Cecil B DeMille Award at Golden Globes

Tom Hanks became one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors through an array of likable roles, and now, his decorated career has earned him one of the highest honors at the Golden Globes next year.

Hanks will receive the Cecil B DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020, according to reports. The actor has won praise for a string of compelling characters in films including Saving Private Ryan, the Toy Story films, and the Golden Globe-winning Cast Away, for which he lost 55 pounds to play a man stranded on a desert island.

The DeMille Award is given annually to an individual who has made an incredible impact on the world of entertainment. Past recipients include Jeff Bridges, Oprah Winfrey, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Barbra Streisand, Sidney Poitier and Lucille Ball.

Hanks is a four-time Golden Globe winner who broke through with his role in the 1984 film Splash, in which he played a man who falls in love with a mermaid. He claimed his first Globe in 1988 for Big, in which he portrayed a 13-year-old boy whose body turns into a 35-year-old man overnight after making a wish.

The actor won a couple Globes for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, two films that earned him Academy Awards. He was also lauded for his directing work in HBO’s 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers, which won an Emmy.