{"id":2423895,"date":"2026-05-19T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2423895"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:19:08","slug":"tom-hanks-lookalike-brother-jim-hanks-recalls-having-to-scream-at-cows-while-body-doubling-in-forrest-gump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tom-hanks-lookalike-brother-jim-hanks-recalls-having-to-scream-at-cows-while-body-doubling-in-forrest-gump\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks&#8217; Lookalike Brother, Jim Hanks, Recalls Having to Scream at Cows While Body Doubling in \u201cForrest Gump\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jim Hanks, 64, is the younger brother of Tom Hanks, 69<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jim has long been recognized for how much he looks and sounds like his Academy Award-winning brother, leading to opportunities to serve as Tom&#8217;s body double<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the May 15 episode of the <em>Love it Film<\/em> podcast, Jim talked about the experience of working on 1994&#8217;s <em>Forrest Gump<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tom-hanks-five-year-old-haley-joel-osment-throwback-video-8699467\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Tom Hanks;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tom Hanks&quot;}\">Tom Hanks<\/a>&#8216; brother can&#8217;t help but laugh at his memories of making <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/forrest-gump-cast-where-are-they-now-5742105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Forrest Gump;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Forrest Gump&quot;}\">Forrest Gump<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jim Hanks, the younger brother of the two-time Academy Award winner, served as the actor&#8217;s body double in the 1994 film. Speaking with the <em>Love it Film<\/em> podcast on the Friday, May 15 episode, Jim, 64, talked about getting to run as Gump in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Pretty much all that running stuff, if you can&#8217;t see his face, it&#8217;s me. If you can see his face, it&#8217;s obviously him,&#8221; Jim said of splitting Gump duties with his famous brother, 69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Every time I watch the movie, I&#8217;m going, &#8216;Me, me, me, Tom,&#8217; &#8221; he admitted, adding, &#8220;I feel really fortunate to have had any part of it. They flew me to Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a><\/strong><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vermont had an added challenge for its running teams, with Jim recalling, &#8220;I was running along this road and the camera is on the other side of this field, but the cows kept looking at the camera. I was running and they said, &#8216;The cows keep looking at the cameras.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, they asked Jim to help attract attention his way. &#8220;[They said], &#8216;When you&#8217;re running, can you yell and whoop and whatever to get them to look at you?&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So I&#8217;m running like, &#8216;Hey, cow! Cow!&#8217; I&#8217;m trying not to look like I&#8217;m just screaming at the top of my voice as I&#8217;m doing the Gump trot,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Forrest Gump <\/em>went on to win Hanks his second Best Actor Oscar in 1995, and has become a cultural touchstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, <em>Forrest Gump <\/em>isn&#8217;t the only project where Jim doubled for Tom. He has also served as Tom Hanks&#8217; double for Woody across <em>Toy Story<\/em> media and merchandise for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jim Hanks (left) and Tom Hanks<br \/>Credit: Bei\/Shutterstock<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an April 2022 interview with the podcast <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DqqYxBgMyd4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Canned Air;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Canned Air&quot;}\">Canned Air<\/a><\/em>, Jim shared that in the \u201880s, he did stand-up comedy and cracked some Tom-related jokes. \u201cWhen I first started doing it &#8230; I refused to address the elephant in the room, being the famous guy,\u201d he recalled, referring to his brother. Jim explained that there were always whispers and curious expressions in the crowd when he got on stage since he resembled his brother so much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a year of performing stand-up without any mentions of Tom, Jim started acknowledging his brother in routines. \u201cI would be introduced, I&#8217;d walk out and I would literally not say a word. I would just stand there for about 30 seconds or so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He&#8217;d let the audience speculate before answering their questions with his opening line: \u201cI know what you&#8217;re thinking.\u201d Everyone would laugh, and then Jim would tell a few jokes about being Tom&#8217;s brother before moving on to the rest of his set.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tom-hanks-lookalike-brother-jim-hanks-recalls-having-screaming-at-cows-filming-forrest-gump-11978841\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Jim Hanks, 64, is the younger brother of Tom Hanks, 69 Jim has long been recognized for how much he looks and sounds like his Academy Award-winning brother, leading to opportunities to serve as Tom&#8217;s body double During the May 15 episode of the Love it Film podcast, Jim talked about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2423896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[347904,475075,306358],"class_list":["post-2423895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-forrest-gump","tag-jim-hanks","tag-tom-hanks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tom-Hanks-Lookalike-Brother-Jim-Hanks-Recalls-Having-to-Scream.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423897,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423895\/revisions\/2423897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}