Tom Hanks to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes

LOS ANGELES: Tom Hanks became one of Hollywood’s beloved actors through an array of likable roles, from “Big” to “Forrest Gump,” 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 Jan. 5, 2020, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. The actor has won praise for a string of compelling characters in movies 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.