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As Adult Josh Baskin in "Big" (1988)
Long before Jennifer Garner embodied a 13-year-old stuck in a 30-year-old body in "13 Going on 30", Tom Hanks has stepped on such character. In "Big", this dramatic actor delivers one "believable" and "adorable" performance as a 13-year-old Josh Baskin who suddenly grows up to be a man over night, with his awkward gangliness and clumsy over-enthusiastic look. His convincing and unforced act as the child-out-of-his-element Josh paves his way to be one of the leading movie actors of the 1990s and ultimately makes him a cinematic icon. With this character, Hanks also lands his first Best Actor nomination from the Academy Awards.
