Tom Hanks Voted as America’s Favorite Movie Star

Tom Hanks is America’s Favorite Movie Star, Followed by Johnny Depp and Denzel Washington, according to The Harris Poll®.  This is Hanks’ fifth time at the top of the list (with previous wins recorded in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2013) and represents a four-spot jump from the No. 5 spot last year.

Johnny Depp, most recently onscreen in an acclaimed portrayal of mobster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass, is in the No. 2 spot this year (up from No. 4 a year ago). Denzel Washington – who topped the list last year but didn’t appear in any major releases in 2015 – falls to the No. 3 position.

Meanwhile, the late John Wayne, who hasn’t appeared in a major release in… well, quite a bit longer, nonetheless remains a mainstay on the list; at No. 4 this year (down from No. 2), the Duke is the only person who has never dropped off of the top 10 in over two decades. Closing out the top half of the list – and soaring from No. 9 last year to No. 5 this year – is Harrison Ford.

Both the top and bottom halves of this year’s top 10 are composed of familiar faces who have spent time on this list before, as follows:

• Sandra Bullock, who voiced a criminal mastermind in Minions and played a political consultant in Our Brand is Crisis, is at No. 6 this year (after taking a break from the list last year).
• Jennifer Lawrence hit the holiday season box office with the one-two punch of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 and Joy, and with a repeat in the No. 7 spot she has plenty to be joyful about indeed.
• Despite neither starring in nor directing any films in 2015, Clint Eastwood – America’s favorite movie star as recently as 2009 – is in the No. 6 position this year, up two spots.
• Two occasional costars are tied in the No. 9 spot this year:
  • Brad Pitt, currently in theaters in The Big Short (he held the No. 3 spot last year), and
  • Julia Roberts, most recently seen in Secret in Their Eyes, who returns to the top 10 after a 1-year hiatus.

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