The Cast of Forrest Gump: Where Are They Now?

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump

Anyone know what happened to Tom Hanks after he took home the Best Actor Oscar for his role as the intellectually disabled but devoted and wise Forrest Gump?

Just kidding! Hanks continues to be one of the most successful and visible actors of his generation, earning more Oscar nominations for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Cast Away (2000) and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). Before his win for Forrest Gump, Hanks received an Oscar for his performance in 1993's Philadelphia.

His other notable film credits are Apollo 13 (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), The Green Mile (1999), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Polar Express (2004), Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Larry Crowne (2011), Captain Phillips (2013), Sully (2016), The Circle (2017), Elvis (2022), Pinocchio (2022) and A Man Called Otto (2022). Hanks also voices Woody in the Toy Story movie franchise.

The prolific actor has earned seven Emmy wins for series and films he co-produced, including From the Earth to the Moon, Band of Brothers, John Adams, The Pacific, Game Change and Olive Kitteridge.

He was a 2014 Kennedy Center honoree and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. The Big star also released a collection of short stories titled Uncommon Type in 2014.

After meeting on the set of Bosom Buddies, Hanks wed actress Rita Wilson in April 1988. Their blended family includes four adult children — Colin, Elizabeth, Chet and Truman.

Robin Wright as Jenny Curran

Robin Wright, who played Forrest's troubled childhood friend and eventual bride, was well known for her role as Buttercup in 1987's The Princess Bride.

Following Forrest Gump, she appeared in Message in a Bottle (1999), Unbreakable (2000), White Oleander (2002), Beowulf (2007), Moneyball (2011), Wonder Woman (2017), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and Devil's Peak (2023). Wright garnered acclaim — and several Emmy nominations — for her role as Claire Underwood on the Netflix series House of Cards, which aired from 2013 to 2018. The actress also directed 10 episodes of House of Cards and two episodes of Netflix's Ozark.

In August 2018, she wed Yves Saint Laurent executive Clement Giraudet in an intimate French ceremony, but the couple filed for divorce in 2022 after four years of marriage. Wright was previously married to actor Sean Penn from 1996 to 2010; the two have two children, Dylan and Hopper.

Sally Field as Mrs. Gump

Sally Field portrayed Forrest's determined mama, who, coincidentally, is the source of many of the film's most-quoted lines.

Since the movie's release, the Oscar-winning actress, who began her career in the 1960s, starred in several films, including Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Lincoln (2012), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015) and 80 for Brady (2023). She has also appeared in the Amazing Spider-Man movies.

Field took home an Emmy for her recurring role on ER in 2001 and again in 2007 for her performance as Nora Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters. The celebrated actress also received the SAG Life Achievement Award in 2023.

After revealing her diagnosis with osteoporosis in 2005, Field became a spokesperson for bone health. She published her first memoir, In Pieces, in 2018. Field has continued to advocate for the LGBTQ community with her openly gay son, Sam Greisman, whom she shares with ex-husband Alan Greisman.

Field has two adult sons, Peter and Eli, from her first marriage to Steven Craig.

Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor

Gary Sinise played Forrest's long-suffering superior in the Vietnam War, and the use of CGI to portray the character after he lost his legs in combat was groundbreaking at the time. His performance earned him an Oscar nomination in 1995 for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nod.

The role also inspired Sinise's ongoing work with veterans through the Gary Sinise Foundation. He also tours with his Lt. Dan Band, which plays at military bases.

Following Forrest Gump, Sinise appeared alongside Hanks again in 1995's Apollo 13 and 1999's The Green Mile. Additional film credits include Ransom (1996), Snake Eyes (1998), Reindeer Games (2000), Impostor (2001), Sgt. Will Gardner (2019) and Joe Bell (2020).

Two years after being nominated for an Emmy for the HBO movie Truman in 1996, Sinise took home a statuette in 1998 for playing the titular character George Wallace in the two-part miniseries. One of his most prominent TV characters is Mac Taylor from the CBS procedural CSI: NY, a role he starred in from 2004 to 2013. Sinise also appeared on season 1 of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and season 4 of 13 Reasons Why.

Sinise has been married to wife Moira Harris since 1993, and the two share three children — Sophie, McCanna Anthony and Ella.

Mykelti Williamson as Private Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue

Mykelti Williamson had a memorable turn as Forrest's shrimp-obsessed Army buddy, to whose memory the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is dedicated.

After Forrest Gump, Williamson had a recurring role alongside former costar Sinise on CSI: NY, as well as on The Fugitive, Boomtown, 24, Justified, Underground, Chicago P.D. and Law & Order: Organized Crime.

On the big screen, Williamson appeared in Waiting to Exhale (1995), Con Air (1997), Three Kings (1999), Ali (2001), ATL (2006), Black Dynamite (2009), The Purge: Election Year (2016), Fences (2016), Butter (2022) and The Holiday Stocking (2022), among many others.

He married actress Sondra Spriggs in 1997 and has three daughters.

Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Junior

Cast as Forrest and Jenny's son after the casting director saw him on a Pizza Hut commercial, Haley Joel Osment went on to become one of the biggest child stars of the '90s thanks to his role in 1999's The Sixth Sense, costarring Bruce Willis. Osment's performance in the thriller earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Osment also appeared in Pay It Forward (2000), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Secondhand Lions (2003), as well as in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Somebody I Used to Know (2023). He has voiced many characters on animated series such as Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Dogs in Space, American Dad, Family Guy and Dragons: The Nine Realms.

According to The New York Times, Osment graduated from New York University in 2011. He is the older brother of actress Emily Osment from Hannah Montana and Young & Hungry.

Hanna Hall as Young Jenny Curran

Hanna Hall was cast from an open call as the young girl who inspires Forrest to run.

Hall went on to appear in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides (2000), Halloween (2007), American Cowslip (2009) and Happiness Runs (2010). In 2019, she was featured on USA Network's The Purge series. Hall has also worked as an intimacy coordinator in films and on popular shows like Queer as Folk, 1923 and Daisy Jones & The Six.

Michael Conner Humphreys as Young Forrest Gump

The bullied, lonely kid on the school bus who outruns his leg braces was played by Michael Conner Humphreys.

He was cast at an open call in Memphis, Tennessee, according to a 2021 interview with SNACK magazine. He did not pursue acting and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2004.