The university honored him with the opening in 2016 of the Tom Hanks Center for Motion Pictures.And on Saturday, Tom Hanks paid it forward by delivering a commencement address for the Class of 2020 at Ohio's Wright State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Picture.In the speech, played on video during the virtual graduation ceremony and posted to YouTube, Hanks paid tribute to the graduates calling them the 'chosen ones'.
Virtual ceremony: Tom Hanks delivered a commencement address for the Class of 2020 at Ohio's Wright State University Department of Theatre, Dance and Motion Picture on SaturdayThe double Oscar winner, 63, began by saying: 'I'm here to say congratulations.