Head to headJohn Candy against Tom Hanks Both careers by IMDb ratingJohn CandyTom Hanks
Tale of the tape as an actor
John Candy vs Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks averages 6.87 across 62 rated films as an actor, ahead of John Candy at 6.27.
- 30 (27 rated)
- Films acted
- 64 (62 rated)
- 6.27
- Average
- 6.87▶
- 6.36
- Weighted
- 6.96▶
- The Blues Brothers 7.9
- Best film
- Forrest Gump 8.8▶
- 6.84, 1986 to 1988
- Peak five
- 8.08, 1994 to 1998▶
- 3 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 5 films▶
- 6.00 (−0.27)
- Current form
- 7.10 (+0.23)▶
- 1.55M
- IMDb votes
- 19.2M▶
- 1975 to 1995
- Career
- 1980 to 2026
- None
- Oscars
- 2 wins, 6 noms▶
Rows won
0 to 8
Tom Hanks ahead
Films together
2
averaging 5.90
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 Splash | 1984 | 6.3 | as Freddie Bauer | as Allen Bauer |
 Volunteers | 1985 | 5.5 | as Tom Tuttle from Tacoma | as Lawrence Bourne III |