Oscar Winners’ Surprising TV Starts: From Kate Winslet’s Sci-Fi Turn to Heath Ledger’s Soap Opera Days (PHOTOS)

Tom Hanks nabbed two Oscars for his roles in the emotional dramas Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994), but he got his start on a largely lighter note. Tom starred on the hilarious sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980-1982), a series about two men who dress up as women in order to stay in a female-only apartment building.