Actor Tom Hanks pledges his support for presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Tom Hanks is an Oscar winning actor for his roles in "Philadelphia" as well as "Forrest Gump"

Tom Hanks is using his Myspace page to endorse Barack Obama. He is quoted as saying "History with a capital 'H' is going to be made this November, no matter who the president-elect is. I want Barack Obama to be president of this country, a country that once said people with his skin color were only three-fifths of a human being." Hanks thinks an Obama presidency could bring about a "seismic shift," and "live up to the great promise once shaped by our founding fathers."