--- title: Tom Hanks Crashes Wedding Photo Shoot in Central Park description: Tom Hanks crashed a wedding photo shoot in Central Park Sunday, pausing mid-jog to congratulate the bride and groom. canonical: https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-26T17:14:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:00.456Z og:title: Tom Hanks Pulls the Ultimate Tom Hanks Move by Crashing a Wedding Photo Shoot og:description: Hanx for the win og:url: https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95c0ebb7f3838566/6988a7832dce01cc739eac88/tom-hanks-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Sully" Press Conference In Japan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks Pulls the Ultimate Tom Hanks Move by Crashing a Wedding Photo Shoot twitter:description: Hanx for the win twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95c0ebb7f3838566/6988a7832dce01cc739eac88/tom-hanks-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hanks Pulls the Ultimate Tom Hanks Move by Crashing a Wedding Photo Shoot  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 26, 2016 5:14 PM UTC  US actor Tom Hanks attends the 'Sully' press conference on September 16, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. US actor Tom Hanks attends the 'Sully' press conference on September 16, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.Christopher Jue/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 26, 2016 5:14 PM UTC [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/4485202/watch-sully-the-hudson-river-airline-pilot-star-as-tom-hanks-in-the-movie-of-his-life/) has long been considered one of [America’s favorite actors](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/29/tom-hanks-americas-favorite-actor), so it should come as no surprise that he continues to live up to the reputation. The [_Sully_](http://time.com/4482436/sully-movie-review-tom-hanks/)star crashed a [wedding photo](http://time.com/4504854/matt-damon-doppelganger-reddit/) shoot in Central Park Sunday, pausing mid-jog to congratulate the couple. After shaking the groom’s hand, kissing the bride’s hand and posing for some pictures, Hanks even offered to preside over the ceremony, according to [_The_ _Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-hanks-wedding-photo%5Fus%5F57e92caee4b0e28b2b54eddd?1u8nvyuoy2j4utbj4i). “He asked if they needed a wedding officiant, because he is an ordained minister,” photographer [Meg Miller](http://megmillerphotography.com/) said. He then posted a selfie with the pair on his Instagram, writing, “Elizabeth and Ryan! Congrats and blessings! Hanx.” Read more at [HuffingtonPost.com.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tom-hanks-wedding-photo%5Fus%5F57e92caee4b0e28b2b54eddd?1u8nvyuoy2j4utbj4i) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Pulls the Ultimate Tom Hanks Move by Crashing a Wedding Photo Shoot","datePublished":"2016-09-26T17:14:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:00.456Z","description":"Hanx for the win","url":"https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Tom Hanks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95c0ebb7f3838566/6988a7832dce01cc739eac88/tom-hanks-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95c0ebb7f3838566/6988a7832dce01cc739eac88/tom-hanks-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Sully\" Press Conference In Japan","caption":"US actor Tom Hanks attends the 'Sully' press conference on September 16, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan.","creditText":"Christopher Jue/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/","name":"Tom Hanks Pulls the Ultimate Tom Hanks Move by Crashing a Wedding Photo Shoot"}}]}] ```