Two-Time Oscar Winner Gets His Shot at Playing Abraham Lincoln

Portraying President Abraham Lincoln has led actors to great acclaim.

In 2013, Daniel Day-Lewis won his third acting Oscar for playing the 16th U.S. president in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Now, another Oscar winner will have his shot at playing the iconic president.

Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, 69, will portray President Lincoln in the upcoming film adaptation of George Saunders’ best-selling novel Lincoln in the Bardo.

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