汉克斯

Tom Hanks (汤姆·汉克斯, b. 1956) is the dominant bearer in Chinese pop-culture references — won back-to-back Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia (《费城故事》, 1993) and Forrest Gump (《阿甘正传》, 1994), and starred in Saving Private Ryan (《拯救大兵瑞恩》), Cast Away (《荒岛余生》), and as the voice of Woody in Toy Story (《玩具总动员》).

Three-character transliteration: 汉 'han' renders 'Han-' (the 'h' onset is preserved), 克 'ke' renders the '-nk' cluster, 斯 'si' renders the '-s' ending. 斯 is the all-purpose ending for English '-s' final names: 詹姆斯 James, 道格拉斯 Douglas, 戴维斯 Davis. The leading 汉 is also the character for 'Han Chinese / Han dynasty', which is purely coincidental here.