The actors were married in 1988 and share two children
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson sweetly celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary on Thursday, April 30, by sharing social media selfies
Hanks wrote, “Love you, Mrs” alongside his swimming snap while Wilson shared “Happy 37th Anniversary my love,” with a string of rainbow heart emojis
The couple married in April 1988 and share sons Chet, 34, and Truman, 29.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are celebrating 37 years of marriage today with a splash.
Hanks, 68, shared a sweet snap of himself with Wilson, 68, on vacation together after a swim. “37 years married. Today! Love you, Mrs. -Mr.THanks,” he sweetly captioned the image.
Wilson meanwhile shared a cozy photo of herself with Hanks in which the actor wore a red scarf paired with a green beanie, while Wilson wore a cream fleece jacket paired with matched her man in a black beanie. Her caption read, “Happy 37th Anniversary my love!!! alongside a rainbow of different colored heart emojis.
The couple first met in 1981 on the set of the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies. At the time, Hanks was still married to his first wife, Samantha Lewes. Hanks and Lewes — who share two kids, Colin, 46, and Elizabeth — now known by her initials E.A. — 41, together — officially divorced in 1987.
Hanks and Wilson reunited on the 1985 movie Volunteers, before their relationship took a romantic turn. The couple made their red carpet debut in 1986 at the premiere of The Three Amigos and married in 1988. They share sons Chet, 34, and Truman, 29.
The couple has appeared onscreen together numerous times since their 1988 nuptials. They starred as siblings in the classic 1993 Nora Ephron romcom Sleepless in Seattle, the 1996 film That Thing You Do!, in Wes Anderson’s 2023 film Asteroid City, and more.
Hanks and Wilson have also found success in producing films, notably the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise and two Mamma Mia films through Wilson’s Playtone production company.
The couple recently celebrated another milestone — Wilson’s ten-year anniversary of being cancer-free. She praised her “loving, supportive husband” at the time of her diagnosis. The Instagram post, shared on March 31, 2025, read, “10 years. And I am so deeply grateful.”
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s Relationship Timeline
She continued, “I’m so thankful to my doctors. To my friends, to my family. The gratitude is overwhelming. Didn’t always feel this way. And you know that, anybody who’s going through [it, or] who’s survived knows that it’s an up and down, like, hamster wheel. But then you get to this point.”
Wilson was 58 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and as she told PEOPLE exclusively at the time, she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. The actress shared that she’d been living with LCIS (lobular carcinoma in situ), and monitoring it “vigilantly” through yearly mammograms and breast MRIs.
While Wilson does not disclose much about her previous cancer battle, she said that she was sharing the anniversary because “I think it’s important to celebrate good news.”
