The Role: Carl Hanratty

Why It’s The Best: On paper, Hanratty could have been a stolid irritant, but Hanks makes you feel his frustration, and he remains on the likeable side of dogged, ensuring your loyalties don't know what do with themselves.

It's a credit to an actor of Hanks' stature that he was willing to take on what is ostensibly a supporting role at this stage of his career, ensuring Spielberg's superb, underrated crime caper flies with old-school charm.

Iconic Moment: After years of torment and obsession chasing Abagnale, Hanratty begins to sympathise and feel sorry for the elusive con artist, and manages to talk him out of his French hideout.

Tom Says: “There was no bona fide record of who Carl Hanratty was so I made it all up.”