Tom Hanks given Greek citizenship

Tom Hanks has been awarded honorary Greek citizenship.

The 63-year-old actor and his wife Rita Wilson – who is of Greek and Bulgarian ancestry – frequently spends their summers on the Greek island of Antiparos and now the country’s president, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, has made it possible for Hanks to claim Greek citizenship.

President Pavlopoulos has signed an honorary naturalisation order, which, under Greek law, may be granted to people “who have provided exceptional services to the country or whose naturalisation serves the public interest”.