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Puzzle #763: Tom Hanks → Alan Rickman

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Tom HanksTom Hanks
Alan RickmanAlan Rickman

On Thursday, September 17, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Tom Hanks and Alan Rickman. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 15 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Tom Hanks as Eamon Bailey in The Circle (2017), which also stars Emma Watson as Mae Holland.
  2. Emma Watson as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), alongside Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.

The full chain: Tom Hanks → The Circle (2017) → Emma Watson → Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) → Alan Rickman.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Tom Hanks → Cloud Atlas (2012) → Jim Broadbent → Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) → Alan Rickman
  • Tom Hanks → Road to Perdition (2002) → Ciarán Hinds → Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) → Alan Rickman
  • Tom Hanks → Saving Mr. Banks (2013) → Emma Thompson → Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) → Alan Rickman

About Tom Hanks

Born
July 9, 1956 in Concord, California, USA
Film career
1980–2025
Widely seen films
59 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Alan Rickman

Born
February 21, 1946 in Acton, London, England, UK
Film career
1985–2015
Widely seen films
40 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: