Capt. Chesley Sullenberger stars as Tom Hanks in cheeky Hanks biopic by Jimmy Kimmel

Capt. Chesley Sullenberger plays Tom Hanks
(Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

The movie Sully opens on Friday, with Tom Hanks playing Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who heroically landed a passenger jet in the Hudson River in 2009. Hanks and Sullenberger were on Thursday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the film, and Kimmel had a little surprise up his sleeve. "You did, Tom, such a great job playing Sully in this film," he said, "that we felt it was time that somebody paid tribute to your life and your career." Here's what he and his team created, with help from Sullenberger and Peter Scolari, Hanks' actual co-star in the terrible TV show Bosom Buddies:

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.