Hanks' next role - the astronaut and commando Jim Lovell, in the docudrama Apollo 13 (1995) - He was reunited with Ron Howard. Film critics generally praised the film and the performance of the entire cast that included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and it took home two. In the following year, Hanks starred in Disney/Pixar's computer-animated film Toy Story (1995), as the voice of Sheriff Woody. A year later, he made his directing debut with the musical comedy That Thing You Do! (1996) that chronicles the rise and fall of a 1960s music group. Hanks also played the role of a music producer. Richard Schickel of Time magazine said that his performance was "charming" and the majority of people who reviewed it agreed that Hanks role in the film earned him a spot among the most popular romantic comedy stars of his generation.
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