Tom Hanks paid tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell in a touching Instagram post following the space explorer's death at age 97. The astronaut, who Hanks portrayed in the 1996 film, Apollo 13, died on Thursday, August 7. The actor reflected on Lovell's achievements via the social media post. "There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to the places we would not go on our own. Jim Lovell, who for a long while had gone farther into space and for longer than any other person of our planet, was that kind of guy," Hanks, 69, wrote.