Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary! Hollywood power couple share sweet personal snaps  to celebrate happy marriage - and are congratulated by A-list pals

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss.

The A-list power couple - who made a glamourous red carpet appearance in LA earlier this month - married on April 30, 1988 and they commemorated their big day with a sweet Instagram post.

Rita, 67, took to social media to share a gallery of personal snaps featuring she and the 67-year-old Oscar-winner.

She shared the post with her 1.1million followers accompanied by a cute caption which read: '36th anniversary! April 30,1988. “Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be.” – Robert Browning.'

The comments section of the post was flooded with congratulations from their star pals including Cindy Crawford who shared three clapping emojis.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrated 36 years of wedded bliss as they married on April 30, 1988 and they commemorated their big day with a sweet Instagram post on Tuesday

The comments section of the post was flooded with congratulations from their star pals including Cindy Crawford who shared three clapping emojis

Michelle Pfeiffer posted: 'Happy anniversary you two love birds! [two red heart emojis]' 

The pair first met when Rita was cast in an episode of the TV sitcom Bosom Buddies and could never have imagined they would end up at one of Hollywood's most respected couples. 

Tom was marred to his first wife at the time he co-starred in the comedy with Peter Scolari.

The show followed two junior advertising executives who dressed as women so they could live in the one apartment they could afford. 

They met again a few years later when Rita was cast as Tom's love interest in 1985's Volunteers.

The future Oscar winner starred as a spoiled rich kid who joined the Peace Corps to avoid a gambling debt.

After he divorced in 1987, the Money Pit star began dating his future wife and they married in 1988.

Tom had two children from his first marriage, Colin, 46, and Elizabeth, 41. They expanded their family, welcoming in sons Chester, aka Chet, 33, Truman, 28. 

First meeting: Tom and Rita first met when Rita had a guest star spot on the comedy Bosom Buddies, which ran from 1980-82 

 The future couple were cast in the comedy Volunteers. Rita starred as the love interest to Tom's spoiled rich kid who joined the Peace Corps to escape a gambling debt. John Candy also starred in the 1985 comedy

Wedding Bells rang for the couple who married in 1988 

In an interview with Oprah in 2001, The Philadelphia star spoke about his unsettling childhood and what it felt like creating a life with Rita. 

'I married into a classic old-world family structure in which people like to spend time with each other and construct their lives so they can. That hadn't been part of my existence up till then,' he explained.'There's such an advantage to being involved in the day-to-day details of each other's lives. It's a marvelous fabric to exist in.'

The Forrest Gump star continued, 'The success of our relationship was a matter of timing, maturity, and our willingness to have an intimate connection.'

'When I married Rita, I thought, "This is going to require some change on my part."

'I won't deny that providence was part of us finding each other, but our relationship isn't magic—the way it's shown in movies. In real life, our connection is as concrete as me sitting here. Not that marriage doesn't come close to being hell in a handbasket sometimes. But we both know that no matter what, we'll be with each other—and we'll get through it.'

Because of that strong foundation, the couple have been able to surmount health challenges, such as Rita's 2015 breast cancer diagnosis. She had a double mastectomy, and was able to recover without chemotherapy or radiation. 

The Love Is Love Is Love star told the New York Times, her husband never left her side and the experience made them closer as a couple.

Tom had two children from his first marriage, Colin, 45, and Elizabeth, 40. They expanded their family, welcoming in sons Chester, aka Chet, 32, Truman, 27 (Pictured in Beverly Hills in January 2020)

Tom and Rita worked together on the hit romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle. They have continued to collaborate on various projects, including producing the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise

Tom was by Rita's side when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy in 2015. 'I was so amazed, so blown away by the care my husband gave me. It was such a normal, intimate time,' she told the New York Times

The couple continue to work together on various projects. Rita sang the theme song Til You're Home from her husband's 2022 film A Man Called Otto

'You never know how your spouse is going to react in a situation like this,' she revealed. 'I was so amazed, so blown away by the care my husband gave me. It was such a normal, intimate time.'

Both of them were diagnosed with Covid-19 while Tom was working on Elvis in Australia in 2020. They were some of the first well known people to come down with the disease. 

'Rita went through a tougher time than I did,' the Pinocchio star said in an interview with radio host Randy Miller. 

'She had a much higher fever. She had lost her sense of taste and sense of smell. I had some bad body aches and was very fatigued, and that’s how the COVID-19 went through us.'

The couple continue to work together on various projects. Rita sang the theme song Til You're Home from her husband's 2022 film A Man Called Otto.