<P> On the night of Christmas Eve , a Grand Rapids , Michigan boy is growing bitterly skeptical of the existence of Santa Claus . As he struggles to sleep , he is roused by the arrival of a steam locomotive on the street outside his home , and dons his robe to investigate , tearing the robe 's pocket as he retrieves it . Outside , the train 's conductor ( Tom Hanks ) introduces the train as the Polar Express , bound for the North Pole . The boy initially declines to board , but jumps aboard the train as it pulls away . </P>
<P> On the night of Christmas Eve , a Grand Rapids , Michigan boy is growing bitterly skeptical of the existence of Santa Claus . As he struggles to sleep , he is roused by the arrival of a steam locomotive on the street outside his home , and dons his robe to investigate , tearing the robe 's pocket as he retrieves it . Outside , the train 's conductor ( Tom Hanks ) introduces the train as the Polar Express , bound for the North Pole . The boy initially declines to board , but jumps aboard the train as it pulls away . </P>
who plays the train conductor in polar express
who plays the train conductor in polar express
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks