Colin Hanks

**Colin Lewes Hanks** (born **Colin Lewes Dillingham**; November 24, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker who recently portrayed as Greg Short in the family sitcom *Life in Pieces*.

## Early life

Hanks was born and raised in Sacramento, California, the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, producer and actress Susan Dillingham, (known professionally as Samantha Lewes), who died of bone cancer on March 12, 2002. His paternal grandmother was of Portuguese descent, while his maternal grandfather's mother is of Austrian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent. His surname was changed to Hanks after his parents married in 1978. He has a younger sister, Elizabeth (born 1982), and two younger paternal half-brothers, Chester Marlon Hanks (born 1990) and Truman Theodore Hanks (born 1995), from his father's second marriage, to actress Rita Wilson. Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, and then Chapman University, before transferring to Loyola Marymount University. He left without earning a degree.

## Career

In 1999, Hanks won the role of Alex Whitman in the science-fiction series *Roswell*, where he appeared for the first two seasons (making a brief appearance in the third). During that time, he acted in the teen comedies *Whatever It Takes* with Shane West and *Get Over It* with Ben Foster. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of *The OC*. He appeared in part eight of HBO mini-series *Band of Brothers* as Lt. Hank Jones. In 2002, he starred in his first film as Shaun Brumder in *Orange County*, alongside Jack Black and Schuyler Fisk. The comedy features Hanks trying to get into Stanford University after his guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcript. In 2005, he appeared in the remake of *King Kong*, playing the assistant to Jack Black's character. In 2006, Hanks had a cameo role in Black's *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny*, playing a drunken fraternity brother. He starred in the romantic comedy *The House Bunny*, playing Oliver, a charming manager of a nursing home and the love interest of Anna Faris' character.

In 2008, he appeared in *The Great Buck Howard*, which was produced by his father and also starred John Malkovich. He also played Father Gill, a young Roman Catholic priest, in season 2 of the TV show *Mad Men*. In 2009, he made his Broadway debut, acting alongside Jane Fonda in the Moisés Kaufman play *33 Variations*. In 2009, Hanks began work as director on *All Things Must Pass*, a documentary about Tower Records, that premiered March 17, 2015 at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

Hanks starred in the 2010 Fox TV series *The Good Guys* as young detective Jack Bailey, alongside Bradley Whitford who played an old-school detective (Dan Stark). In 2011, he starred in the indie film *Lucky*, alongside Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor. He also joined the cast of *Dexter* for season six opposite Edward James Olmos, where he portrays an art historian Travis Marshall who is involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult.

In 2013, he starred as Allison in the second season of the web series *Burning Love*. The same year, he also portrayed Dr. Malcolm Perry in the historical film *Parkland*. In 2014, he played Officer Gus Grimly in the FX television series *Fargo*, for which he received Critics' Choice Television Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

In 2015, Hanks began a voice role in the show *Talking Tom and Friends*. He voices Talking Tom, the main character.

Hanks directed the documentary *All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records*, released in 2015. The film received funding of nearly $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign. Hanks also provided the voice of Luke in the series *PAW Patrol*.

In 2017, Hanks appears as the Adult Alex Vreeke in the film *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle*.

In 2018, Hanks portrays a young Mr. Rogers on the Comedy Central show "Drunk History".

Also in 2018, Hanks appears as a guest judge on Netflix's baking competition "Sugar Rush" in Season 1, Episode 5; this episode was titled 'Sweet Geeks' and Hanks presided over three rounds of cupcakes, desserts and ultimate cakes.