Hanks was born
Colin Lewes Dillingham in
Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
, the eldest son of
OscarThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
-winning actor
Tom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James...
and his first wife, the late producer and actress
Samantha LewesSamantha Dillingham was an American actress.Born Susan Jane Dillingham in Hayward, California, Dillingham adopted the stage name of Samantha Lewes. She appeared in several film, stage and television productions. She was married to actor Tom Hanks between 1978 and 1987. They had a son Colin and a...
(
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Susan Jane Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002. His name was changed to Hanks after his parents married in 1978. He has a sister, Elizabeth (born 1982) and two half-brothers, Chester Marlon Hanks (born 1990) and Truman Theodore Hanks (born 1995) from his father's second marriage to actress
Rita Wilson-Early life:Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimova in Los Angeles, California. Her father, a Pomak who worked at a racetrack, was born in Greece; he later converted to Orthodoxy. Before emigrating to the U.S., he had lived in Bulgaria and Turkey; her mother, Dorothy, was born and raised in an ethnic...
.
Personal life
Hanks was born
Colin Lewes Dillingham in
Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2007 estimated population of 460,242, it is the seventh-largest...
, the eldest son of
OscarThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
-winning actor
Tom HanksThomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title role in Forrest Gump, Commander James...
and his first wife, the late producer and actress
Samantha LewesSamantha Dillingham was an American actress.Born Susan Jane Dillingham in Hayward, California, Dillingham adopted the stage name of Samantha Lewes. She appeared in several film, stage and television productions. She was married to actor Tom Hanks between 1978 and 1987. They had a son Colin and a...
(
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Susan Jane Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002. His name was changed to Hanks after his parents married in 1978. He has a sister, Elizabeth (born 1982) and two half-brothers, Chester Marlon Hanks (born 1990) and Truman Theodore Hanks (born 1995) from his father's second marriage to actress
Rita Wilson-Early life:Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimova in Los Angeles, California. Her father, a Pomak who worked at a racetrack, was born in Greece; he later converted to Orthodoxy. Before emigrating to the U.S., he had lived in Bulgaria and Turkey; her mother, Dorothy, was born and raised in an ethnic...
. Hanks attended Country School,
Sacramento Country Day SchoolSacramento Country Day School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory school serving pre-kindergarten through grade 12 since 1964. SCDS is located in the unincorporated Arden Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento, California, and serves students from all surrounding areas, including...
,
Loyola Marymount UniversityLoyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California, United States. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher...
and
Chapman UniversityChapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA.- History and background :...
. Hanks dated
Rachael Leigh CookRachael Leigh Cook is an American actress, best known for her role in the hit romantic comedy She's All That and her "Your Brain on Drugs" PSA.-Early life:Cook was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Thomas H...
and
Busy PhilippsElizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps is an American film actress, perhaps best known for her supporting roles on the TV series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson's Creek.-Career:...
between 1998 and 2002 .
He is currently engaged to New York publicist Samantha Bryant.
Career
Hanks's best known film role may be in the teen movie
Orange CountyOrange County is a comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black. It was released on January 14, 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Films and Scott Rudin...
(2002), with
Jack BlackThomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and heavy metal music duo Tenacious D. The group has two albums and a full-length film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally self-conscious...
and
John LithgowJohn Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, and author, best known for his starring role as Dr. Dick Solomon on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He has also achieved success on stage, film, and radio. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as two Academy Award...
. His best known television role was Alex Whitman, the love interest of
Katherine HeiglKatherine Marie Heigl is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy and her starring role in the movies Knocked Up, 27 Dresses and The Ugly Truth....
in the
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature...
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
series
RoswellRoswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...
between 1999 and 2001. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of
The OC. He has appeared in the HBO series
Band of Brothers.
Hanks had a large supporting role in the 2005 remake of
King KongKing Kong is a 2005 remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a giant ape called Kong. The film was directed by Peter Jackson and stars Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, Jack Black as Carl Denham, Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll and, through performance capture, Andy Serkis as Kong...
, playing the assistant to film director
Carl DenhamCarl Denham is a fictional film director in the films King Kong and Son of Kong , as well as in the 2005 remake of King Kong, and a 2004 illustrated-novel titled Kong: King of Skull Island. The role was played by Robert Armstrong in the 1933 films and by Jack Black in the 2005 remake...
(played by his
Orange County co-star Jack Black). In 2006, Hanks further solidified his association with Black in
Tenacious D in: The Pick of DestinyTenacious D in The Pick of Destiny is a comedy/rock musical set in the 1990s, starring Tenacious D, an American satirical rock duo that features Jack Black and Kyle Gass. It is directed by musician and puppeteer Liam Lynch. All three of them are also listed as the writers of the film...
, in which he had a cameo as a drunken fraternity brother. He starred in the romantic comedy
The House Bunny"House bunny" redirects here. For a pet rabbit, see House rabbit.The House Bunny is a 2008 American horror franchise, directed by Fred Wolf. The film was written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz. The film had its US release on August 22, 2008 and stars Anna...
, playing Oliver, a charming manager of a nursing home and the love interest of
Anna FarisAnna Kay Faris is an American actress and singer known for her comic roles. Faris has appeared in the Scary Movie series of films, The Hot Chick , Lost in Translation , and My Super Ex-Girlfriend...
' character. He is also known for playing a character who is the fictional son of a character played by Hanks's real-life father, multiple Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks, in The Great Buck Howard (2008).
Hanks is currently playing Father Gill, a young
Roman CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
priest, in the popular AMC show
Mad MenMad Men is an American period drama television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The show is broadcast on the American cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007 and completed its second season on October 26, 2008...
. He is also featured player alongside
Jane FondaJane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou and, excluding a 15 year hiatus, has appeared in films ever since. She has won two Academy Awards and received several...
in the
Moises KaufmanMoisés Kaufman is a playwright, director and founder of Tectonic Theater Project. He is the author of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, 33 Variations and is perhaps best known for writing The Laramie Project with other members of Tectonic Theater Project...
's Broadway play
33 Variations33 Variations is a play by Moisés Kaufman, inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven's eponymous work. It débuted on Broadway on March 9, 2009, starring Jane Fonda...
.
TVGuide.com has reported that Colin will star in a new indie comedy,
Lucky, alongside Ari Graynor,
Ann-MargretAnn-Margret Olsson is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer.-Early life:Ann-Margret was born in Stockholm, the daughter of Anna and Gustav Olsson, a native of Örnsköldsvik...
and
Jeffrey TamborJeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps most known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. on the television series Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Personal life:...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:...
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That Thing You Do! That Thing You Do! is a 1996 film written and directed by Tom Hanks. Set in the summer of 1964, the movie tells the story of a one-hit wonder rock band, called The Wonders, following their whirlwind rise to the top of the pop charts, and just as quickly, their dissolution...
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male page |
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| 1999-2001 |
RoswellRoswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...
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Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman |
TV series |
| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
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Whatever It Takes Whatever It Takes is a teen comedy starring Marla Sokoloff, Shane West, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and James Franco. It was first released in America on 31 March 2000. The film is based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac.-Plot:...
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Cosmo |
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| 2001 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. -Top-grossing films:...
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Get Over ItGet Over It is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Tommy O'Haver. The film mixes concepts from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and stereotypical American teen comedies of the time.- Plot :...
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Felix Woods |
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| Band of Brothers |
Lieutenant Henry Jones |
TV miniseries |
| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost...
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Orange CountyOrange County is a comedy film starring Colin Hanks and Jack Black. It was released on January 14, 2002. The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and produced by MTV Films and Scott Rudin...
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Shaun Brumder |
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| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
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11:14 11:14 is a 2003 film about a series of interconnected events which lead up to the same time, 11:14 p.m.- Synopsis :The movie involves several interconnected stories that converge at 11:14 p.m...
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Mark |
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| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
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The O.C.The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
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Grady (from fictional series The Valley |
TV series |
| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...
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King KongKing Kong is a 2005 remake of the 1933 film of the same name about a giant ape called Kong. The film was directed by Peter Jackson and stars Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow, Jack Black as Carl Denham, Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll and, through performance capture, Andy Serkis as Kong...
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Preston |
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| Rx |
Jonny |
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NUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama, which premiered on January 23, 2005 on CBS. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI...
|
Marshall Penfield |
2 episodes - Convergence & Frienemies |
| 2006 The year 2006 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Alone With Her Alone with Her is a 2006 low-budget suspense film directed by Eric Nicholas about a tech-savvy stalker who uses spy cameras to force his way into the life of a young woman.The film tells the story through the lenses of spy cameras.-Plot:...
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Doug |
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| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny |
drunken fraternity brother |
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| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Careless |
Wiley Roth |
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| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
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Untraceable Untraceable is a 2008 thriller film starring Diane Lane, Joseph Cross, Billy Burke and Colin Hanks. It was directed by Gregory Hoblit and distributed by Screen Gems...
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Griffin Dowd |
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| My Mom's New Boyfriend My Mom's New Boyfriend is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Colin Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Selma Blair, and Meg Ryan. The film received a limited theatrical international release, it was released straight-to-DVD on June 17, 2008 in the United States. Its running time is 97 minutes...
(released in the UK as My Spy) |
Henry Durand |
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| The Great Buck Howard The Great Buck Howard is a comedy-drama film directed by Sean McGinly that stars Colin Hanks and John Malkovich. Tom Hanks also appears as the father of his real-life son's character....
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Troy Gable |
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| The House Bunny "House bunny" redirects here. For a pet rabbit, see House rabbit.The House Bunny is a 2008 American horror franchise, directed by Fred Wolf. The film was written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah Lutz. The film had its US release on August 22, 2008 and stars Anna...
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Oliver |
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Mad MenMad Men is an American period drama television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The show is broadcast on the American cable network AMC and is produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007 and completed its second season on October 26, 2008...
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Father John Gill |
TV series |
W.W. is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as President Bush. Filming began on May 12, 2008, in Louisiana and the film was released on October...
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Speechwriter |
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| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:...
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Barry Munday |
Heavy Metal Greg |
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