Colin Hanks
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 Colin Hanks at an event in October 2008 |
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| Born | Colin Lewes Dillingham November 24, 1977 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse | Samantha Bryant (m. 2010-present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Tom Hanks Samantha Lewes (deceased) |
Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor who is best known for his work as Shaun Brumder in the film Orange County and as Alex Whitman in Roswell. He also portrayed the role of Henry Jones in Band of Brothers and appeared on the sixth season of the Showtime crime drama Dexter. He is the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks.
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[edit] Early life
Hanks was born Colin Lewes Dillingham[1] in Sacramento, California, the oldest son of actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late producer and actress Samantha Lewes[2] (née 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 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 and graduating from Loyola Marymount University.
[edit] Career
Hanks's best known film role may be in the teen movie Orange County (2002), with Jack Black and John Lithgow. His best known television role was Alex Whitman, the love interest of Katherine Heigl in the science fiction series Roswell between 1999 and 2001. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The OC. He appeared in part eight of HBO mini-series Band of Brothers.
Hanks had a large supporting role in the 2005 remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to film director Carl Denham (played by his Orange County co-star Jack Black). 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. He also played in The Great Buck Howard, which was produced by his father and also starred John Malkovich.
Hanks plays Father Gill, a young Roman Catholic priest, in the popular AMC show Mad Men.[3] He is also featured alongside Jane Fonda in the Moisés Kaufman's Broadway play 33 Variations.[4]
In 2009 Hanks began work as director on a documentary about Tower Records.[5]
Hanks was starring in Fox's canceled summer series The Good Guys, playing a young detective (Jack Bailey), alongside Bradley Whitford who plays an old school detective (Dan Stark). He will star in an indie film, Lucky, alongside Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor.[6] He has also joined the cast of Dexter for the show's sixth season opposite Edward James Olmos, where he portrays an art historian[7] who is involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult.[8]
[edit] Personal life
On May 8, 2010, Hanks married former New York publicist Samantha Bryant.[9] They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Olivia Jane Hanks, on February 1, 2011.[10]
Hanks is an avid fan of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and attended their World Series-clinching victory in Texas in November 2010.[11] He is also a fan of the San Francisco 49ers football team and Sacramento Kings basketball team.[12]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Male page | |
| 1999- 2001 |
Roswell | Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman | TV series |
| 2000 | Whatever It Takes | Cosmo | |
| 2001 | Get Over It | Felix Woods | |
| Band of Brothers | Lieutenant Henry Jones | TV miniseries | |
| 2002 | Orange County | Shaun Brumder | |
| 2003 | 11:14 | Mark | |
| 2004 | The O.C. | Grady (from fictional series The Valley) | |
| Standing Still | Quentin | ||
| 2005 | King Kong | Preston | |
| Rx | Jonny | ||
| 2005, 2008 | Numb3rs | Marshall Penfield | TV series: "Convergence" (season 2) and "Frienemies" (season 5) |
| 2006 | Alone with Her | Doug | |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Drunken fraternity brother | ||
| 2007 | Careless | Wiley Roth | |
| 2008 | Untraceable | Griffin Dowd | |
| My Mom's New Boyfriend | Henry Durand | Released in the UK as My Spy | |
| The Great Buck Howard | Troy Gable | ||
| The House Bunny | Oliver | ||
| Mad Men | Father John Gill | TV series | |
| W. | Speechwriter | ||
| 2009 | Barry Munday | Heavy Metal Greg | |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | Jack Bailey | TV series |
| High School | Brandon Ellis | ||
| 2011 | Lucky | Ben Keller | |
| Dexter | Travis Marshall | TV series (season 6) | |
| Robot Chicken | Sam Witwicky, Vanity Smurf | TV series (Voice) | |
| 2012 | Happy Endings | Himself | TV series (season 2, episode 16) |
[edit] References
- ^ State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Gives name at birth as "Colin Lewes Dillingham"
- ^ Colin Hanks Biography (1977-) from filmreference.com
- ^ Vilkomerson, Sara (2009-03-03). Sic 'n' Span Son of Tom Hanks Shines Up the Great White Way:. The New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved on 2009-03-08
- ^ Celebroadway! NY Times, April 5, 2009
- ^ Q&A - Colin Hanks on Working With Jane Fonda (and His Dad), a March 18, 2009 interview from filmcritic.com
- ^ Gina DiNunno (4 September 2009). "Colin Hanks and Jeffrey Tambor Get Lucky". TVGuide.com. http://movies.tvguide.com/Movie-News/Colin-Hanks-Jeffrey-1009466.aspx. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Colin Hanks' 'Dexter' Role Revealed". The Huffington Post. May 10, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/colin-hanks-dexter-role-revealed_n_859989.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ Ern, Matt (October 19, 2011). "T.V. That Matters: 10/20 "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Mr. Bob's Toddle Kaleidoscope"". Hofstra University. http://www.hofstrachronicle.com/arts-entertainment/t-v-that-matters-10-20-smokey-and-the-bandit-and-mr-bob-s-toddle-kaleidoscope-1.2655729. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- ^ Tom Hanks' son gets engaged from chinadaily.com.cn
- ^ Julie Jordan (3 February 2011). "It's a Girl for Colin Hanks". People (people.com). http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20463405,00.html. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
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