Colin Hanks

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Colin Hanks

Hanks as Shaun Brumder in Orange County
Birth name Colin Lewes Dillingham
Born November 24, 1977
Sacramento, California
Notable roles Shaun Brumder in
Orange County

Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American actor.

Born Colin Lewes Dillingham[1] in Sacramento, California, he is the eldest son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late actress Samantha Lewes (real name: Susan Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002. He has a sister Elizabeth (born 1982) and two half-brothers, Chester (born 1990) and Truman (born 1995) from his father's second marriage to actress Rita Wilson. Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, Loyola Marymount University and Chapman University.

Hanks' best known film role may be in the successful teen movie Orange County (2002), with Jack Black. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of a series with a similar name, The OC. He has also appeared in the Science Fiction television series Roswell and the HBO series Band of Brothers as Lt. Henry Jones.

Hanks had a big supporting role in the 2005 remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to Jack Black's character, a determined film director; Hanks and Black previously played siblings in Orange County.

In 2006 Hanks further solidified his association with Black in Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny although he played only a cameo as a drunk frat guy.

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Year Title Role Other notes
2007 Barry Munday Heavy Metal Greg Pre-Production
2007 Homeland Security Henry Durand Post-Production
2007 The Great Buck Howard Post-Production
2007 High School Musical 2: Sing It All Or Nothing! Tom Foster TV movie
2006 Careless Wiley Roth Not yet released
2005 King Kong Preston
2003 11:14 Mark
2002 Orange County Shaun Brumder
2001 Get Over It Felix Woods
1999-2001 Roswell Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman
2000 Whatever It Takes Cosmo
1996 That Thing You Do! Male Page

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  1. ^ State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Gives name at birth as "Colin Lewes Dillingham".

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