Colin Hanks
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| Colin Hanks | |
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 Hanks at the premiere of King Kong in Wellington, New Zealand, December 2005 |
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| Born | Colin Lewes Dillingham November 24, 1977 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Hanks was born Colin Lewes Dillingham[1] in Sacramento, California, the eldest son of Oscar-winning 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. 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.
[edit] Career
Hanks's best known film role may be in the successful teen movie Orange County (2002), with Jack Black and John Lithgow. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The OC. He has appeared in the science fiction television series Roswell and the HBO 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 further solidified his association with Black in Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, in which he had a cameo as a drunken fraternity brother.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | male page | |
| 1999-2001 | Roswell | Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman | TV |
| 2000 | Whatever It Takes | Cosmo | |
| 2001 | Get Over It | Felix Woods | |
| Band of Brothers | Lieutenant Henry Jones | miniseries | |
| 2002 | Orange County | Shaun Brumder | |
| 2003 | 11:14 | Mark | |
| 2005 | King Kong | Preston | |
| Rx | Jonny | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Great Buck Howard | Troy Gabel | ||
| The House Bunny | Oliver | post-production |
[edit] References
- ^ State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Gives name at birth as "Colin Lewes Dillingham".
- ^ Colin Hanks Biography (1977-)
