Colin Hanks

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Gus Grimly on the FX crime series Fargo (2014–2015), which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award.

Hanks gained mainstream attention after a main role on the WB science fiction series Roswell (1999–2001) and his lead role in the film Orange County (2002), which was followed by a starring role in the blockbuster King Kong (2005). Hanks has also had starring roles in the films The Great Buck Howard (2008), Untraceable (2008), The House Bunny (2008), Parkland (2013), and Elvis & Nixon (2016). He had a supporting role as Alex Vreeke in the Jumanji film series (2017–2019)

Hanks had a main role as Jack Bailey on the Fox series The Good Guys (2010) and had a role as Travis Marshall, the main antagonist on the 6th season of Showtime series Dexter (2011), the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Hanks' other main television roles include Greg Short on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces (2015–2019), Barry Lapidus on the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer (2022), and Bob Broberg in Peacock's A Friend of the Family (2022). He voiced the titular character on the web series Talking Tom & Friends (2014–2021).

Hanks directed the documentary films All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015) and Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (2017).

Early life

Hanks was born in Sacramento, California<ref name="CHanksBornRaised-Playmaker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}

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Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, and then Chapman University, before transferring to Loyola Marymount University. He left without earning a degree.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Career

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Hanks in 2005 at the premiere of Peter Jackson's King Kong in Wellington, New Zealand

In 1999, Hanks was cast as Alex Whitmann 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' character 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 in 2008, playing Oliver, a charming manager of a nursing home and the love interest of Anna Faris' character. In 2008, Hanks began work as director on All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, a documentary about Tower Records which ultimately premiered on March 17, 2015, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The film received funding of nearly $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2009, Hanks 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.<ref>Vilkomerson, Sara (2009-03-03). Sic 'n' Span Son of Tom Hanks Shines Up the Great White Way: Template:Webarchive. The New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved on 2009-03-08</ref> In 2009, he made his Broadway debut, acting alongside Jane Fonda in the Moisés Kaufman play 33 Variations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also joined the cast of Dexter for season six opposite Edward James Olmos, where he portrays an art historian Travis Marshall<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> who is involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2014, 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 2015, 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 2014, Hanks began a voice role in the show Talking Tom & Friends. He voices Talking Tom, the main character.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>

In 2018, Hanks appears as the adult Alex Vreeke in the film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a role he would later reprise in the film's 2019 sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level. In 2019, Hanks portrays a young Fred Rogers on the Comedy Central show Drunk History. The same year, Hanks appears as a guest judge on Netflix's baking competition Sugar Rush in the episode "Sweet Geeks".

Personal life

Hanks dated Busy Philipps in the 1990s while in college. In June 2009, Hanks became engaged to former New York publicist Samantha Bryant.<ref name="people2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The couple married on May 8, 2010, in Los Angeles.<ref name="people2010" /> Together, they have two daughters, one born in 2011,<ref name="girl">Template:Cite news</ref> and the other born in 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hanks is a San Francisco Giants baseball fan and attended their World Series-clinching victory in Texas in November 2010. He also directed a 30 for 30 short, The Anti-Mascot, about their disastrous Crazy Crab stint in the 1980s.<ref>Exclusive Interview: Colin Hanks Template:Webarchive. Playmakeronline.com (2011-09-14). Retrieved on 2014-01-14.</ref> He is also a fan of Liverpool FC, the San Francisco 49ers, Sacramento Kings,<ref>"Podkast with Colin Hanks: "Dexter," Bay Area sports, and the Sacramento Kings", Los Angeles Lakers Blog, ESPN Los Angeles. Retrieved on 2014-01-14.</ref> and Los Angeles Kings.<ref>"Colin Hanks talks on Kings, 'High School'", ESPN, Retrieved on 2014-01-14.</ref> He was the official Kevin and Bean Los Angeles Kings playoff correspondent for the 2011–12 and 2012–14 seasons.<ref>"Kevin & Bean Podcasts – May 2013". KROQ. Retrieved on 2014-01-14.</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	That Thing You Do!	Male Page
2000	Whatever It Takes	Paul Newby
2001	Get Over It	Felix Woods
2002	Orange County	Shaun Brumder
2003	11:14	Mark
2005	Rx	Jonny	Also co-producer; a.k.a. Simple Lies
	Standing Still	Quentin
	King Kong	Preston
2006	Alone with Her	Doug
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Drunken fraternity brother
2007	Careless	Wiley Roth
2008	The Great Buck Howard	Troy Gable
	Untraceable	Griffin Dowd
	My Mom's New Boyfriend	Henry Durand	a.k.a. My Spy
	The House Bunny	Oliver
	W.	David Frum
2010	High School	Brandon Ellis
	Barry Munday	Heavy Metal Greg
2011	Lucky	Ben Keller
2012	The Guilt Trip	Rob
2013	Super Buddies	Megasis/Captain Canine (voice)	Video
	Parkland	Dr. Malcolm Perry
2015	No Stranger Than Love	Clint Coburn
	All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records	Template:N/A	Director; documentary
	Vacation	Jake
2016	Elvis & Nixon	Egil Krogh
2017	Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)	Template:N/A	Director; documentary
	Band Aid	Uber Douche
	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Adult Alex Vreeke	Uncredited cameo
2019	Jumanji: The Next Level	Alex Vreeke
2021	How It Ends	Charlie
2024	Orion and the Dark	Adult Orion Mendelson (voice)
	And Mrs	Nathan
2025	Nobody 2	Abel	Post-production
Template:TableTBA	Nuremberg	Gustave Gilbert	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2001	Roswell	Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman	Main role (seasons 1–2); 45 episodes
2001	Band of Brothers	Lieutenant Henry Jones	Episode: "The Last Patrol"
2004	The O.C.	Grady	Episode: "The L.A."
2005, 2008	Numb3rs	Marshall Penfield	2 episodes
2008	Mad Men	Father John Gill	3 episodes
2010	The Good Guys	Jack Bailey	20 episodes
2011	Dexter	Travis Marshall	12 episodes
	Robot Chicken	Sam Witwicky / Vanity Smurf	Voice, episode: "Terms of Endaredevil"
2012	Happy Endings	Himself	Episode: "Cocktails & Dreams"
2012, 2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself / Movie Cop	2 episodes
2013	Burning Love	Allison	8 episodes
	NCIS	Richard Parsons	3 episodes
	Key & Peele	Director	Episode: "The Power of Wings"
	Ghost Ghirls	Tom Wellington / Bloody Bat	Episode: "Field of Screams"
2014	Bad Teacher	Coach Donnie	3 episodes
2014–2015	Fargo	Officer Gus Grimly	Main cast (season 1); guest (season 2)
2014–2021	Talking Tom & Friends	Talking Tom, Gardener, Wesley	Voice, main role
2015	30 for 30 Shorts	Director	Short film: The Anti-Mascot
	Mom	Andy Dreeson	Episode: "Godzilla and a Sprig of Mint"
	What Lives Inside	Taylor Delaney	4 episodes
2015–2019	Drunk History	Various	6 episodes
	Life in Pieces	Greg Short	Main cast
2017	30 for 30 Shorts	Director	Short film; The Amazing Adventures of Wally and The Worm
2018	Sugar Rush	Himself / Guest Judge	Episode: "Sweet Geeks"<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2019	The Final Table	Himself / Guest Judge	Episode: "USA"
2019–2021	Big City Greens	Mark	Voice, 2 episodes
2020	American Dad!	Alien Captain / Successful Classmate	Voice, 2 episodes
2021	Impeachment: American Crime Story	Mike Emmick	7 episodes
2022	The Offer	Barry Lapidus	Miniseries
	A Friend of the Family	Bob Broberg

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2005	King Kong	Preston

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2002	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Breakthrough Performance	Orange County	Template:Nom
2005	Spike Video Game Awards	Best Cast	Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie	Template:Won
2005	San Diego Film Festival<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Soaring Star Award	Body of Work	Template:Won
2011	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Dexter	Template:Nom
2014	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Fargo	Template:Nom
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Template:Nom
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie		Template:Nom
2016	Satellite Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Life in Pieces	Template:Nom

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