
Colin Hanks
Biography
Colin Lewes Hanks 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 a recurring role as Travis Marshall on the 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).
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Acting History
2025
Nuremberg as Dr. Gustave Gilbert
2025Nobody 2 as Sheriff Abel
2024And Mrs. as Nathan
2024Orion and the Dark as Adult Orion (voice)
2022A Friend of the Family as Bob Broberg
2022The Offer as Barry Lapidus
2021How It Ends as Charlie
2019Jumanji: The Next Level as Alex
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018The Final Table as Self
2018Sugar Rush as Self - Judge
2018Big City Greens as Mark (voice)
2017Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Alex Vreeke (uncredited)
2017Band Aid as Uber Douche
2016Star Plates
2016Elvis & Nixon as Egil Krogh
2016American Crime Story as Mike Emmick
2015Talking Tom and Friends Minis as Tom
2015Life in Pieces as Greg Short
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Vacation as Jake
2015No Stranger Than Love as Clint Coburn
2015What Lives Inside as Taylor Delaney
2014Talking Tom and Friends as Tom (voice)
20142014 San Francisco Giants: The Official World Series Film as Himself (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Son
2014Bad Teacher as Coach Donnie
2014Fargo as Deputy Gus Grimly
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013Parkland as Dr. Malcom Perry
2013Mom as Andy
2013Super Buddies as Megasis / Captain Canine (voice)
2013Drunk History as Gordon Cooper
2013Drunk History as Ernest Thompson Seton
2013Drunk History as Fred Rogers
2012The Guilt Trip as Rob
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012Key & Peele as Director
2011Lucky as Ben Keller
2011Happy Endings as Colin Hanks
2010High School as Brandon Ellis
2010The Good Guys as Jack Bailey
2010Barry Munday as Heavy Metal Greg
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2008W. as Speechwriter #1
2008The House Bunny as Oliver
2008My Mom's New Boyfriend as Agent Henry Durand
2008Untraceable as Griffin Dowd
2008The Great Buck Howard as Troy Gable
2007Mad Men as Father John Gill
2007Careless as Wiley Roth
2006Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Drunk Frat Dude
2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
2006The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2006Dexter as Travis Marshall
2006Alone With Her as Doug
2005King Kong as Preston
2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Conspiracy Neil Armstrong
2005Rx (Simple Lies) as Jonny
2005American Dad! as Successful Classmate (voice)
2005American Dad! as Alien Captain (voice)
2005Numb3rs as Marshall Penfield
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2005Standing Still as Quentin
2004The Present as Self
2003NCIS as Richard Parsons
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
200311:14 as Mark
2003The O.C. as Grady Bridges
2002Orange County as Shaun Brumder
2001Band of Brothers as Lt. Henry Jones
2001Get Over It as Felix Woods
2001North Hollywood as Colin Hanks
2000Whatever It Takes as Cosmo
1999Roswell as Alex Whitman
1996That Thing You Do! as Male Page
1996The Daily Show as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1991Forever Young as Jay
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
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—Clear Lake as Norman Petty








