Colin Hanks

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1977-11-24

Place of Birth

Sacramento, California, USA

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
2025
Nobody 2 as Sheriff Abel
2024
And Mrs. as Nathan
2024
Orion and the Dark as Adult Orion (voice)
2022
A Friend of the Family as Bob Broberg
2022
The Offer as Barry Lapidus
2021
How It Ends as Charlie
2019
Jumanji: The Next Level as Alex
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018
The Final Table as Self
2018
Sugar Rush as Self - Judge
2018
Big City Greens as Mark (voice)
2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Alex Vreeke (uncredited)
2017
Band Aid as Uber Douche
2016
Star Plates
2016
Elvis & Nixon as Egil Krogh
2016
American Crime Story as Mike Emmick
2015
Talking Tom and Friends Minis as Tom
2015
Life in Pieces as Greg Short
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Vacation as Jake
2015
No Stranger Than Love as Clint Coburn
2015
What Lives Inside as Taylor Delaney
2014
Talking Tom and Friends as Tom (voice)
2014
2014 San Francisco Giants: The Official World Series Film as Himself (voice)
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Son
2014
Bad Teacher as Coach Donnie
2014
Fargo as Deputy Gus Grimly
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
Parkland as Dr. Malcom Perry
2013
Mom as Andy
2013
Super Buddies as Megasis / Captain Canine (voice)
2013
Drunk History as Gordon Cooper
2013
Drunk History as Ernest Thompson Seton
2013
Drunk History as Fred Rogers
2012
The Guilt Trip as Rob
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012
Key & Peele as Director
2011
Lucky as Ben Keller
2011
Happy Endings as Colin Hanks
2010
High School as Brandon Ellis
2010
The Good Guys as Jack Bailey
2010
Barry Munday as Heavy Metal Greg
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2008
W. as Speechwriter #1
2008
The House Bunny as Oliver
2008
My Mom's New Boyfriend as Agent Henry Durand
2008
Untraceable as Griffin Dowd
2008
The Great Buck Howard as Troy Gable
2007
Mad Men as Father John Gill
2007
Careless as Wiley Roth
2006
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Drunk Frat Dude
2006
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
2006
The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2006
Dexter as Travis Marshall
2006
Alone With Her as Doug
2005
King Kong as Preston
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Conspiracy Neil Armstrong
2005
Rx (Simple Lies) as Jonny
2005
American Dad! as Successful Classmate (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Alien Captain (voice)
2005
Numb3rs as Marshall Penfield
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2005
Standing Still as Quentin
2004
The Present as Self
2003
NCIS as Richard Parsons
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
11:14 as Mark
2003
The O.C. as Grady Bridges
2002
Orange County as Shaun Brumder
2001
Band of Brothers as Lt. Henry Jones
2001
Get Over It as Felix Woods
2001
North Hollywood as Colin Hanks
2000
Whatever It Takes as Cosmo
1999
Roswell as Alex Whitman
1996
That Thing You Do! as Male Page
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1991
Forever Young as Jay
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
Lucky Strike
Clear Lake as Norman Petty