Colin Hanks
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).
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
94
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-11-24 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Sacramento, California, USA
Acting

2025

Nobody 2 as Abel

2024

Orion and the Dark as Adult Orion (voice)

2024

And Mrs as Nathan

2022

The Offer as Barry Lapidus

2022

A Friend of the Family as Bob Broberg

2021

How It Ends as Charlie

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Not available

2018

Big City Greens as Mark (voice)

2018

The Final Table as Self

2018

Sugar Rush as Self - Judge

2017

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle as Alex Vreeke (uncredited)

2017

Band Aid as Uber Douche

2016

American Crime Story as Mike Emmick

2016

Star Plates as Not available

2016

Elvis & Nixon as Egil Krogh

2015

Life in Pieces as Greg Short

2015

Vacation as Jake

2015

What Lives Inside as Taylor Delaney

2015

No Stranger Than Love as Clint Coburn

2014

Fargo as Deputy Gus Grimly

2014

Talking Tom and Friends as Tom (voice)

2014

Bad Teacher as Coach Donnie

2013

Mom as Andy

2013

Drunk History as Gordon Cooper

2013

Drunk History as Ernest Thompson Seton

2013

Drunk History as Fred Rogers

2013

Drunk History as Charles Dickens

2013

Super Buddies as Megasis / Captain Canine (voice)

2013

Parkland as Dr. Malcom Perry

2012

Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self

2012

Key & Peele as Director

2012

The Guilt Trip as Rob

2011

Happy Endings as Colin Hanks

2011

Lucky as Ben

2010

The Good Guys as Jack Bailey

2010

High School as Brandon Ellis

2010

Barry Munday as Heavy Metal Greg

2009

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest

2008

The House Bunny as Oliver

2008

W. as Speechwriter #1

2008

Untraceable as Griffin Dowd

2008

My Mom's New Boyfriend as Henry Durand

2008

The Great Buck Howard as Troy Gable

2007

Mad Men as Father John Gill

2007

Careless as Wiley Roth

2006

Dexter as Travis Marshall

2006

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Drunk Frat Dude

2006

Alone With Her as Doug

2005

American Dad! as Successful Classmate (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Alien Captain (voice)

2005

Numb3rs as Not available

2005

King Kong as Preston

2005

Standing Still as Quentin

2005

Rx (Simple Lies) as Jonny

2005

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Conspiracy Neil Armstrong

2004

The Present as Self

2003

NCIS as Inspector Parsons

2003

The O.C. as Grady Bridges

2003

11:14 as Mark

2002

Orange County as Shaun Brumder

2001

Band of Brothers as 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

The Daily Show as Self

1996

That Thing You Do! as Male Page

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

NaN

Nuremberg as Dr. Gustav Gilbert

NaN

Clear Lake as Norman Petty
Crew

2023

Thriller 40 Producer

2022

Say Hey, Willie Mays! Producer

2015

All Things Must Pass Director

2015

The Anti-Mascot Director

2015

The Queen of Code Executive Producer

2015

In Deep Water Executive Producer

2005

Rx (Simple Lies) Producer

1995

Apollo 13 Set Production Assistant