Colin Hanks

Acting

1977-11-24 · Sacramento, California, USA

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).

Filmography

Theaters

Lucky Strike

2026 · Movie

Nuremberg

2025 · Movie

John Candy: I Like Me

2025 · Movie

Nobody 2

2025 · Movie

And Mrs.

2024 · Movie

Orion and the Dark

2024 · Movie

Thriller 40

2023 · Movie

Silo

2023 · Series

Say Hey, Willie Mays!

2022 · Movie

A Friend of the Family

2022 · Series

The Offer

2022 · Series

How It Ends

2021 · Movie

Jumanji: The Next Level

2019 · Movie

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Series

The Final Table

2018 · Series

Sugar Rush

2018 · Series

Big City Greens

2018 · Series

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

2017 · Movie

Band Aid

2017 · Movie

The Amazing Adventures of Wally and the Worm

2017 · Movie

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)

2017 · Movie

Star Plates

2016 · Series

Elvis & Nixon

2016 · Movie

American Crime Story

2016 · Series

Talking Tom and Friends Minis

2015 · Series

All Things Must Pass

2015 · Movie

Life in Pieces

2015 · Series

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

Vacation

2015 · Movie

The Anti-Mascot

2015 · Movie

In Deep Water

2015 · Movie

No Stranger Than Love

2015 · Movie

What Lives Inside

2015 · Series

The Queen of Code

2015 · Movie

Talking Tom and Friends

2014 · Series

2014 San Francisco Giants: The Official World Series Film

2014 · Movie

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 · Series

Bad Teacher

2014 · Series

Fargo

2014 · Series

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014 · Series

Parkland

2013 · Movie

Mom

2013 · Series

Super Buddies

2013 · Movie

Drunk History

2013 · Series

The Guilt Trip

2012 · Movie

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012 · Series

Key & Peele

2012 · Series

Lucky

2011 · Movie

Happy Endings

2011 · Series

High School

2010 · Movie

The Good Guys

2010 · Series

Barry Munday

2010 · Movie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Series

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009 · Series

2008 · Movie

The House Bunny

2008 · Movie

My Mom's New Boyfriend

2008 · Movie

Untraceable

2008 · Movie

The Great Buck Howard

2008 · Movie

Mad Men

2007 · Series

Careless

2007 · Movie

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006 · Movie

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

2006 · Movie

The Eighth Blunder of the World

2006 · Movie

Dexter

2006 · Series

Alone With Her

2006 · Movie

King Kong

2005 · Movie

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005 · Movie

American Dad!

2005 · Series

Numb3rs

2005 · Series

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · Series

Standing Still

2005 · Movie

The Present

2004 · Movie

11:14

2004 · Movie

NCIS

2003 · Series

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003 · Series

The O.C.

2003 · Series

Orange County

2002 · Movie

Band of Brothers

2001 · Series

Get Over It

2001 · Movie

North Hollywood

2001 · Movie

Whatever It Takes

2000 · Movie

Roswell

1999 · Series

That Thing You Do!

1996 · Movie

The Daily Show

1996 · Series

Apollo 13

1995 · Movie

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Series

Shattered

1992 · Movie

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992 · Series

Forever Young

1991 · Movie

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Series

People's Choice Awards

1975 · Series

Clear Lake

Movie