Colin Hanks
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
Credits
- 2025 · Nobody 2 as 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
- 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 as
- 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
- 2013 · Drunk History as Charles Dickens
- 2012 · The Guilt Trip as Rob
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Director
- 2011 · Lucky as Ben
- 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 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
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2005 · Standing Still as Quentin
- 2004 · The Present as Self
- 2003 · NCIS as Inspector 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 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
- Future · Nuremberg as Dr. Gustav Gilbert
- Future · Clear Lake as Norman Petty