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).
85 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 85
NCIS
2003
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Dexter
2006
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Fargo
2014
Mad Men
2007
Mom
2013
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Numb3rs
2005
The O.C.
2003
Band of Brothers
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
American Crime Story
2016
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Key & Peele
2012
Big City Greens
2018
Roswell
1999
Drunk History
2013
Life in Pieces
2015
People's Choice Awards
1975
Nuremberg
2025
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Happy Endings
2011
Nobody 2
2025
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
King Kong
2005
Talking Tom and Friends
2014
The Offer
2022
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
The Good Guys
2010
Bad Teacher
2014
Parkland
2013
Vacation
2015
A Friend of the Family
2022
The House Bunny
2008
Orion and the Dark
2024
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
Sugar Rush
2018
Untraceable
2008
Whatever It Takes
2000
The Final Table
2018
That Thing You Do!
1996
W.
2008
The Guilt Trip
2012
11:14
2004
The Great Buck Howard
2008
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
Super Buddies
2013
What Lives Inside
2015
Lucky Strike
2026
Get Over It
2001
Orange County
2002
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
Star Plates
2016
High School
2010
Talking Tom and Friends Minis
2015
How It Ends
2021
Elvis & Nixon
2016
Band Aid
2017
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
And Mrs.
2024
Standing Still
2005
Barry Munday
2010
Alone With Her
2006
Lucky
2011
No Stranger Than Love
2015
Careless
2007
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
North Hollywood
2001
Rx
2005
The Present
2004
Clear Lake
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Shattered
1992
Forever Young
1991
2014 San Francisco Giants: The Official World Series Film
2014
