Colin Hanks

Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, ) is an American actor.
Biography
Personal life
Hanks was born Colin Lewes Dillingham in Sacramento, California, the eldest son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late producer and actress Samantha Lewes (née Susan Jane Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, . He has a sister, Elizabeth (born 1982) and two half-brothers, Chester (born 1990) and Truman (born 1995) from his father's second marriage to actress Rita Wilson. Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, Loyola Marymount University and Chapman University. Hanks dated Rachael Leigh Cook & Elizabeth Philipps between 1998 & 2005.
Career
Hanks's best known film role may be in the successful teen movie Orange County (2002), with Jack Black and John Lithgow . His best known television role was as a main character (Alex Whitman) and love interest of Katherine Heigl in the science fiction television series Roswell  between 1999 and 2001. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The OC. He has appeared in the HBO series Band of Brothers. He most recently starred in the romantic comedy The House Bunny with Anna Faris. He played the role of Oliver, a charming manager of a nursing home, and the love interest of Shelly Darlington (Anna Faris).

Hanks had a large supporting role in the 2005 remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to film director Carl Denham (played by his Orange County co-star Jack Black). In 2006, Hanks further solidified his association with Black in Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny, in which he had a cameo as a drunken fraternity brother. Hanks is currently playing Father Gill in the popular AMC show Mad Men.
Filmography


 Year
 Title
 Role
 Notes 

 
  That Thing You Do!
  male page
  

 1999-2001
  Roswell 
  Alexander Charles "Alex" Whitman
  TV 

 
  Whatever It Takes
  Cosmo
  

 
  Get Over It 
  Felix Woods
  

 Band of Brothers 
  Lieutenant Henry Jones
  miniseries 

 
  Orange County
  Shaun Brumder
  


 

  Mark
  

 
  King Kong
  Preston
  

 Rx
  Jonny
  

 
  Alone With Her
  Doug
  

 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
  drunken fraternity brother
   

 
  Careless
  Wiley Roth
  

 
 Untraceable
  Griffin Dowd
  

 My Mom's New Boyfriend
  Henry Durand
   

 The Great Buck Howard
  Troy Gabel
   

 The House Bunny
  Oliver
   

 Barry Munday
  Heavy Metal Greg
  


References
External links
  Colin Hanks at the Internet Movie Database
 Fansite devoted to Colin Hanks
 "Son of Hanks" interview, 12/23/05, Yahoo! Movies
 interview, 1/11/02, IGN