Colin Hanks profile
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Colin Hanks

24th November 1977 Sacramento, California, USA Acting

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).

41 Movies 45 TV Shows 88 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Nuremberg poster
Nuremberg 6th November 2025 as Dr. Gustave Gilbert
Parkland poster
Parkland 2nd October 2013 as Dr. Malcom Perry
Lucky poster
Lucky 15th July 2011 as Ben Keller
W. poster
W. 17th October 2008 as Speechwriter #1
Rx poster
Rx 21st April 2005 as Jonny
11:14 poster
11:14 20th August 2004 as Mark
Fargo poster
Fargo 15th April 2014 as Deputy Gus Grimly
Mom poster
Mom 23rd September 2013 as Andy
Mad Men poster
Mad Men 19th July 2007 as Father John Gill
Dexter poster
Dexter 1st October 2006 as Travis Marshall
Numb3rs poster
Numb3rs 23rd January 2005 as Marshall Penfield
NCIS poster
NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Richard Parsons
Roswell poster
Roswell 6th October 1999 as Alex Whitman