22 Facts About Colin Hanks

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Colin Lewes Hanks was born on November 24,1977 and is an American actor.

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Colin Hanks has starred in films including Orange County, King Kong, The House Bunny, The Great Buck Howard, and the Jumanji film series.

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Colin Hanks has a sister, Elizabeth, and through his father's marriage to his stepmother, actress Rita Wilson, he has two younger half-brothers, Chester "Chet" and Truman.

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Colin Hanks attended Sacramento Country Day School, and then Chapman University, before transferring to Loyola Marymount University.

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In 1999, Colin Hanks won the role of Alex Whitmann in the science-fiction series Roswell, where he appeared for the first two seasons.

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Colin Hanks appeared in part eight of HBO mini-series Band of Brothers as Lt.

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The comedy features Colin Hanks' character trying to get into Stanford University after his guidance counselor mistakenly sends out the wrong transcript.

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In 2006, Colin Hanks had a cameo role in Black's Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, playing a drunken fraternity brother.

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Colin Hanks starred in the romantic comedy The House Bunny in 2008, playing Oliver, a charming manager of a nursing home and the love interest of Anna Faris' character.

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In 2008, Colin Hanks began work as director on All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, a documentary about Tower Records which ultimately premiered on March 17,2015, at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

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In 2009, Colin Hanks appeared in The Great Buck Howard, which was produced by his father and starred John Malkovich.

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Colin Hanks played Father Gill, a young Roman Catholic priest, in season 2 of the TV show Mad Men.

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Colin Hanks starred in the 2010 Fox TV series The Good Guys as young detective Jack Bailey, alongside Bradley Whitford who played an old-school detective.

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Colin Hanks joined the cast of Dexter for season six opposite Edward James Olmos, where he portrays an art historian Travis Marshall who is involved in a murderous apocalyptic cult.

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In 2018, Colin Hanks appears as the Adult Alex Vreeke in the film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a role he would later reprise in the film's 2019 sequel, Jumanji: The Next Level.

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In 2019, Colin Hanks portrays a young Mr Rogers on the Comedy Central show Drunk History.

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Colin Hanks dated Busy Philipps in the 1990s while in college.

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In June 2009, Colin Hanks became engaged to former New York publicist Samantha Bryant.

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Colin Hanks is a San Francisco Giants baseball fan and attended their World Series-clinching victory in Texas in November 2010.

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Colin Hanks directed a 30 for 30 short about their disastrous Crazy Crab stint in the 1980s.

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Colin Hanks is a fan of Liverpool FC, the San Francisco 49ers, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Kings.

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Colin Hanks was the official Kevin and Bean LA Kings playoff correspondent for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.