- Born
- Birth nameColin Lewes Dillingham
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California, to actors Samantha Lewes and Tom Hanks. Colin is best-known for his work as "Jack Bailey" in the series, The Good Guys (2010) and as "Alex Whitman" in Roswell (1999). Hanks' best-known film role may be in the teen movie, Orange County (2002), with Jack Black and John Lithgow. His best-known television role was "Alex Whitman", the love interest of Katherine Heigl in the science fiction series, Roswell (1999) between 1999 and 2001. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The O.C. (2003). He appeared in part eight of the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers (2001).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseSamantha Bryant(May 8, 2010 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenOlivia Jane HanksCharlotte Bryant Hanks
- Parents
- RelativesChet Hanks(Half Sibling)Elizabeth Hanks(Sibling)Jim Hanks(Aunt or Uncle)Truman Hanks(Half Sibling)Carly Reeves(Cousin)
- Son of Tom Hanks and Samantha Lewes
- Real-life father Tom Hanks also played his father in The Great Buck Howard (2008).
- His last name at birth was Dillingham, his mother's name, but he changed it to Hanks after his parents married.
- His mother, Samantha Lewes, died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002.
- Stated on The Howard Stern Radio Show (1998) that he thinks the funniest movie his father had ever done was Bachelor Party (1984). He also stated that his father wouldn't agree with that choice.
- I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.
- Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.
- Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who shared a common love of music, literature and all things cultural.
- No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here.
- I'm the quiet bass player.
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