
Colin Hanks
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Biography
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).
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Dad!

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

NCIS

American Crime Story

Key & Peele

Drunk History

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Happy Endings

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mom

Mad Men

Bad Teacher

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Band of Brothers

The O.C.

The Final Table

Big City Greens

Sugar Rush

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Vacation

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Super Buddies

Dexter

Jumanji: The Next Level

Parkland

Standing Still

Fargo

Nobody 2

Roswell

Get Over It

Life in Pieces

King Kong

The Offer

Orion and the Dark

The Guilt Trip

Untraceable

The House Bunny

A Friend of the Family

Talking Tom and Friends

Orange County

What Lives Inside

Talking Tom and Friends Minis
Production Credits
Originals for Peacock TV
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