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).
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2005 • TV
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2025 • Movie
as Dr. Gustave Gilbert
as Sheriff Abel
as Preston
as Alex
as Adult Orion (voice)
as Alex Vreeke (uncredited)
as Jake
as Male Page
as Heavy Metal Greg
as Shaun Brumder
as Dr. Malcom Perry
as Oliver
as Quentin
as Mark
as Griffin Dowd
as Cosmo
as Megasis / Captain Canine (voice)
as Ben Keller
as Speechwriter #1
as Rob
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as Richard Parsons
3 episodes
as Travis Marshall
12 episodes
as Deputy Gus Grimly
11 episodes
as Successful Classmate (voice)
1 episodes
as Alien Captain (voice)
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
3 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Father John Gill
3 episodes
as Andy
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Son
1 episodes
as Grady Bridges
1 episodes
as Lt. Henry Jones
1 episodes
as Marshall Penfield
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
3 episodes
as Mike Emmick
7 episodes
