
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).

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Silo
2023

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

NCIS
2003

The Daily Show
1996

American Dad!
2005

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

Dexter
2006

Lucky Strike
2026

Mad Men
2007

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

Fargo
2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The O.C.
2003

Mom
2013

Numb3rs
2005

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Big City Greens
2018

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

Band of Brothers
2001

Jumanji: The Next Level
2019

American Crime Story
2016

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014

Key & Peele
2012

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009

People's Choice Awards
1975

Nuremberg
2025

Roswell
1999

Talking Tom and Friends
2014

King Kong
2005

Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012

Nobody 2
2025