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  Colin Hanks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American actor.
Hanks had a big supporting role in the 2005 remake of King Kong, playing the assistant to Jack Black's character, a determined film director; Hanks and Black previously played siblings in Orange County.
In 2006 Hanks further solidified his association with Black in Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny although he played only a cameo as a drunk frat guy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colin_Hanks   (245 words)

  
 Antarians.com: Actors > Interviews > Colin Hanks
Colin Hanks: I play Shaun Brumder, who is a reformed surfer dude who, after his friend drowns surfing, ponders his life a little bit.
Colin Hanks: It's almost like I wasn't working with them, because they were the big bosses that were in a completely different country calling all the shots.
Colin Hanks: No. I really wasn't sure where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do; I just wanted to have a good time and learn not only about stuff that I not only didn't know about, but also about myself.
www.antarians.com /actors/interviews/colin7.html   (1679 words)

  
 Colin Hanks Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colin Hanks makes his professional acting debut with "Roswell".
In one eventful weekend, Hanks landed the role in "I'll Be You" on Friday and started work on the film the next morning- the same day he received a call from executive producer Jason Katims, announcing that "Roswell" had been picked up by the WB.
Hanks is 21 and currently lives in Los Angeles.
www.angelfire.com /tv/ColinHanksOnline/Bio.html   (72 words)

  
 Roswell: Crashdown (Cast)
Colin Hanks makes his professional acting debut with "Roswell," although he appeared in "That Thing You Do," a film directed by his father, Academy-Award-winning actor Tom Hanks.
In one eventful weekend, Colin landed the role in "I'll Be You" on Friday and started work on the film the next morning -- the same day he received a call from executive producer Jason Katims, announcing that "Roswell" had been picked up by the WB and he had the role of Alex Whitman.
Colin is also at work on the movie "Orange County" about a guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin) who mistakenly sends out the wrong transcripts to Stanford University under the name of an over-achieving high schooler (Colin).
www.crashdown.com /cast/colin.shtml   (680 words)

  
 ROSWELL CAST NEWS - COLIN HANKS
Colin Hanks is to make his West End debut next month when he joins the cast of This Is Our Youth.
HANKS HEADS TO - According to the Hollywood Reporter, Colin Hanks is set to headline Paramount Pictures' new comedy Orange County for MTV Films.
Hanks will next star in the HBO drama A Band of Brothers which is being helmed by his father Tom Hanks and Miramax's romantic comedy Get Over It opposite Kirsten Dunst and Ben Foster.
litefoot1969.bravepages.com /roswell/news/cast_colin.htm   (1554 words)

  
 Colin Hanks - Roswell's Alex Whitman
Colin Hanks makes his television debut playing "Alex Whitman" on the WB network's new series Roswell, and yes, he is Tom Hanks' son.
Hanks grew up in Sacramento and began acting as a student at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, CA.
His professional career started on one tumultuous weekend when he landed his first major film role -- in Cyrano update "I'll Be You" -- on Friday, started work on the film the next morning, and learned that Roswell had been picked up by the WB on Saturday evening.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/colin_hanks_991005.html   (120 words)

  
 'Buck' Finds Bucks For Hanks and Hanks - Bristol Bay will finance an upcoming comedy pairing Colin Hanks with father ...
Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks are set to team up on the magician comedy "The Great Buck Howard," now set to be financed by Bristol Bay Prods.
Tom Hanks, in a supporting role, will play the disapproving father of the character played by his real-life son.
Colin Hanks was most recently seen in a supporting role in "King Kong." Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks hasn't appeared on the big screen since his animated appearance "The Polar Express," though he's about to hit theaters in a little more called "The Da Vinci Code."
www.zap2it.com /movies/news/zap-tomandcolinhanksgreatbuckhoward,0,7831638.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines   (286 words)

  
 Colin Hanks
The son of two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, Colin was born in Sacramento, California.
In 1999, Hanks found work outside of his father's shadow, and was cast in a starring role on the sci-fi television series, Roswell, playing Alex Whitman.
Colin went on to star in the comedy Orange County (2002) and Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005).
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=5866   (286 words)

  
 Colin Hanks and Schyler Fisk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hanks had a little inside track because he worked with director Jake Kasdan, son of Lawrence (The Big Chill), on the TV show Freaks and Geeks.
Ironically, Hanks and Fisk are both attractive young people, and the children of attractive parents who became known for their acting skills.
Hanks, obviously well-grounded in the acting arts by his Oscar-winning father, says the reason he liked Orange County was that it wasn’t trying to jump on the teen bandwagon with silliness and freakishly good-looking people, and that it had something important to say.
www.citylinkmagazine.com /lester/010902lester3.html   (1035 words)

  
 The Colin Hanks Picture Pages
American actor Colin Hanks is known by many as the eldest son of internationally famous film star Tom Hanks.
Colin’s admirers should not miss his impressive performance in the forthcoming projects such as Tenacious D in ‘The Pick of Destiny’ (2006), The Great Buck Howard (2007), Careless (2007), George Gallo’s Homeland Security (2007) and Barry Munday (2007).
Colin Lewes Dillingham was born on November 24, 1977, in Sacramento, California to Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late actress-producer Samantha Lewes (real name: Susan Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002.
www.superiorpics.com /colin_hanks   (853 words)

  
 :: tom hanks land ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colin grew up living in Sacramento with his mother, Samantha Lewes.
Colin dabbled in theater for a few years while attending school at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, doing such plays as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Colin received his big break in one huge weekend.
www.tomhanksland.com /colin.html   (454 words)

  
 Colin Hanks {dot} com - A fansite dedicated to the actor Colin Hanks
The movie, starring Colin Hanks and Ana Claudia Talancón, is about an a young man with a secret obsession for a beautiful woman.
Colin plays a young FBI agent who is assigned to follow Banderas, who is planning his next major heist.
Hanks (star of "Orange County" and son of Tom Hanks), plays a young FBI agent who is assigned to follow Banderas, who is planning his next major heist.
www.colin-hanks.com /news.php   (1075 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Colin Hanks follows his dad's lead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colin Hanks stars as a college-bound, aspiring writer in the film Orange County.
Let's get it out of the way: Colin Hanks is the son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks.
Colin briefly attended college at Chapman University in the real Orange County and later Loyola Marymount University but never graduated.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/2002/2002-01-10-colin-hanks.htm   (455 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Hanks, Colin: Happy to be Hanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The younger Hanks is also an actor, who is set to appear in the teen comedy Orange County, his fourth feature film and first leading role, which opens Friday.
Colin's mother is Samantha Lewes, Tom Hanks' first wife (they divorced in 1985 and Hanks later married actress Rita Wilson).
Hanks' credits include his debut in his father's 1996 feature, That Thing You Do!, which was filmed at Chapman University in Orange County, Calif., where Colin was enrolled at the time.
jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/H/Hanks_Colin/2002/01/09/758924.html   (677 words)

  
 Colin Hanks Photos - Colin Hanks News - Colin Hanks Information
Colin is the son of A-list actor Tom Hanks and Samantha Lewes (who passed away from cancer).
Colin attended Chapman University in Orange County, where his father filmed "That Thing you Do." He and his friends were used as extras.
Roswell is about teenage alien/human hybrids living in Roswell, New Mexico who attempted to survive as humans and hide their alien sides, while trying to learn more about their alien powers, as...
www.tv.com /colin-hanks/person/1766/summary.html   (280 words)

  
 RedOrbit - Technology - On TV: Colin Hanks Guest Stars on Calculating 'Numb3rs': Sexist Son- in-Law Gets on Fighting ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Melinda agrees to help a dead man save the life of his former fiance by connecting her with the man who received the dead man heart on a rebroadcast episode of "Ghost Whisperer," airing at 7 p.m.
Colin Hanks, son of much-beloved actor Tom Hanks, guest-stars on "Numb3rs," 9 p.m.
Although he does an amazing job as a man who ends up alone on an island with a basketball as his only companion and loses the weight to prove it, it takes real fortitude (on the part of the viewer) to survive three hours of this film.
www.redorbit.com /news/technology/398369/on_tv_colin_hanks_guest_stars_on_calculating_numb3rs_sexist/index.html?source=r_technology   (841 words)

  
 TeenHollywood.com - Colin Hanks and Kieran Culkin set for London Debut - Colin Hanks, Kieran Culkin
Hanks and Culkin are set to tread the boards of London's West End, but it's not Oscar winner Tom or former child star Macaulay, but their less well known relatives.
The pressure is on for Colin too as his father Tom is set to be in the audience to witness his son's debut performance next Wednesday, November 20th.
Hanks plays the role of Dennis, a teenage drug dealer, which has previously been played by Good Will Hunting star Matt Damon and Star Wars Episode Two star Hayden Christensen.
www.teenhollywood.com /d.asp?r=23372&cat=1027&testcookie=1   (336 words)

  
 IGN: Interview with Colin Hanks
Hanks got his foot in the door via the WB teen drama Roswell, where he was something of a teen heartthrob to the loyal viewers.
And as is often the case in Hollywood, the twentysomething Hanks found himself portraying a high school student.
Colin Hanks and Jack Black star in a coming-of-age tale pitting a wannabe writer against his family, friends, gigantic bureaucracy, and Crazytown's "Butterfly."
movies.ign.com /articles/317/317387p1.html?submit.x=48&submit.y=11   (1995 words)

  
 Kong is King.net | King Kong Cast | Colin Hanks as Preston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Mini biography: Colin Hanks, the son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, plays the sidekick of two aliens in the WB's, sci-fi television series Roswell.
At age 22, Hanks has also landed roles in the teen comedy Whatever it Takes as well as That Thing You Do, which was his dad's directorial debut.
At one time, the younger Hanks was rumored to land a starring role in the next Star Wars feature.
www.kongisking.net /kong2005/cast/chanks.html   (210 words)

  
 Miles To Go ---- The Colin Hanks Fanlisting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The series is based on the true story of a group of WWII soldiers; Colin portrays Lieutenant Jones, a young West Point graduate in episode 8.
Miles to Go is the only fanlisting approved by The Fanlistings Network for Colin Hanks.
This site is unapproved by anyone in affiliation with Colin Hanks, and does not represent itself as anything other than a fanlisting.
www.creative-escape.org /chanks/index.php?extras   (400 words)

  
 Colin Hanks in Jackson's "King Kong" - Movie News - Empire Movies
Colin Hanks and Kyle Chandler ("Early Edition") have been tapped to join Peter Jackson's "King Kong" remake.
Hanks is on board to play a production assistant to filmmaker Carl Denham (Black) with Chandler in negotiations to play a 1930s B-movie actor opposite Watts' character, Ann Darrow.
Hanks starred with Black in the 2002 comedy feature "Orange County".
www.empiremovies.com /index.php?id=154   (285 words)

  
 Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks - Wal-Mart
His son Colin's star, however, is just beginning its ascent in Hollywood.
This book chronicles the rise to fame and acclaim of both father and son, while focusing on the parental support of Tom Hanks for his son's acting career.
Supplemented by great color photos and fascinating fact boxes, the book describes Colin's belief that being the son of a famous actor can be both good and bad, but he's determined to achieve success on his own merits.
www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=3617620   (598 words)

  
 Zap2it - TV news - Colin Hanks Makes Time for ABC Pilot
Hanks has signed on to an untitled show from "Just Shoot Me" alum Marsh McCall and columnist Joel Stein, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It will be the first sitcom work for Hanks, whose father, Tom, starred in "Bosom Buddies" on ABC in the early 1980s.
Colin Hanks' credits include the feature films "Orange County" and "Get Over It" and the WB/UPN series "Roswell"; he'll also guest-star on "The O.C." later this season.
tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|86532|1|,00.html   (325 words)

  
 Biography for Colin Hanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The TV series 'The O.C' was originally to be called 'Orange County' but the title was changed due to the film of the same name.
Hanks has appeared in both the film and the series.
His last name at birth was Dillingham, his mother's name, but he changed it to Hanks after his parents married.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0004988/bio   (295 words)

  
 Colin Hanks biografía, filmografía
Hanks ha sido visto recientemente en Orange County, con Catherine O’Hara, Harold Ramis y Lily Tomlin.
La película cuenta con Hanks en el papel de un estudiante superdotado cuyas aspiraciones de ir a Stanton se tambalean cuando un profesor confunde su ficha con la de un alumno de poco rendimiento.
Hanks formó parte a su vez del reparto de la comedia de Miramax Así es el Amor, con Kirsten Dunst y Ben Foster, y en la miniserie de 10 episodios producida por Steven Spielberg Hermanos de Sangre (HBO).
www.lahiguera.net /cinemania/actores/colin_hanks/biografia.php   (227 words)

  
 Fametracker :: 2 Stars 1 Slot :: Battle of the Nerdy Spawn of Tom Hanks :: Adam Brody vs. Colin Hanks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Wednesday the 6th of December - Jenny McCarthy says that she and Jim Carrey are lukewarm on the idea of marrying each other; mulch rose crowns with salt hay.
Colin's foray into teen flicks left much, nay everything, to be desired.
By the time Hanks was the straight man to Jack Black's gratingly overexposed Jack-Black-playing-Jack-Black character in Orange County, we'd stopped caring.
www.fametracker.com /2_stars_1_slot/brody_hanks.php   (884 words)

  
 Colin Hanks
He is dating Busy Phillips- to my current knowledge, that is. They met in college but in this biography section that I always check up on has erased her name from his list so they MAY have broke up- crossing my fingers!
Why do I love Colin- ok, ok- so I saw him on TRL and he was hot...
As much as I envy her, it is a great picture- Colin as Alex Whitman in Roswell- too bad he died!
www.angelfire.com /rant/valleyblues/ColinHanks.htm   (265 words)

  
 Colin Hanks News
King Kong co-star and Tom Hanks spawn Colin Hanks and Hellboy heartthrob Selma Blair have landed roles opposite Antonio Banderas and Meg Ryan in the upcoming romantic comedy Homeland Security.
Kevin Kline has had to back out of his appearance in the new Tom and Colin Hanks film "The Great Buck Howard," a SF drama about a father's disappointment over his son's choice of magician mentor.
Available titles with high buzz factor "Alone With Her" Colin Hanks stars in this thriller about a man who stalks a young woman by planting surveillance cameras around her apartment.
www.topix.net /who/colin-hanks   (651 words)

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