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 ha...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Nuremberg
2025
as Dr. Gustav Gilbert
American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes, finds himself in a c...
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Director
The docu features candid stories and memories from Candy’s family, closest friends, and longtime collaborators, covering his on-and-off camera life.

Nobody 2
2025
as Abel
Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of eve...

And Mrs.
2024
as Nathan
When a reluctant bride-to-be's fiancé drops dead, she insists on going ahead with the wedding anyway – vowing to overcome public opinion, the law of t...

Orion and the Dark
2024
as Adult Orion (voice)
A boy with an active imagination faces his fears on an unforgettable journey through the night with his new friend: a giant, smiling creature named Da...

Thriller 40
2023
Producer
Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to t...

Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022
Producer
Follow Willie Mays’ life both on and off the field over five decades as he navigated the American sports landscape and the country’s ever-evolving cul...

How It Ends
2021
as Charlie
Liza scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won't be easy, as her car has been stolen, and the clock is ti...

Jumanji: The Next Level
2019
as Alex
As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown a...

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017
as Alex Vreeke (uncredited)
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately suck...

Band Aid
2017
as Uber Douche
A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

The Amazing Adventures of Wally and the Worm
2017
Director
Leading up to the 1996-97 playoffs, Chicago Bull's coach Phil Jackson sent an intern trainer Wally Blase to oversee the rehab assignment of superstar ...

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)
2017
Director
The November 13, 2015 terrorist attack in Paris claimed 130 lives around the city -- 89 of them at the Eagles of Death Metal’s Bataclan Theatre concer...

Elvis & Nixon
2016
as Egil Krogh
In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangero...

All Things Must Pass
2015
Director
The explosive trajectory and tragic demise of iconic music retailer Tower Records, and the legacy of its rebellious founder Russ Solomon. Two hundred ...

Vacation
2015
as Jake
Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their...

The Anti-Mascot
2015
Director
The San Francisco Giants' first mascot "Crazy Crab" rooted against the crowd, taunting players and fans to distract from the team's lackluster perform...

In Deep Water
2015
Executive Producer
The SS Central America, a steamer carrying a cache of gold, sank off the southeast coast of the United States in 1857. Part mystery, part adventure st...

No Stranger Than Love
2015
as Clint Coburn
What is stranger than the big hole that opens up in Lucy Sherrington's living room floor? As it turns out, love.

The Queen of Code
2015
Executive Producer
Grace Hopper dedicated her life to bringing computers to the masses, when most supposed the technology was only useful for scientists and the military...

2014 San Francisco Giants: The Official World Series Film
2014
as Himself (voice)
Recap of the seven game 2014 World Series featuring the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals narrated by Colin Hanks.

Parkland
2013
as Dr. Malcom Perry
November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This f...

Super Buddies
2013
as Megasis / Captain Canine (voice)
When the Buddies stumble upon the Five Power Rings of Inspiron, they all develop super powers, and are enlisted in Captain Canine's battle against the...

The Guilt Trip
2012
as Rob
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.

Lucky
2011
as Ben
A wannabe serial killer wins the lottery and pursues his lifelong crush.

High School
2010
as Brandon Ellis
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambi...

Barry Munday
2010
as Heavy Metal Greg
Barry Munday, a libido-driven wage slave who spends all his time either ogling, fantasizing about or trying to pick up women, wakes up in hospital aft...

W.
2008
as Speechwriter #1
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up...

The House Bunny
2008
as Oliver
Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girl...

My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008
as Agent Henry Durand
After several years away, FBI agent Henry Durand returns to find his mother, Marty, a much different person: Having long mourned for Henry's father, s...

Untraceable
2008
as Griffin Dowd
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particula...

The Great Buck Howard
2008
as Troy Gable
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician stru...

Careless
2007
as Wiley Roth
Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in conta...

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
as Drunk Frat Dude
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest...

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006
as Self
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense ...
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
as Self
Blooper reel for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005)

Alone With Her
2006
as Doug
The harrowing story of a disturbed young man's attempts to win the affections of an unsuspecting young woman. When Doug first sees Amy, he instantly f...

King Kong
2005
as Preston
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Conspiracy Neil Armstrong
Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this ...

Rx (Simple Lies)
2005
as Jonny
What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love a...

Rx (Simple Lies)
2005
Producer
What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love a...

Standing Still
2005
as Quentin
A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.

The Present
2004
as Self
A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birthday.

11:14
2003
as Mark
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of ...

Orange County
2002
as Shaun Brumder
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional famil...

Get Over It
2001
as Felix Woods
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the h...

North Hollywood
2001
as Colin Hanks
A group of struggling actors sharing a house in Hollywood together.

Whatever It Takes
2000
as Cosmo
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete C...

That Thing You Do!
1996
as Male Page
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

Apollo 13
1995
Set Production Assistant
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with th...
Clear Lake
N/A
as Norman Petty
The story of how Holly and other famous musicians of the late 1950s gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll while changing the trajectory of civil rights in Ameri...