Colin Hanks

Birthday: 24 November 1977, Sacramento, California, USA

Birth Name: Colin Lewes Dillingham

Height: 187 cm

Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California, to actors Samantha Lewes and Tom Hanks. Colin is best-known for his work as "Jack Bailey" in the series, The Good Guys (2010) and as "Alex Whitman" in Roswell (1999). Hanks' best-known film role may be in the teen movie, Orange County (2002), with Jack Black and John Lithgow. His best-known television role was "Alex Whitman", the love interest of Katherine Heigl in the science fiction series, Roswell (1999) between 1999 and 2001. Hanks also made an appearance in an episode of The O.C. (2003). He appeared in part eight of the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers (2001). Show less «

Everyone in my industry, the movie industry, is looking at the music industry and going, 'How do we ...Show more »

Everyone in my industry, the movie industry, is looking at the music industry and going, 'How do we avoid that collapse?' And I don't know if you can, to be quite honest! Show less «

I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... T...Show more »

I've been able to find just as much interesting, exciting music through the Internet and iTunes... The personal interaction is not the same, and I'm not walking out of a store with a physical thing, so there's definitely an element that is lost, for sure. Show less «

'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexter.' I think more tha...Show more »

'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexter.' I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn't mean that they are a harmless little bunny. Show less «

I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bas...Show more »

I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye. Show less «

I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some...Show more »

I'm really fascinated with anything that takes place between the 1920s up through the 1960s. In some ways it feels familiar, and in other ways it feels like it's from another planet. Show less «

No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down l...Show more »

No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks down like high school does. You have your social cliques, you have the people you get along with, the people you don't and the people you're ambivalent about. All of the dynamics are still here. Show less «

Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who s...Show more »

Tower Records was a place to meet your friends, your co-workers or a place to meet new friends who shared a common love of music, literature and all things cultural. Show less «

I was in two very horrible bands.

I'm the quiet bass player.

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb,...Show more »

But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye. Show less «

A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the work ...Show more »

A baby's existence for the first three months is a one-way street. One person is doing all the work and the other is crying, sleeping and pooping. So the first moment when you're actually able to do something and they acknowledge your presence, that's a big deal. A very big deal. Show less «

I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor bec...Show more »

I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try to recreate that. Since our daughter joined us the spectrum has widened. Show less «

I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did questi...Show more »

I knew that I needed to do something that I desperately loved. There was a period where I did question if it was acting because I knew that I would be making things hard on myself. I knew that there was going to be a little bit of a hullabaloo because of my dad being who he is and all that. Show less «

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in ...Show more »

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse. Show less «

Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school...Show more »

Keep in my mind my dad didn't become a huge, huge mega actor until I was halfway through high school - so right around the time he's going through his big renaissance is right when I'm starting to do my high school revolting. Show less «

My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in ...Show more »

My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do. Show less «

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as ...Show more »

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name. Show less «

Boxers, man, except when I have to get dressed up. Then it's boxer-briefs. But never tighty-whities....Show more »

Boxers, man, except when I have to get dressed up. Then it's boxer-briefs. But never tighty-whities. Never. But dude! If they brought back Underoos? Dude, if they brought back Underoos, I would rock the Underoos. Like He-Man and Transformers and G.I. Joe and even like Dukes of Hazzard. Show less «

You can't knock somebody for how they got into the business. I'm sure I'm gonna look back at 'Roswel...Show more »

You can't knock somebody for how they got into the business. I'm sure I'm gonna look back at 'Roswell' and some of my first movies and I'm gonna cringe. Show less «

Having come up in the era where movies are only movies if they're released in the theater... I don't...Show more »

Having come up in the era where movies are only movies if they're released in the theater... I don't know if that holds true anymore. I've been involved in some movies that have gone 'direct-to-video,' and that used to not be a good thing, but now it's different. Show less «

I did plays in grade school.

To be quite honest, I'm not religious.

I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when...Show more »

I spent a lot of time in Tower Records. I'm a huge music nerd, and Tower was instrumental to me when I was growing up. Show less «

I guess maybe someone at 'Dexter' saw the 'Mad Men' stuff and thought, 'He can do this.'

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's re...Show more »

Religion theme aside, most of the time I'm in some sort of comedy and I'm a straight man and it's really just, let's wind this guy up and see him explode. Show less «

I think Robitussin is way underrated.

I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything ...Show more »

I eventually thought, this is the only thing I could do as a profession, I can't really do anything else. Show less «

When it comes down to it, I just want to work.

Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxin...Show more »

Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper. Show less «

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingre...Show more »

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret. Show less «

When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was wha...Show more »

When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say. Show less «

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