Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an
American actor.
Personal life
Hanks was born
Colin Lewes Dillingham[State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Gives name at birth as "Colin Lewes Dillingham"] in
Sacramento, California, the eldest son of
Oscar-winning actor
Tom Hanks and his first wife, the late producer and actress
Samantha Lewes[Colin Hanks Biography (1977-)] (
née Susan Jane Dillingham), who died of bone cancer on March 13, 2002. His name was changed to Hanks after his parents married in 1978. He has a sister, Elizabeth (born 1982) and two half-brothers, Chester Marlon Hanks (born 1990) and Truman Theodore Hanks (born 1995) from his father's second marriage to actress
Rita Wilson. Hanks attended Country School,
Sacramento Country Day School,
Loyola Marymount University and
Chapman University. Hanks dated
Rachael Leigh Cook and
Busy Philipps between 1998 and 2002 .
He is currently engaged to New York publicist, Samantha Bryant.
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