Tom Hanks has four children from his marriage to Rita Wilson and his previous relationship with the late Samantha Lewes.
Tom has a son and a daughter with Samantha, Colin, and Elizabeth Hanks.
Tom and Rita have two kids, Chet and Truman Hanks.
All four of Tom’s children went on to have successful careers in the entertainment industry, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.
Chet Hanks
On December 26, 1995, Truman Theodore Hanks was born.
Unlike Chet, Truman spent much of his life working behind the camera in a variety of Hollywood projects.
He attended The Thatcher School, a private boarding school in Ojai, California, from 2010 to 2014.
He subsequently moved on to Stanford University, where he graduated in 2018.
Truman is following in his father’s footsteps in the entertainment industry, working as a production assistant on the 2018 film The Cloverfield Paradox and the 2019 film adaptation of Charlie’s Angels, according to his LinkedIn and IMDb pages.
Truman also worked for J.J. Abrams’ production business, Bad Robot, as a production assistant.
In addition, he was named Director of Photography for Steven Spielberg’s film West Side Story.
Truman Hanks
On December 26, 1995, Truman Theodore Hanks was born.
Unlike Chet, Truman spent much of his life working behind the camera in a variety of Hollywood projects.
He attended The Thatcher School, a private boarding school in Ojai, California, from 2010 to 2014.
He subsequently moved on to Stanford University, where he graduated in 2018.
Truman is following in his father’s footsteps in the entertainment industry, working as a production assistant on the 2018 film The Cloverfield Paradox and the 2019 film adaptation of Charlie’s Angels, according to his LinkedIn and IMDb pages.
Truman also worked for J.J. Abrams’ production business, Bad Robot, as a production assistant.
In addition, he was named Director of Photography for Steven Spielberg’s film West Side Story.
Elizabeth Hanks
Elizabeth Ann Hanks was born in Los Angeles, California, on May 17, 1982.
She is Tom Hanks’s only daughter and the second child of his first wife, Samantha Lewes.
Hanks attended the Archer School of Girls in Los Angeles, graduating in 2001 after spending a year studying literature at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
She appeared in a few of small roles in her father’s films, including the 1994 smash hit Forrest Gump, in which she played a student who refused to let Forrest seat next to her on the bus, according to her IMDb biography.
Hanks starred in the 2015 short film Anchoraged as an adult.
This World & The Next, a 2019 fantasy short film, was also produced by her.
However, she finally decided against pursuing a career in movies and instead chose to pursue a career as a novelist.
Elizabeth worked under the pen name E.A. Hanks as a writer for Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, and Time, among other publications.
Elizabeth Hanks
On May 17, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, Elizabeth Ann Hanks was born.
Samantha Lewes, Tom Hanks’s first wife, is her father’s second child and only daughter.
Hanks studied literature for a year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland after graduating from the Archer School of Girls in Los Angeles in 2001.
She appeared in a couple of small roles in her father’s films, including the 1994 blockbuster hit Forrest Gump, in which she played a schoolgirl who refused to let Forrest seat next to her on the bus.
Hanks acted in the short film Anchorage in 2015 as an adult.
This World & The Next, a fantasy short film she created in 2019, was also directed by her.
She eventually decided against pursuing a career in movies and instead chose to pursue a career as a writer.
Under the pen name E.A. Hanks, Elizabeth worked as a writer for Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, and Time, among other publications.
Colin Hanks
Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor who was born in Sacramento, California, on November 24, 1977, to actors Samantha Lewes and Tom Hanks.
Colin began his education at Chapman University and afterwards transferred to Loyola Marymount University.
He dropped out without receiving his diploma, opting instead to pursue acting full-time.
Colin participated in the science-fiction series Roswell for the first two seasons, as Alex Whitman.
He also appeared in the films Whatever It Takes and Get Over It, both aimed at teenagers.
In 2005, he played the assistant to Jack Black’s character in the remake of King Kong.
Colin had a brief part as a drunken fraternity brother in Black’s Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny in 2006.
He also played Oliver, the manager of a nursing home and the love interest of Anna Faris’ character, in the romantic comedy The House Bunny.
Colin had a big role in the Jumanji films, which was one of his most well-known appearances.
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