Few actors have had as profitable or as prolific a profession as Tom Hanks. The Solid Away actor has starred in quite a few beloved motion pictures and has gained two Greatest Actor Oscars for his roles in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Whereas he’s extremely hard-working, Tom’s additionally made it identified that he’s a household man! The actor had two youngsters along with his first spouse, Samantha Lewes (who died in 2002) earlier than they divorced in 1987, and two extra along with his present spouse, Rita Wilson, to whom he’s been married since 1988.
In 2023, Tom acquired a uncommon likelihood to work alongside one in every of his youngsters. His youngest son, Truman, performs a youthful model of Tom’s character in A Man Known as Otto. On the time, there was a current dialogue of nepotism in Hollywood. “I feel my children are all like Renaissance artists, ? [They] are good at no matter they select to be,” Tom mentioned, per PEOPLE. “You’ve acquired to have a ardour, you’ve acquired to have a drive. And yeah, our family has existed within the firm city that’s Los Angeles.”
Tom mentioned that the director urged that Truman play the youthful model of his character “as a result of we resemble one another loads. However the remaining evaluation is the individual has to point out up on the day and hit the marks, and inform the reality. Solely he could make that call. It was completely as much as him.” Tom earlier urged that Hollywood was a “household enterprise” and that if the Hanks have been concerned in “a plumbing-supply enterprise or if we ran the florist store down the road, the entire household could be placing in time sooner or later, even when it was simply stock on the finish of the yr,” per PEOPLE.
With that mentioned, study extra about all 4 of Tom Hanks’ children — and what artistic ventures they’re concerned with — right here!
Colin Hanks
Tom and Samantha welcomed their son Colin into the world in 1977 earlier than getting married in 1978. Colin actually is the spitting picture of his father. Colin has adopted in his dad’s footsteps to turn into a profitable actor in his personal proper. His debut function was within the 1996 musical comedy That Factor You Do, which his previous man wrote and directed. Two of Colin’s largest movies are King Kong and Orange County. Most not too long ago, he had a component within the comedy How It Ends alongside hilarious abilities like Whitney Cummings and Nick Kroll. Aside from motion pictures, Colin has additionally began a household of his personal and made Tom a grandfather. He’s been married to publicist Samantha Bryant since 2010, and the pair have two daughters: Olivia and Charlotte.
Regardless of constructing a prolonged resume of his personal, Colin has hardly ever labored along with his dad. The 2 starred within the 2006 comedy The Nice Buck Howard as father and son, however Colin has appeared to attempt to give attention to tasks with out his dad. Whereas they could not share the display screen fairly often, it’s very clear that Tom has been an excellent function mannequin for his son, as Colin revealed one of the best recommendation he gave in an August interview with HollywoodLife. “I feel, if there was something, it’s whereas it could go quick within the rearview mirror and it could really feel prefer it’s gone too fast, or generally perhaps it feels prefer it goes to painstakingly gradual, life is lengthy, and there’s a whole lot of time to have the ability to do the issues that you simply wish to do and the issues that it is advisable do,” he mentioned.
Elizabeth Hanks
Tom’s solely daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1982. She did make appearances in a few of her dad’s hottest motion pictures when she was younger: Forrest Gump and That Factor You Do, in keeping with IMDb. however Elizabeth pursued a distinct artistic outlet than appearing. She obtained an English diploma from Vassar School and have become a author through Counsel. She publishes underneath the identify E.A. Hanks, and printed her 2025 ebook, The ten: A Memoir of Household and the Open Highway. She’s additionally labored in journalism for Vainness Truthful and The Huffington Put up. Her Twitter bio boasts bylines from Time, The Guardian, and The New York Occasions.
Chet Hanks
Tom’s oldest son, along with his spouse Rita, was born in 1990. Chet has launched into his personal leisure journey, launching a music profession in April 2021 along with his debut single (underneath the identify “Chet Hanx”), “White Boy Summer season.” He launched his second tune, “Rattling,” in June. When his dad and mom have been recognized with COVID-19 in March 2020, Chet saved followers knowledgeable and informed them that he wasn’t frightened and he was assured his dad and mom could be okay.
Whereas his personal mother and pop have been a few of the first main celebrities to check constructive for COVID-19, Chet has not too long ago ousted himself as an anti-vaxxer. He posted an Instagram video in August, the place he mocked the COVID vaccine. “I by no means had COVID. They ain’t sticking me with that mothaf**king needle. It’s the mothaf**king flu,” he mentioned. His aversion to the vaccine isn’t the one questionable factor about Chet. His ex-girlfriend Kiana Parker filed a civil lawsuit towards him in April 2021, alleging assault and battery and infliction of emotional misery.
Truman Hanks
Rita gave beginning to her youthful son in December 1995. Like his older half-brother, Truman additionally bares a placing resemblance to his dad when he was youthful. He studied at Stanford College, in keeping with Web page Six. He additionally has a profession in movie — showing on display screen in 2023’s A Man Known as Otto and 2020’s Information Of The World — however Truman stays behind the digicam.
He’s had numerous jobs within the digicam and electrical departments on many main movement footage, in keeping with his IMDb. Among the largest motion pictures he’s labored on embrace Wrath of Man, Black Widow, and the upcoming West Huge Story remake. He’s additionally been a manufacturing assistant on Charlie’s Angels and The Cloverfield Paradox and was the cinematographer for a brief movie known as The Ice Queen Society.
