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 films and has received two Finest 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 kids together with his first spouse, Samantha Lewes (who died in 2002) earlier than they divorced in 1987, and two extra together with his present spouse, Rita Wilson, to whom he’s been married since 1988.
In 2023, Tom received a uncommon probability to work alongside certainly one of his kids. His youngest son, Truman, performs a youthful model of Tom’s character in A Man Known as Otto. On the time, there was a latest dialogue of nepotism in Hollywood. “I feel my youngsters are all like Renaissance artists, you realize? [They] are good at no matter they select to be,” Tom stated, per PEOPLE. “You’ve received to have a ardour, you’ve received to have a drive. And yeah, our family has existed within the firm city that’s Los Angeles.”
Tom stated that the director advised that Truman play the youthful model of his character “as a result of we resemble one another quite a bit. However the ultimate evaluation is the particular person 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 advised that Hollywood was a “household enterprise” and that if the Hanks had been concerned in “a plumbing-supply enterprise or if we ran the florist store down the road, the entire household can be placing in time in some unspecified time in the future, even when it was simply stock on the finish of the yr,” per PEOPLE.
With that stated, study extra about all 4 of Tom Hanks’ youngsters — and what inventive 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 out to be 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 skills like Whitney Cummings and Nick Kroll. Aside from films, 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 not often labored together 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 initiatives with out his dad. Whereas they might not share the display screen fairly often, it’s very clear that Tom has been a terrific function mannequin for his son, as Colin revealed the very best recommendation he gave in an August interview with HollywoodLife. “I feel, if there was something, it’s whereas it might go quick within the rearview mirror and it might 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 lots of time to have the ability to do the issues that you just wish to do and the issues that it is advisable do,” he stated.
Elizabeth Hanks
Tom’s solely daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1982. She did make appearances in a few of her dad’s hottest films when she was younger: Forrest Gump and That Factor You Do, in keeping with IMDb. however Elizabeth pursued a special inventive outlet than performing. She acquired an English diploma from Vassar School and have become a author by way of Recommend. She publishes beneath the title E.A. Hanks, and printed her 2025 e-book, The ten: A Memoir of Household and the Open Street. She’s additionally labored in journalism for Vainness Honest and The Huffington Publish. Her Twitter bio boasts bylines from Time, The Guardian, and The New York Occasions.
Chet Hanks
Tom’s oldest son, together with his spouse Rita, was born in 1990. Chet has launched into his personal leisure journey, launching a music profession in April 2021 together with his debut single (beneath the title “Chet Hanx”), “White Boy Summer time.” He launched his second music, “Rattling,” in June. When his mother and father had been identified with COVID-19 in March 2020, Chet saved followers knowledgeable and instructed them that he wasn’t fearful and he was assured his mother and father can be okay.
Whereas his personal mother and pa had been among 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 stated. 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 start to her youthful son in December 1995. Like his older half-brother, Truman additionally bares a putting 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 digital camera.
He’s had varied jobs within the digital camera and electrical departments on many main movement photos, in keeping with his IMDb. Among the largest films he’s labored on embody Wrath of Man, Black Widow, and the upcoming West Broad 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.
