Tom Hanks' Son Colin Could Be His Twin

Tom Hanks has become a Hollywood icon and one of the most-beloved actors in the business. He warmed hearts everywhere with his performance in 1994's "Forrest Gump" and gifted us with additional installment of the "Toy Story" franchise in the past decade along — all classics that will go down as fan-favorites for many decades to come (per Biography). But he's not the only Hanks in the acting industry, as his eldest son Colin Hanks also has a successful career in front of the camera, appearing in multiple films, like "Orange County" and "King Kong" (per Hollywood Life). And Colin just so happens to be the spitting image of his dad.

Colin has opened up about fans' obsession with how much he looks like his famous dad, as many compare the father-and-son to "twins." In 2017, Colin told People that he can't keep up with the amount of people who comment, "Wow you look exactly like your dad in this pic." Let's look at the comparison between the two and if the constant comments ever get to Colin while building a name for himself in the entertainment industry.

The "Apollo 13" actor has four kids — two with his first wife, Samantha Lewes, and two with his second wife, Rita Wilson — and first became a father at the age of 21 when Lewes gave birth to their eldest son, Colin Hanks, who's known to be his twin (per Oprah Daily). Colin followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an actor and director, appearing in the TV series "Fargo" and earning an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor in the process. He's frequently regarded as a younger-looking version his Academy award-winning father, saying he's "lost track" of how often fans remind him and it "happens a lot" he acknowledged on his Instagram Stories (via Yahoo!).

Social media is one place fans often dig into Colin's resemblance to his dad. In May 2017, People reported that Colin gets bombarded with comments about how he looks "like a young Tom Hanks" and, per his Instagram story, Colin shared an elaborate response to fans who were telling him age was making them look even more alike, saying: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I 'look just like him.'" In August 2018, Colin appeared on Dax Shepard's podcast "The Armchair Expert," where he admitted having a famous dad "can feel like hitting your head against the wall." But have the constant comparisons impacted their father-son bond in any way?

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has said his circumstances were different when his first two children — Colin and Elizabeth — were born, explaining to The New York Times in 2019 that it created "this gestalt understanding" because they remember the early days in his career when their family was still struggling to "make rent." The "Castaway" actor, whose net worth now amounts to an estimated $400 million (per Celebrity Net Worth) has clarified that he loves all his kids equally, but there is a special bond between Hanks and his eldest son Colin because they share the same passion for the entertainment industry, even appearing on-screen together as a father-son duo in the movie "The Great Buck Howard" in 2008 (per Showbiz CheatSheet). 

Continuing his family's legacy of Hollywood success — and surely making his dad proud in the process — Colin's career has taken off in movies and television, as he has appearing on AMC's "Mad Men" series and the "Jumanji" reboot. In addition, he's known for his role as Jack Bailey in "The Good Guys" and appeared on Season 6 of Showtime's "Dexter," which first came out in 2011 (per Newsweek). Sure, he might look like his famous father, but Colin Hanks' impressive résumé is truly all his own.