Colin Hanks Birthday, Date of Birth

Colin Lewes Hanks (born November 24, 1977) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Gus Grimly on the FX crime series Fargo (2014–2015), which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award.

Hanks gained mainstream attention after a main role on the WB science fiction series Roswell (1999–2001) and his lead role in the film Orange County (2002), which was followed by a starring role in the blockbuster King Kong (2005). Hanks has also had starring roles in the films The Great Buck Howard (2008), Untraceable (2008), The House Bunny (2008), Parkland (2013), Elvis & Nixon (2016), and Nobody 2 (2025). He had a supporting role as Alex Vreeke in the Jumanji film series (2017–2019).

Hanks had a main role as Jack Bailey on the Fox series The Good Guys (2010) and had a role as Travis Marshall, the main antagonist on the 6th season of Showtime series Dexter (2011), the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Hanks' other main television roles include Greg Short on the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces (2015–2019), Barry Lapidus on the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer (2022), and Bob Broberg in Peacock's A Friend of the Family (2022). He voiced the titular character on the web series Talking Tom & Friends (2014–2021).

Hanks directed the documentary films All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015), Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) (2017) and John Candy: I Like Me (2025).

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24th of November 1977 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on November 24, 1977

Future of an Anchorage Newspaper Rests With Judge After Acrimonious Hearings on Joint Operating Pact

Date: 24 November 1977

By LES LEDBETTER Special to The New York Times

Les Special

Judge James M Fitzgerald is being asked by morning newspaper, Anchorage Daily News, for injunction that would compel afternoon paper, Anchorage Daily Times, to continue its joint operating agreement with Daily News beyond Nov 30 termination date; harsh words have been exchanged often during 2 days of ct proceedings; Fitzgerald is expected to rule on question of econ need and contract violation versus public need by Nov 25 at earliest; Times editor and publisher Robert T Atwood and News editor and publisher Katherine M Fanning comment (M)

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Ousted Mexican Journalists Start a Liberal Paper

Date: 24 November 1977

By ALAN RIDING Special to The New York Times

Alan Special

Group of liberal journalists who were forced out of newspaper Excelsior by Govt in '76 starts new daily Uno Mas Uno aimed at remedying absence of ind opinion in Mex press (M)

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16 Injured as Bomb Explodes at a Johannesburg Shopping Complex

Date: 25 November 1977

16 are injured as bomb explodes at Johannesburg, S Africa, shopping complex (L)

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Article 1 -- No Title

Date: 24 November 1977

Illus of Ann Qoboza and children in home, Soweto, S Africa; Qoboza is wife of The World editor Percy Qoboza who was arrested during recent campaign against dissidents

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News Summary

Date: 24 November 1977

NJ Superior Ct (Hackensack) Judge James F Madden orders Bergen County Record to surrender tapes of jailhouse int with Harry De La Roche Jr, suspected of murdering his parents and 2 bros, contending that newspaper had no right under Const or state law to withhold them; Record drew exclusively on tapes for article in which suspect contends his 15-yr-old bro actually killed family and then he killed his bro (M)

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