When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say.

In 2006 Hanks had a cameo role in Black's Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny playing a drunken fraternity brother. Henry Jones. He is also featured alongside Jane Fonda in the Moisés Kaufman Broadway play 33 Variations.

He is the eldest son of actor Tom Hanks. He also portrayed the role of Alex Whitman in Roswell Henry Jones in Band of Brothers and appeared on the sixth season of the Showtime crime drama Dexter.