Colin Hanks: The Mentalist's Apprentice

Colin Hanks plays an assistant to a washed-up mentalist in the film The Great Buck Howard. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Colin Hanks plays an assistant to a washed-up mentalist in the film The Great Buck Howard.
Magnolia PicturesColin Hanks stars in The Great Buck Howard as Troy, a college drop-out who becomes the assistant to an over-the-hill mentalist (played by John Malkovich). Hanks is the son of actor Tom Hanks, who plays his father in film.
The younger Hanks starred in the 2002 film Orange County, has had a reoccurring role in the television show Mad Men and appeared in HBO's Band of Brothers. He is currently appearing in the Broadway drama 33 Variations with Jane Fonda.