Tom hanks children first marriage

Tom Hanks is known for portraying variety of roles expanding from comedic to dramatic characters. Popularly called ‘America’s Dad’, the actor is a doting father to his real life kids. Hanks has always been a family man and credits all of his successes to his kids and wife. He has four children, and all of them have followed their father’s footsteps and made their way into the entertainment industry.

When he was only 21, the actor welcomed his first child, Colin Hanks. Five years later, Hanks and his first wife Samantha Lewes became parents to their daughter, Elizabeth Hanks. Although he remarried and became a father to two more children, the Forrest Gump actor never saw any difference among his kids.

Who is Samantha Lewes?

Susan Jane Dillingham aka Samantha Lewes, Tom Hanks’ first wife was an actress. Not much is known about her early life. But after her parents got separated, she was raised by her single mother and spent her childhood in C

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Meet Tom Hanks 4 Kids (Colin, Elizabeth, Chet and Truman Hanks)

Tom Hanks Kids: Tom Hanks has four children. He shares two kids with his ex-wife, Samantha Lewes, and two kids with his current wife, Rita Wilson.

His first child, Colin Hanks, was born in 1977, and his daughter, Elizabeth Ann Hanks, was born in 1982. After Tom and Samantha divorced in 1987, Tom married Rita Wilson, and they had two sons: Chet Hanks, born in 1990, and Truman Hanks, born in 1995.

Tom Hanks once shared that his older children, Colin and Elizabeth, grew up with him when he was still trying to make ends meet, while Chet and Truman were born after he became more successful. He believes in showing unconditional love to his kids and supporting them no matter what.

All of Tom’s kids, along with Colin's wife, Samantha Bryant, were there to support him when he won the Cecil B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes in 2020. Tom got emotional during his speech, thanking his family for their love and support,

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Meet Tom Hanks' four children — and why their lives are 'different' from one another's

To many he's Forrest Gump, or Chuck Noland, or even Woody han själv , but to Colin, Elizabeth, Chet and Truman, Tom Hanks fryst vatten just dad.

The beloved actor, 68, first became a dad when he was just 22 years old, and welcomed son Colin, 46, with his then-wife Samantha Lewes, to whom he was married from 1978 to 1987. She passed away aged 49 in 2002 after a battle with bone cancer. The former couple also welcomed daughter Elizabeth, 42, five years after her older brother Colin, who has an almost 20-year age gap with his youngest brother, Truman, 28.

In 1988, the Oscar winner married Rita Wilson, and tillsammans they welcomed son Chet, 34, and later Truman. Tom has previously said that though his four kids were raised tillsammans with Rita as their loving mom and stepmom, his first two did have quite a different childhood than that of their younger brothers. 

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