After two years of dating, Hanks and Wilson got married in 1988 and later had two kids together, Chester "Chet" Hanks and Truman Theodore Hanks. The Forest Gump actor is also a father to ColinHanks and Elizabeth Hanks, whom he shared with Lewes, who died of bone cancer in 2002.
Tom had his oldest two children, Colin and Elizabeth Hanks, with his first wife, Samantha Lewes, whom he divorced in 1987 (she later died in 2002). He then married actor and singer Rita Wilson in 1988, and the two have two children, Chester "Chet" Hanks and Truman Hanks.
While many see Tom Hanks as America's dad, the actor has four children of his own. He welcomed his first child, son Colin, 45, with his first wife Samantha Lewes in 1977. Five years later, Hanks' second child and only daughter, Elizabeth Ann, 41, was born.
Hanks and Wilson, who married in 1988, share two children, sons Chet, 32, and Truman, 27. They have three grandchildren: Colin's two daughters, Olivia, 12, and Charlotte, 9, and Chet's daughter, Michaiah, 7.
Tom Hanks has four children. He had two children with his first wife, Samantha Lewes, and two with Rita Wilson. Tom's youngest child, Truman Hanks, appeared in the 2023 movie, A Man Called Otto, along with his father.
Tom Hanks has four kids, two with his first wife, the late Samantha Lewes (Colin and Elizabeth) and two with his current wife Rita Wilson (Chester “Chet” and Truman). Colin was born in 1977, Elizabeth was born in 1982, Chet was born in 1990 and Truman was born in 1995.
How old was Tom Hanks when he had his first child?
The eldest of the Hanks children, Colin was born to Tom and first wife Samantha Lewes when his father was just 21 years old. He later followed his father's footsteps into the acting business, appearing in films like Orange County, King Kong, and the Jumanji series, plus TV shows like The Good Guys, and Roswell.
While Hanks' family religious history was Catholic and Mormon, one journalist characterized Hanks' teenage self as being a "Bible-toting evangelical" for several years. In school, he was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine, "I was a geek, a spaz.
Hanks was born in Sacramento, California to actor Tom Hanks and producer and actress Samantha Lewes (born Susan Jane Dillingham). He has a sister, Elizabeth, and through his father's marriage to his stepmother, actress Rita Wilson, he has two younger half-brothers, Chester "Chet" and Truman.
The Hollywood couple has been married since 1988, celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in April after first meeting on the set of Hanks' sitcom, Bosom Buddies, in 1981.
Truman, who, according to IMDb, has a credit as “German rider” in his dad's 2020 film “News of the World,” is Hanks' son with wife Rita Wilson. They are also parents of Chet, 32. Hanks is also father to Colin, 45, and Elizabeth, 40, from his first marriage to Samantha Lewes.
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff) is an American actress, singer, and film producer from Los Angeles. Her ancestry is primarily Greek and Bulgarian. She was granted Greek citizenship in 2019, in honor of her efforts to assist Greece by appealing for international aid after a devastating wildfire in Mati, Attica.
In 2001, it was revealed that Lewes had been diagnosed with bone cancer, and a close friend of Hanks told The New York Post that the actor was “devastated” once hearing about Lewes diagnosis. Despite bravely battling the disease for a few months, she passed away in 2002.
Who was Rita Wilson married to before Tom Hanks? By all accounts, it appears Tom Hanks is Rita Wilson's first—and only—husband. Wilson is Hanks' second wife as he was previously married to actress Samantha Lewes.
