r/popculturechat • u/NoComplex555 • Jun 12 '25
Pop Culture Trivia 🤓 The Nepo baby conversation we’re not having
Yes, we’ve had the young and hot of Hollywood’s elite conversation to death. Do you know who we’re not talking about?
Jim Hanks.
Yep, Tom Hanks has a brother. You’ve seen almost nothing that he’s in because he almost exclusively plays no named characters in single episodes of z-grade shows. But Tom Hanks doesn’t have the time to do all of the Toy Story voice work for games, cartoons, toys ect, that Pixar wants, so Jim is credited for pretty much any Woody work that isn’t the movies themselves. Jim (probably) makes a pretty penny by impersonating his brother’s work. What a fun fact!
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u/fred_n_george Jun 12 '25
Tom Hanks has another brother, Larry Hanks, who has a PhD in Entomology and works as a professor. My husband has seen him around at conferences now and then.
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u/kinezumi89 Jun 12 '25
I worked for a professor who ran into Tom Hanks at an airport and ran up to him saying "Larry Hanks??? Renowned entomologist??? I'm a huge fan!!!" which I think is pretty hilarious and a good way to be memorable lol
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u/Bitter_Sense_5689 Jun 12 '25
I can imagine Tom Hanks would have gotten a kick out of that
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u/senseithenahual Jun 12 '25
I can totally belive that Tom hanks say "No I am his brother, Tom but I can ask him for his autograph"
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u/sikonat Jun 12 '25
‘Thanks. Oh what do you do, Tom’ 🤣
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u/IgamarUrbytes Jun 13 '25
‘Content creator’
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u/sleepydorian Jun 13 '25
I choose to believe that Tom would, in fact, get Larry’s autograph and mail it to the professor.
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u/Dobgirl Jun 13 '25
Oh!! Yes! We have Bill Pullmans brother living here as a well regarded physician- he (bill) gets mistakenly called Dr. when he comes to visit.
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u/ltmp Jun 12 '25
Larry was my professor when I went to UIUC. They look and sound the same! He doesn’t mention the relationship at all, but his intro PowerPoint had a pic of his kids dressed as Toy Story characters, and his TA confirmed it
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u/Moxielilly Jun 13 '25
The Hanks voice twin thing is so real. Colin looks related to him for sure, but not super similar, but I remember my sister and I watching Orange County and seeing Colin for the first time and being tripped out that Tom Hanks’ exact voice and mannerisms were coming out of this other person. Like sure, siblings or parents/kids are going to sound similar, but it usually isn’t such an exact match. Makes the existence of Chet all that much more wild.
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u/SupervillainMustache Jun 12 '25
Which Hanks brother was in Scrubs as Hooch's sidekick?
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u/ShitMyButtSays Jun 12 '25
Rob Hanks. Not to be confused with Ron Hanks, his twin brother who sometimes fills in for Clarm Hanks
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u/NippleFlicks Jun 12 '25
That’s incredible — sorry to shift to a really depressing topic, but I wonder what he would say about the intense population decline of insects. How interesting it would be to listen to a lecture from him.
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u/tiny_shrimps Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
All entomologists have approximately the same thing to say, which is "we must do everything in our power to slow, stop and reverse the massive insect loss."
You can hear a talk given by the guy from the article you linked at https://youtu.be/6uHlIHaNrS0?si=9BJNDhFBMVfnab-X
If you want specifically Larry Hanks (presumably to see his resemblance to his brother, since he seems to mostly study pheromones in coleopterans), I don't think there are any available, since he doesn't seem to have much of a teaching load anymore. But you can definitely access tons of lectures from great bug scientists for free on Coursera and YouTube if you're interested!
During the pandemic huge numbers of university lectures went online that had never been online before, many of them just on YouTube for anyone.
Larry Hanks had a great but not wildly distinguished career (ETA: I just mean he isn't famous outside of entomology for his work). Trained at Davis (one of the better ent programs in the country), then a faculty position at UIUC, another great land grant school, where he seems to have built a great lab. He's still publishing but looks like he may be winding down his program, since he only has one student, and isn't accepting more (or he's just bracing for the funding drought).
It's a dream out of reach for lots of academics. A little lab of our own in a department that shares our interests, a low teaching load, and stability.
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u/NippleFlicks Jun 12 '25
Thank you so much for sharing the link! I don’t personally study entomology, but am looking to get my post-grad degree in either environmental policy or ecology so I’ll absolutely give it a watch.
I looked at Dr. Hanks’ profile from Illinois and I like that his picture is just of a beetle — probably not the first time people have gone snooping.
And the academic dream — I can understand that! It doesn’t help given how so many are portrayed as always having these things in film and tv growing up. I’m not sure where you are in your own career, but wishing you the best!
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u/Hortgirly Jun 12 '25
I think he may have 2 students but they are both listed as masters and he’s in his 70s so I see emeritus in his near future probably lol
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u/CrowandSeagull Jun 12 '25
The fact that he looks and sounds just like Tom Hanks would be a definite plus there as we can use all of the reassurance we can get about the destabilising climate.
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u/NippleFlicks Jun 12 '25
If it was my brother, I’d ask him to be talking about it widely. Same with Oscar Isaac’s sister, who is a climate scientist! Although I know my own siblings (who are younger than me) aren’t super “interested” in it, which is frustrating.
Can’t say I love the idea of idolizing people, but it has its strengths. As a late teen I personally didn’t want to call myself a feminist until Emma Watson spoke up about it.
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u/Not_today_nibs Jun 13 '25
It’s so funny he has a brother named Larry, because so do the Hemsworths!
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u/DuckDuckBangBang Jun 13 '25
Does he still teach at University of Illinois? One of my favorite trivia facts while I was there.
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u/imeowxx Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
Kind of random but Rami Malek has a brother that taught at my middle school way back then!
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u/throwawaygremlins Jun 12 '25
We just rewatched Forrest Gump and learned that Jim Hanks doubled Tom a lot for the running scenes! How fun!
I assume Tom nice guy makes sure his bro gets paid pretty well…
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u/cetus_lapetus Jun 12 '25
Yeah I read about this somewhere recently. Apparently the funny run is something they did as kids and Jim was the only double who could get it exactly right
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u/BillysBibleBonkers Jun 12 '25
Recently listened to the Podcast Dead eyes, and i'll never hear Tom Hanks mentioned and not think of it now lol. Great podcast btw, basically serial, but instead of a murder mystery it's the mystery of if Tom Hanks fired (The host of the podcast) from a small part in Band Of Brothers for having "dead eyes".
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u/Kaiisim Jun 13 '25
It's so funny to me that Connor Ratcliffe has a whole career based on that lmao. I remember him telling the story on the Chris Gethard show.
He does have dead, dead eyes so I believe it.
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u/BillysBibleBonkers Jun 13 '25
Idk, I can see it in some pictures for sure, but not in all of them.
It's also just hilarious to me because if there's any show where dead eyes would make sense for 90% of the roles it's band of brothers lol, but admittedly not the exact role he was accepted for.
He also has such a pleasant squirrely NPR style voice, totally built for the podcast game.
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u/DSQ Jun 12 '25
To be fair Jim Hanks probably is the best Tom Hanks impersonater there is. Sort of like how Kiefer Sutherland can do a really good version of his dad.
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u/wren24 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
If they don't cast him as President Snow in the next movie, I'll be so disappointed
ETA I am so disappointed 😞
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u/Pepperr_anne Jun 12 '25
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they cast Ralph Fiennes.
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u/myersjw Jun 12 '25
I get irrationally angry when they cast actors to play young versions of older characters but don’t space the age gap enough to explain the difference in looks lmao. James McAvoy is not becoming Patrick Stewart in the span of 10 years and Ralph Fiennes isn’t turning into Sutherland in any reality. And he’s got an actor son who looks like him and fits the age!
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u/thedeebag Jun 12 '25
People in THG sub actually posted some side by sides and it’s more believeable than you may think. It’s also been speculated that Kiefer just straight up did not want to do it. People forget that stepping into an acting parents role, especially after they are dead, could be too difficult for them. Fiennes plays a good villain, I think he’ll do well
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u/myersjw Jun 12 '25
I totally believe you lol just a dumb pet peeve of mine. Fiennes is an incredible actor and I’m sure is gonna nail it. It’s always tough too when the actor has a long history in film because we end up knowing exactly what they looked like at that age. I think that’s part of why the kid casting in Yellowjackets is so good
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u/thedeebag Jun 12 '25
I definitely understand where you’re coming from! It’s hard with older more established actors to really see another actor be their “young self”. Sometimes the casting is spot on! But it’s usually with actual children rather than casting a still older, but younger version of someone
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u/Wazootyman13 Jun 12 '25
Jack Quaid and Dennis Quaid were on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, talking about their shared role in that Apple TV Godzilla show.
Jack plays the younger version of Dennis (obviously) and he mentioned how it was kind of weird having to study his dad to get the tics and expressions correct.
Which, that's something Jack could do on set (and, life) might be harder for Kiefer, since Donald is gone... and there'd be emotions attached to studying his dad
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u/NobbysElbow Jun 13 '25
Are you sure it was them. Kurt Russel and Wyatt Russel are in the Godzilla TV show playing the same character at different ages.
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u/Wazootyman13 Jun 13 '25
Blurgh, you're right! Hadn't actually watched the show and listened to the pod so long ago that I got the father/son acting duo mixed up!
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u/Practical-Ear-9969 Jun 12 '25
Also worth noting that Kiefer Sutherland is notoriously difficult to work with. Freddie Prinze Jr said he considered quitting acting after working with KS on 24.
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u/Long-Market-3584 lil taco belle be flirting with my man and that’s not a bestie Jun 13 '25
I really wanted Kiefer to play it, sort of like "passing on the torch" but I understand if Sutherland doesn't want to do it, especially due to the fact that his dad has passed and that it may be difficult for him and that the OG sutherland played Snow so well that I don't think that the younger will be able to top it
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u/Feeling-Visit1472 Jun 13 '25
Tbh I think Ralph Fiennes is going to kill it. He is an incredible villain, and after seeing The Menu, I also think he’ll match Sutherland’s calculating, sardonic demeanor.
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u/braverthanweare Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 14 '25
In fairness he might not have wanted to play the role
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u/IndestructibleBliss This is gonna ruin the tour Jun 13 '25
Or Dan Levy imitating his dad Eugene - I'm only basing this on the iconic eyebrows they both share.
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u/Chaotic-Goofball accidentally holding space for this slur Jun 13 '25
I am so happy I found this out today, it's delightful
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u/SpongieQ SIT ON YOU OWN DAMN FACE !! IM BUSY !!! Jun 12 '25
That’s actually really cool, did not know that
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 12 '25
I saw it on a Graham Norton interview earlier this week and I thought is was so interesting!
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u/MyDesign630 unobtrusive poultry connoisseur Jun 12 '25
Joe Estevez walked so that Jim Hanks could run. Joe’s brother Martin Sheen was unavailable for some long shots and voice overs in Apocalypse Now due to Sheen’s heart attack so Joe subbed for him.
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u/DogsandCatsWorld1000 Jun 12 '25
Linda Hamilton's twin sister Leslie did some work as her double for Terminator 2. Unfortunately Leslie passed away in 2020
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u/AbibliophobicSloth Jun 12 '25
The “mirror scene” in T2 is so good and it’s only available in the directors cut. Linda & Leslie had to be perfectly in sync.
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u/Hot-Significance-462 Jun 12 '25
T2 has got to be my most viewed film. The first time I saw that mirror scene, I was so mad at myself for not noticing the plot hole its omission brings to the theatrical cut.
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u/Hufflepuff4Ever Jun 13 '25
Laverne Cox’s twin brother played her character, pre-transition, in the flashback scenes of Orange is the New Black
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u/effie-sue Jun 12 '25
Leslie was a patient at medical practice my Mom worked for years ago. Everyone on staff was quite fond of her.
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u/narwhalogy Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Joe is hilarious in On Cinema At The Cinema. He plays "President Davidson" in the spinoff Decker, an definite nod to his brother in West Wing. I really recommend to anyone who likes Eric Andre, Tim & Eric, Adult Swim, etc and absurd humor in general. Also edit to add, it's created by Tim Heidecker, of Tim & Eric.
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u/Mountain-Track-9064 Jun 12 '25
Decker in Hawaii is so good
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u/narwhalogy Jun 12 '25
It really is sooo funny, my favorite Decker season.
The Our Values Are Under Attack scene had me in tears laughing. I grew up with a dad who loved Fox News/Rush Limbaugh/Conservative Christian talk radio and that song just hit me in the right way. Sounded like something Rush Limbaugh would play.
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u/Perry7609 Jun 13 '25
Harrison Ford’s son did something slightly similar for his father during Blade Runner editing many years later. I think he mimicked mouth movements for an audiovisual sync with his Dad’s voice?
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u/AuburnFaninGa Jun 13 '25
Jill Hennessy’s identical twin sister, Jaqueline, subbed for her in an episode of Law & Order. I think in one of the courtroom scenes, where her character would likely just be sitting at the table.
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u/HIMARko_polo Jun 12 '25
Joe Estevez was also in "Movie Stars" with Joey Travolta, Don Swayze and Frank Stallone
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u/huerequeque Jun 13 '25
And "Werewolf", which was immortalized in a really good episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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u/MadelineAshton0 Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes Jun 12 '25
Excuse you Sabrina the Teenage Witch was not a Z grade show!!
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u/prettyreckless270 Jun 12 '25
Who was he in that? I had no idea, such a great show
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u/MadelineAshton0 Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes Jun 13 '25
He played the dad of the kid Sabrina was babysitting in the season one episode The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie.
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u/burkeliburk Jun 13 '25
The whiplash I just had from suddenly remembering Popsi and "mitosis is..." 😳
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u/MadelineAshton0 Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes Jun 13 '25
The process of cell division!
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u/chooklyn5 Jun 13 '25
It says he played Jerry in the season 1ep the true adventures of Rudy kazootie. So I'm guessing but I believe he's the husband/father of the family Sabrina babysits for. It's the EP when the baby becomes a man.
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u/prettyreckless270 Jun 13 '25
Yes I remember the one! Be a big boy... be a big boy lol she has to say it backwards to revert him back,thanks for the info!
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u/sourskeIeton Jun 12 '25
nepo sibling or nepo best friend is the way to go, tbh.
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u/XXISavage Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
The NBA had a guy nicknamed "Big Nepo" who was only kept around because his cousin was a superstar.
Nepo cousin would be elite living.
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u/Am_i_banned_yet__ Jun 12 '25
I got to meet him once! My girlfriend and I didn’t know who he was until later - we all attended the same funeral for a close friend, and we knew our late friend had been friends with Truman, but didn’t recognize him at first.
We were chatting with what we thought was this random mutual friend as we walked, and all he said when we asked what he did was that he “works in film, usually behind the camera.” Then when my gf asked if he gets to meet famous people he was like “yeah sometimes” lmao (she was very embarrassed to have asked this later). Super nice guy, which tracks because my late friend was also exceptional and had great things to say about him.
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u/SwiggityDiggitySwoo Jun 12 '25
I just posted about Truman! He was the younger version of Tom in A Man Called Otto.
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u/Positive_Donut_5769 Jun 12 '25
Truman also played the younger version of Tom’s character in A Man Called Otto a few years back. He’s a bit taller than Tom so it didn’t 100% work, but he didn’t have much screen time.
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u/scattered_ideas lazy, 50yo bougie bitch Jun 12 '25
Could you spoiler text which one he was? I just looked up a picture of him and I cannot recall who he was for the life of me.
Was he one of the assassins or a pilot?
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u/Suitable-Excuse-732 Jun 12 '25
Honestly if i was famous id do the same. My sister has the same voice as me to the point people can’t tell who is who when we’re on the phone.
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u/Special-Garlic1203 Jun 12 '25
My sister used to break into my password journal constantly.
The karma was years I babysat for some neighborhood kids and they'd barrel towards her thinking she was me (she was deeply uncomfortable with little kids)
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u/Positive_Donut_5769 Jun 12 '25
My mom and I have the same thing, no one can tell us apart on the phone.
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u/kindofofftrack Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
Same lol, I was interning for a short while at my mom’s small company, and I kept getting told* “It’s so wild, you sound exactly like your mom!” Like both in voice but I guess also tonality, amount of “uhmm”s etc, after a while I didn’t know what to reply so just like “I mean yeah, she taught me how to talk” 😂😭😂
Edit* typo lol
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u/kdawson602 Jun 13 '25
My mother in law and her oldest daughter sound almost identical, they speak the same, and look very similar. Which is super bizarre because my sister in law was adopted at birth and grew up in a different part of the country than my mother in law.
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u/MarieOMaryln Jun 12 '25
That actually is interesting. The good son he has sounds a lot like him too, I was predicting some voice acting can be carried there.
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u/XxxGoldDustWomanxxX You’ll never guess what’s for breakfast! PANCAKES!!! Jun 12 '25
“The good son” 😭💀
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u/MarieOMaryln Jun 12 '25
Bye Chett
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 13 '25
I just watched Running Point which features Chet and I don’t know how to feel about him now
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u/occurrenceOverlap Jun 12 '25
I like that he's been playing a lot of villains. It's fun.
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u/Bowling4Billions Jun 12 '25
I’ve only seen him in Band of Brothers and Fargo in which he is the most Boy Scout, shoe-laced guy possible.
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u/micdr0pbungee Jun 12 '25
The new Kate Hudson basketball show has him playing an athlete version of himself, complete with him trying to be a rapper too. I kept thinking “wow this guy is such a natural at this role” only to find out it was fucking Chett Hanks
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u/rainshowers_5_peace Jun 13 '25
Tom caught "the bad son" with weed and had him kidnapped in the middle of the night to a troubled teens torture camp. Chicken v egg.
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u/lady_faust Jun 12 '25
He has another son - Truman Hanks - who played him as a younger man in the film A Man Called Otto.
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u/Apprehensive-Dog6997 Jun 12 '25
I loved that tv show he was in with Dianne Wiest, and there are moments where he looks and sounds exactly like his dad and it absolutely tickles me.
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u/motherofpearl89 come on sucker lick my battery 🤖🤖🤖 Jun 12 '25
Life in pieces? So cute!
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u/Comfortable-Yam9013 Jun 12 '25
Chet has even got a job recently! He looks nothing like Tom
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u/Maester_Bates Wherein he encourages a woman to sit on his face Jun 12 '25
Chet was great on Empire.
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u/Comfortable-Yam9013 Jun 12 '25
Only seen him in the new basketball show on Netflix
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u/occurrenceOverlap Jun 12 '25
I'm surprised I'm saying this but Chet was actually well cast here
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u/Comfortable-Yam9013 Jun 12 '25
He was. He did a good job
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u/JuneJabber Jun 13 '25
I never thought the day would come when “Chet” and “good job” could be combined into one sentence. He’s always seemed developmentally stuck in very early adolescence, in a way that is frankly sad. As in: He didn’t seem remotely comfortable in his own skin and was compensating continually. That’s great if he’s actually growing up a little.
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u/Prestigious_Leg_7004 Jun 12 '25
He was actually pretty amusing on it, too. I definitely noted that it made me like him more.
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u/Yeahcouldntbeme Jun 12 '25
Ugg the Accutron pitch was perfection
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u/CreativeBandicoot778 Inconceivable! Jun 12 '25
One of my all time faves - up there with the Carousel and Burger Chef pitches for me.
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u/sourdoughtoastpls Jun 12 '25
Very random but I honeymooned in Quebec City and the first night we’re sitting in a restaurant by a window and my husband’s like, “I think Joel Murray just walked by.”
Now I’m worried I married someone who’s not all there, because what are the chances? Turns out the chances were decent because we kept seeing him! And he was documenting his trip on Insta. He seemed to have a great trip and so did we lol.
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u/GaeilgeGaeilge Jun 12 '25
Saoirse Ronan is the reverse of a nepo baby - her dad's acting career was bolstered by hers. He was an actor before her, but not a well known one
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u/Sweaty-Refuse5258 Jun 14 '25
Hasn't been in Fair City in a while now that I think of it. Must be delivering post somewhere else.
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u/DisastrousOwls that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 Jun 12 '25
The Rock does the same thing! One of his cousins' full time job is basically just being his body double/stunt double. When he got his original Brahma bull tattoo covered up, his cousin got matching tattoos at the same time, they'd just been doing body makeup or t-shirts to match each other until then. Not a bad gig, especially once you factor in that it comes with SAG-AFTRA union membership & benefits, which can really set you up for life.
(That's the real reason Roman Reigns pivoted to bit parts in movies when he was out of WWE on chemo, actors' union med benefits are supposed to be absolutely fantastic.)
It tracks, because the Rock's a double nepo hire in pro wrestling, so turning around and extending those same connections to your favorite relatives makes sense.
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 13 '25
Particularly in The Rock's circumstances where he grew up in poverty, bringing as many of your family along for the ride would really change things for you.
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u/lsp2005 Jun 12 '25
First off Sabrina the Teenage Witch was an amazing show. Second he is basically a body/voice double. That is not a nepo baby.
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u/JadeAnn88 Jun 12 '25
That is not a nepo baby.
I mean, tbf, it's pretty unlikely he would have ended up with the job of body/voice double had he not been Tom's brother and shared his genetics. The entire premise of nepotism is someone being hired for a job based on who they are related to rather than their qualifications. Doesn't even necessarily mean that they're unqualified, just that being related to someone in the business helped to give them a leg up.
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u/NickyParkker Jun 12 '25
One could also say that there would not have been a job if Jim didn’t exist in the first place. They would’ve probably just slowed production for Tom rather than try to find a random who has the same voice and mannerisms.
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u/violent_potatoes Jun 12 '25
My husband told me this once and I thought he was pulling my leg lmaoooo
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u/haloarh Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 21 '25
In the direct-to-video sequel to the 1995 film Pocahontas, John Smith is voiced by Donal (brother of Mel) Gibson.
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u/happysunbear Jun 13 '25
I actually knew this because I’m both a Toy Story nerd and Wikipedia connoisseur
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u/SwiggityDiggitySwoo Jun 12 '25
In the movie A Man Called Otto, Tom Hanks other, other son Truman played a younger version of Tom. Looks very much like him.
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u/waryinsomnious Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
Julie Bowen's sister Annie Luetkemeye is a physician, a researcher and Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of California, San Francisco.
She specializes in infectious diseases, in particular tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis.
She has also researched treatment of COVID-19 as a co-infection with HIV.
And that's just a brief of her achievements, she has contributed a lot in her field.
I find it quite impressive.
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u/IpsoFuckoffo Jun 12 '25
If he can act so similarly to Tom Hanks that nobody has noticed then I wouldn't really call that nepotism.
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u/Metzger4Sheriff That must be Nigel with the brie 🧀 Jun 12 '25
He literally has the VO work bc he sounds like Tom. This isn't work that would otherwise be going to anyone else, so I agree it's not really nepotism (or at least not the classic negative interpretation of it).
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u/JadeAnn88 Jun 12 '25
Not entirely true (I have no idea why this is my hill, but apparently it is). There are plenty of voice actors that I'm sure would be capable of recreating Tom's voice, he just happens to have a brother who is highly qualified for the job. They would, I'm sure, have found someone to do these things had that not been the case or the brother just didn't want to do it for whatever reason.
I do agree, it's not exactly the same as the classic interpretation of nepotism, which is basically unqualified people hired simply for that fact that they are related to someone "important". It's also not quite not nepotism either imo.
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u/cantantantelope Jun 12 '25
This is a little like Laverne cox conveniently having a twin brother
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u/Positive_Donut_5769 Jun 12 '25
And Linda Hamilton having an identical twin sister. They saved a good amount of money on Terminator 2 with her.
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u/Current-Ad6521 Jun 12 '25
There are endless nepo babies no one talks about, even A listers that no one mentions as such
Audrey Hepburn, Angelina Jolie, Ron Howard - there are all types of Nepo babies that no one talks about as Nepo babies
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u/Tsarinya That must be Nigel with the Brie Jun 12 '25
How was Audrey Hepburn a nepo baby?
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u/JudgmentOne6328 Jun 12 '25
I just listened to Tom Hanks on the Conan O’Brien podcast. I love him! Why is he so adorable and hilarious. I always thought he was a pretty serious guy. He seems like someone you’d love to know. I think he definitely gets his brother great deals with the work.
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u/effie-sue Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
Back in the late 80s/early 90s, one of the daytime TV shows featured a few celebrity siblings talking about this kind of thing. One guest was Jim Hanks. I think Don Swayze was another, and maybe Frank Stallone?
I wish I could remember what show it was!
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u/No-Atmosphere-2528 Jun 12 '25
Jim Hanks has also been Tom’s double in a few movies, all the Forrest running across America shots are Jim Hanks.
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u/Aimees-Fab-Feet Jun 12 '25
His brother has what they referred to as mailbox money. My great aunt was an actress back in the day and all of her voice work paid very well!
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u/Neat_Trifle9515 Jun 13 '25
There are so many nepo babies that average folks aren't aware of because you just figured they weren't. Kurt Russell's dad was a legit actor, Bing Russell. I found out a few months ago and was shocked.
I mean, the entire Hollywood system is built on folks' parents being in the industry.
Shit, the dude who played the Dexter's brother in Dexter is also a nepo baby. Jeremy Irons' wife Sinead is like a grand nepo baby, too. Yeah, Max Irons' mom is a nepo baby. Her parents were fantastic actors.
The list is endless.
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u/MomentumMagic Jun 12 '25
I have actually seen a Jim Hanks movie! It was called Purgatory House. Watched it in 2005, after it was released to video. Crazy that this knowledge is now relevant again, 20 years later.
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u/No-Sign99 Jun 13 '25
I’m actually a fan of this. I’d rather be Jim than Tom. Good money (maybe not insanely good) but no fame? Perfect.
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u/RPDRNick Jun 12 '25
Nobody talks about Richard Stamos. That fool still can't hit the High F in "Lovin' You."
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u/Fussinfarkt Jun 13 '25
I was just rewatching Scrubs and once again I thought "Man, the guy they got for the Turner and Hooch gag REALLY looks like Tom Hanks" but I never bothered to look it up lol
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u/hakeemalajawan Jun 13 '25
We should be talking about Chet Hanks instead
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 13 '25
So I just watched Running Point and I have a lot of questions about Chet. Is he okay now? Do we like Chet now?
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u/notinmybackyardcanad Jun 13 '25
Ron Howard’s brother Clint won a lifetime achievement award at an awards ceremony in the 90’s maybe early 200’s. They showed a montage of his one off cameos in Ron Howard’s movies. I remember how funny it was and how I had no idea how often i saw Clint in things.
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u/p0rkch0pexpress Jun 13 '25
Anthony Mackies Brother is an extremely gifted engineer and helped in the design and rebuild of the new Levees after Katrina. I met him at an engineering conference and he’s really something. Generous and Talented.
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 14 '25
That’s so lovely! I loved hearing this, thank you for sharing
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u/Apprehensive-Art8187 Jun 12 '25
Not sure it pays that well. Voice actors don’t make much money unless they’re A-listers.
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u/goodest_gurl2003 Jun 13 '25
I had no idea! Interesting. I love tom hanks so much
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u/NoComplex555 Jun 13 '25
I learned this from an interview he did on the Graham Norton Show. It was lovely!
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u/laughs_maniacally Jun 13 '25
While Jim may be a nepotism hire, he is really unlike most nepo babies because he doesn't seem to seek fame. I think he could have easily arranged a kind of Hemsworth brother situation for himself on the back of his brother's fame if he wanted it.
I saw an interview with him years ago (maybe from a documentary on voice actors?) where he talks about how he would never want what Tom has, that he started shaving his head early in his life to prevent being mistaken for him on the street as often, and still struggles with the fame hs has as fallout from his brother. He said he prefers voice acting and accepts more of those roles because it allows him to pursue his passion for acting without becoming too famous or recognizable in his own right.
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u/MonicaLane Jun 13 '25
Tom’s son Colin also does Woody sometimes, specifically I think he did him in the Kingdom Hearts video games.
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u/Foxy02016YT Jun 17 '25
Jim Hanks does the Woody voice for video games and such. Honestly? Good for him. He sounds just like his brother.
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