Tom Hanks Poses With Chet Hanks in Rare Father-Son Selfie

It's that time of year when most of us travel back home to spend the holidays with our parents, and we get glimpses of people's parents on social media. It's also the time of year when we remember that some family get-togethers feature more famous faces than others. Like, for instance, Hollywood actor and America's dad, Tom Hanks, who just posed in a photo on his son Chet's Instagram.

Chet Hanks, the second-youngest son of Tom and his wife, singer and actress Rita Wilson, has garnered attention for arguably all the wrong reasons over the years; speaking in a blaccent on the red carpet, making us all cringe on Ziwe, and just generally not behaving in a very Hanksian manner. But he has spent 2023 reflecting on his life, and stated earlier this year that he was heading in a new direction, getting a cross tattoo and committing himself to his religion.

"I have been in character for as long as I’ve been in the public eye," he said. "I've played many roles and worn many masks. Actor. Rapper. Fitness guy. Lambo guy. None of them are the real me... But the more I look around at the world I see that the world doesn’t need any more caricatures. False depictions of who we think we need to be... There’s only on thing the world needs more of and that’s God."

All of Tom's kids have careers in the entertainment industry; Colin and Truman are actors, Elizabeth is a producer, and Chet is a rapper and internet personality. But Tom, who calls showbiz "a family business," doesn't have time for the nepo baby discourse.

"It's what all of our kids grew up in," he said in January. "We have four kids, they're all very creative, they're all involved in some brand of storytelling. And if we were a plumbing supply business, or if we ran the florist shop down the street, the whole family would be putting in time at some point, even if it was just inventory at the end of the year."

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