Tom Hanks Supports Son Chet Hanks Performance

Tom Hanks and Chet Hanks are like peas and carrots.

So, when the Oscar winner’s son and his band Something Out West performed at the 2026 Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, Calif., April 25, he was sure to cheer him on.

As Chet and Drew Arthur performed “You Better Run” in videos circulating on social media, Tom was seen bopping along to the country song while standing in the back of the Toyota Music Den. 

It was an especially exciting experience for the patriarch—who shares Chet and Truman Hanks, 30, with wife Rita Wilson, as well as kids Colin Hanks, 48, and Elizabeth Hanks, 43, with ex Samantha Lewes—since the track’s music video was an homage to Forrest Gump.

After all, Chet ran just like Tom’s character Forrest, while recreating the most iconic moments from the 1994 movie. For instance, the 35-year-old, donning Forrest’s suit, tells the nurse sitting beside on a bus stop bench, “My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”