Tom Hanks' son Chet Hanks is stranded in Colombia after leaving passport at home: 'Free me'

Shania RussellMon, March 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC

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Chet Hanks attends the Pre-Grammy Gala on Jan. 31, 2026Credit: Earl Gibson III/Deadline via Getty

Tom Hanks' son is getting the immersive Cast Away experience… minus the volleyball.

Chet Hanks, who is best known for declaring "White Boy Summer" back in 2021, recently revealed his unfortunate predicament to the world: he is stuck in Colombia after leaving his U.S. passport at home.

The 35-year-old detailed the situation in a Friday Instagram video, explaining that he was originally visiting Puerto Rico for a birthday party when he spontaneously decided to drop in on a friend just a few hours away in Medellín, Colombia. But Hanks, who has dual citizenship after his parents were naturalized in Greece in 2020, said he only brought his Greek passport because his U.S. passport was nearly expired.

"Sometimes they don’t let you in the country even if it hasn’t expired [because] it’s about to expire,” Chet said of his reasoning.

Upon arriving at the airport for his flight back to the U.S., Hanks said he was told at the gate that he wouldn't be able to enter with a foreign passport, despite being a U.S. citizen.

Chet Hanks and his dad, Tom HanksCredit: Bruce Glikas/WireImage

"I go to check into my flight three hours early, this is an international flight, and they tell me that if I’m using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America," Hanks recalled, incredulous as he added, "I don't have a green card. Because I’m an American citizen.”

After laughing at the situation, Chet continued, "I don’t have my American passport with me. So I’m literally stuck in Colombia. I’m stuck in Medellín. "

Hanks did admit that there are "worse places to be stuck," but reiterated that he still doesn't know the solution to his problem.

"I literally have no f---ing idea what I’m gonna do," he said. "And the only embassy to get this s--- settled is in Bogotá. I don’t want to go to Bogotá, so, uh, yeah. Free me. You know what I'm saying? Free me!"

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Entertainment Weekly has reached out to reps for Chet and Tom Hanks for comment.

Below his post, commenters had little sympathy for the actor and couldn't help but crack jokes.

"Better call someone in your family to have them FedEx your passport to you ASAP," one Instagram user wrote, prompting another to reply, "Tom Hanks doesn’t have the best of luck with FedEx." The latter was a winking reference to the Oscar winner’s role in Cast Away, in which he plays a meticulous FedEx employee who becomes the sole survivor of a plane crash after washing up on a deserted island.

Chet Hanks on InstagramCredit: Chet Hanks/Instagram

Another commenter joked, "The one time you should’ve pulled the 'my dad is …’ card."

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Chet has yet to address how he plans to get back home, but did share an update to his Instagram Stories on Sunday.

"Estamos bien, no te preocupes," he captioned a gym selfie, alongside the Colombian flag. The words translate to: "We’re fine, don’t worry."

Chet is one of the two sons that Tom Hanks shared with his wife, Rita Wilson. They are also parents to Truman, 30. Tom also has two other children, Colin and Elizabeth, from a prior marriage.

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