Hanks joins Whitford on Fox comedy

Rex Fetaures

Colin Hanks has landed a role on Fox's action comedy Jack And Dan.

The 31-year-old actor will appear as Jack in the straight-to-series project opposite former West Wing star Bradley Whitford, who was cast in the series last month.

The 13-episode Matt Nix show centres on by-the-book detective called Jack who is partnered with Whitford's Dan, a lecherous, wild-card cop who has only managed to hold on to his job because of a heroic act years earlier.

Production on the show is scheduled to begin in early 2010.