A 64-Year-Old Plays a 42-Year-Old Captain — and Greyhound Still Runs Smoothly In the source novel, Captain Ernest Krause is 42. That is young even for an inexperienced captain taking command in combat for the first time. Yet the film cast Tom Hanks, who was 64 when it was shot, in the role. And somehow, … Continue reading Greyhound: Tom Hanks Makes Every Role Work