Actor Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks has shared a video claiming he is trapped overseas.

The star of Netflix series Running Point posted on Instagram on Saturday, revealing he was stuck in the Columbian city of Medellín after being refused entry back into the United States.

He captioned the video: “Free me.”

The actor explained he had first travelled to Puerto Rico to celebrate his friend Max’s birthday, before stopping in Medellín on his way home to visit another friend.

“I’m traveling with my Greek passport because I’m a dual citizen,” Chet said.

“The reason I didn’t use my American passport is because it’s about to expire, and sometimes they don’t let you in the country, even if it hasn’t expired, but it’s about to expire.”

The actor claim when he arrived at the airport for his flight, he was told because he was using a foreign passport, he would need a green card to get back into America.

“I don’t have a green card, cause I’m an American citizen,” he said.

“I don’t have my American passport with me, so I’m literally stuck in Colombia. I’m stuck in Medellín.

“Granted, there’s worse places to be stuck, but I literally have no f***ing idea what I’m gonna do, and the only embassy to get this s*** settled is in Bogotá.”

He ended the video by jokingly urging fans to “free me”.

While it’s not clear if Chet’s claims are true, some fans were quick to make light of his alleged predicament.

“lol have a nice life in Medellín,” one person wrote.

“I don’t mean to make this all about me … but how does this impact season two of Running Point?” another said.

Tom Hanks had two children with his ex-wife Samantha Lewes, Colin and Elizabeth. He later married actress Rita Wilson and together they had to two sons, Chet and Truman.

Chet stars in the Netflix series Running Point as Travis Bugg, the point guard for fictional professional basketball team the Los Angeles Waves, and an aspiring rapper known for being a loose cannon with a troubled personal life.