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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 7, 1966
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Christopher Thomas Howell
- Tom Howell
- Си Томас Хауэлл
- C·湯瑪斯·哈威爾
- سی توماس هاول
C. Thomas Howell
2.8 Popularity
Biography
Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966), usually credited as C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stopped and Gods and Generals. Howell was born in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles to Christopher N. and Candice Howell. He has three siblings. His father worked as a stunt coordinator and rodeo performer. He played the role of the Red Knight in Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King. As a young boy, Howell wanted to be a stuntman and was a child stunt performer. He was also a rodeo star. When Howell was young, his parents divorced. Howell graduated from Saugus High School in 1984. In 1982, Howell made his film debut as Tyler in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At the age of 15 in 1981, Howell was cast in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983). Howell played the lead role of Ponyboy Curtis, "the soulful tagalong greaser through whose eyes we see the events of the 1960s-set film unfold." Based on S.E. Hinton's bestselling 1967 novel of the same name,the coming-of-age film went on to become a cult classic. Howell's portrayal of Ponyboy was his breakthrough role, and it earned him a Young Artist Award. In 1984, Howell and his Outsiders co-star Patrick Swayze reunited for Grandview, U.S.A. and Red Dawn. Howell also had a pivotal role in Tank (1984). In 1985, he starred in Secret Admirer. After filming The Outsiders, Howell co-starred in his own television series Two Marriages, which ended after four episodes, but letters of support got it back on air. He later expressed disappointment in the series. Howell was one of two final actors in the running for the lead role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985); the other was Eric Stoltz. Ultimately, Michael J. Fox was cast as Marty after Stoltz was deemed wrong for the part. In 1986, Howell was a hitchhiker's target in the film The Hitcher. He also starred in the sequel, which was released in 2003. In 1986, Howell starred in Soul Man, a film in which Howell appears in Blackface. Rounding out the 1980s , Howell played the young Arturo Toscanini in Franco Zeffirelli's 1988 film Young Toscanini.
Known For
Credits
Reagan
as Caspar Weinberger
2024
6.3
Ride
as John Hawkins
2024
7.4
The Open Door
as Mr. Sapp
2024
0.0
Obliterated
as Hagerty
2023
7.0
Old Dads
as Ed Cameron
2023
6.2
Will Trent
as Warden Sturgill Hardly
2023
7.4
1923
as Anders
2022
8.2
Crimson Point
as Frank
2022
0.0
Because We're Family
as Peter
2022
5.0
The Wrong Path
as Dr. Eric Peselowe
2021
4.0
Beast Mode
as Breen Nash
2020
5.4
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
as Captain Miles Browning
2019
4.3
Creepshow
as Sam Spinster
2019
7.5
Control
as Control (voice)
2019
0.0
I Am Patrick Swayze
as Self
2019
7.0
The Good Cop
2018
6.1
Urban Country
as Jim Craft
2018
6.4
Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.
as Narrator
2018
0.0
Dirty Dealing
as Carter
2018
3.5
The Rack Pack
as Ted
2018
3.7
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
as Blake
2018
5.8
Deadman Standing
as The Stranger
2018
5.0
The Terror
as Major Bowen
2018
7.3
Shifting Gears
as Jenkins
2018
6.5
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
as Eobard Thawne / Professor Zoom (voice)
2018
7.1
Marvel's The Punisher
as Carson Wolf
2017
8.1
LBJ
as Walter Jenkins
2017
6.4
A Question of Faith
as John Danielson
2017
7.4
SEAL Team
as Ash Spenser
2017
8.0
Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure
2017
2.0
Disconnected
as Robert Crawford
2017
3.5
The Shadow People
as Kaine
2017
4.4
My B.F.F.
as Ben Wilkins
2016
0.0
Advance & Retreat
as Nathan Shapiro
2016
6.3
MacGyver
as Vasil
2016
7.3
Attack of the Killer Donuts
as Officer Roberts
2016
4.2
Blood Lust
as Ryan
2016
4.3
Magic Hour
as Tom Worthy
2015
4.0
A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Jack Carter
2015
4.3
Woodlawn
as George 'Shorty' White
2015
6.9
Lazarus Rising
as Silent Cal
2015
3.0
Ties That Bind
as Mr. Witherspoon
2015
5.9
Rivers 9
as Sheriff Quentin
2015
5.6
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
2015
7.1
Stitchers
as Daniel Stinger
2015
6.8
Spirit Riders
as Keith
2015
6.4
🎬
Borrowed Moments
as Jack
2015
3.4
Bosch
as Louis Degner
2015
7.9
A Magic Christmas
as Jack Carter
2014
4.9
Fruits De Mer
2014
0.0
Confessions of a Womanizer
as Tony
2014
2.9
Rescuing Madison
as Rad
2014
5.9
Category 5
as Charlie DuPuis
2014
5.5
Bigfoot Wars
as Zeke
2014
4.0
Christmas Belle
as Rex Everhart
2013
5.7
Storm Rider
as Mitch Fielding
2013
6.5
Lost on Purpose
as Delbert Furgeson
2013
4.3
The Blacklist
as Earl Fagen
2013
7.6
Sleepy Hollow
as SAC Mick Granger
2013
7.4
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Professor Eobard 'Zoom' Thawne / Reverse-Flash (voice)
2013
7.9
Don't Pass Me By
as Jack
2013
4.0
An Amish Murder
as Nathan Detrick
2013
5.8
MoniKa
as Double
2012
5.9
Chilly Christmas
as Patrick Cole
2012
4.7
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
2012
10.0
Revolution
as Bounty Hunter
2012
6.4
Home Invasion
as Ray
2012
6.4
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Jack's Father
2012
6.7
Wedding Day
as Russ
2012
4.0
Longmire
as Ray Stewart
2012
7.7
Escape
as Paul Jordan
2012
4.7
Grimm
as Weston Steward
2011
8.3
Restitution
as John Youngstown
2011
3.5
Alphas
as Eli Aquino
2011
6.8
Cross
as Jake
2011
4.0
Camel Spiders
as Sheriff Beaumont
2011
4.4
The Walking Dead
as Roy
2010
8.1
The Walking Dead
as Hilltop Resident
2010
8.1
Blue Bloods
as Alex Polanski
2010
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Martin Cordova
2010
7.8
The Glades
as Peyton Robinson
2010
6.9
Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!
as David
2010
2.7
The Terror Experiment
as Chief Grasso
2010
4.2
Cupid's Arrow
as Professor Grimes
2010
5.8
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #2
2009
5.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
The Grind
as Luke
2009
3.4
The Land That Time Forgot
as Frost Michaels
2009
3.7
The Jailhouse
as Seth Delray
2009
4.0
Southland
as Officer Dewey Dudek
2009
7.9
Castle
as John Campbell
2009
8.0
Secret at Arrow Lake
2009
8.0
The Day the Earth Stopped
as Josh Myron
2008
3.5
A Gunfighter's Pledge
as Horn
2008
5.3
Sons of Anarchy
as Agent Frank Eagan
2008
8.4
Big Game
as Sully
2008
3.9
Celebracadabra
2008
0.0
Toxic
as LIttle Joe
2008
4.0
House of Fallen
as Thomas
2008
3.1
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
as George Herbert
2008
3.7
🎬
Xenophobia
as Stone
2008
0.0
The Thirst: Blood War
as Jed
2008
3.1
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
as Captain Williams
2007
2.2
Cold Ones
as K.C. Corcoran
2007
5.0
Fighting Words
as David Settles
2006
0.0
Torchwood
as The Gentleman
2006
7.3
Psych
as Camden Driggs
2006
7.9
The Da Vinci Treasure
as Michael Archer
2006
2.6
Hoboken Hollow
as Clayton Connelly
2006
3.6
The Poseidon Adventure
as Doctor Ballard
2005
5.2
Criminal Minds
as The Reaper / George Foyet
2005
8.3
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
as Self
2005
0.0
Glass Trap
as Curtis
2005
3.3
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
as George Herbert
2005
5.2
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
as Coach Fielding
2005
5.0
Crimson Force
as Capt. Baskin
2005
4.4
The Lost Angel
as Kuratha
2005
3.4
Ordinary Miracles
as Jim Powell
2005
6.3
The Hillside Strangler
as Kenneth Bianchi
2004
5.0
A Killer Within
as Addison Terrill
2004
4.9
Summerland
as Kyle Bale
2004
6.5
Zolar
as Hedion
2004
1.0
Nursie
as Zack
2004
2.5
Hidalgo
as Preston Webb
2004
6.9
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
as Jim Halsey
2003
4.7
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003
7.0
Gods and Generals
as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
2003
6.3
Net Games
as Adam Vance
2003
4.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Killer Bees
as Sheriff Lyndon Harris
2002
4.0
WillFull
as Nat Wolff
2002
6.5
Night of the Wolf
as Sheriff Wade Messer
2002
5.3
Askari
as Joss Mckinley
2001
5.5
Asylum Days
as Nathan Devine
2001
6.8
24
as Barry Landes
2001
7.8
XCU: Extreme Close Up
as Geoffrey Liddy
2001
5.0
Separate Ways
as Tom Milton
2001
2.5
Burning Down the House
as Concierge
2001
10.0
Lawless: Dead Evidence
as Dean Riley
2001
4.5
The District
as Chris Gunner
2000
6.8
Son of the Beach
2000
6.5
The Million Dollar Kid
as Valentino
2000
2.0
Hot Boyz
as Officer Roberts
2000
4.6
The Prince and the Surfer
as Dean
1999
3.4
Amazon
as Dr. Alex Kennedy
1999
7.9
Twice in a Lifetime
as Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow
1999
5.5
Escape from Alaska
as Jack
1999
4.3
Fatal Affair
as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox
1999
6.0
Red Team
as J.B. Gaines
1999
3.0
Hitman's Run
as Tom Holly
1999
4.9
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
as Dakota
1999
0.0
Enemy Action
as John Reed
1999
2.0
Charades
as Evan
1998
3.3
Matter of Trust
as Michael D'Angelo
1998
3.2
V.I.P.
as Phil Sherman
1998
5.3
The Shepherd
as Boris Dakota
1998
3.2
🎬
Sealed with a Kiss
as Detective Mick Cullen
1998
2.3
Last Lives
as Aaron
1997
3.0
The Big Fall
as Blaise Rybeck
1997
5.6
Sleeping Dogs
as Sanchez Boon
1997
3.9
Dead Fire
as Tucker
1997
3.8
Laws of Deception
as Evan Marino
1997
3.0
Hourglass
as Michael Jardine
1997
4.5
Dilemma
as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan
1997
2.8
Pure Danger
as Johnie Dean
1996
3.4
The Sweeper
as Mark Goddard
1996
4.3
Kindred: The Embraced
as Det. Frank Kohanek
1996
7.0
Baby Face Nelson
as Baby Face Nelson
1996
6.7
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
as Mike
1995
3.4
The Outer Limits
as Capt. Miles Davidow
1995
7.7
Dangerous Indiscretion
as Jim Lomax
1995
3.3
Payback
as Oscar Bonsetter
1995
4.8
Suspect Device
as Dan Jericho
1995
6.4
ER
as Vincent Jansen
1994
7.8
Teresa's Tattoo
as Carl
1994
4.6
Natural Selection
as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly
1994
5.1
Jailbait
as Sergeant Lee Teffler
1993
2.7
Gettysburg
as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
1993
6.9
Treacherous
as Micky Stewert
1993
6.8
Tattle Tale
as Bernard Sprat
1993
0.0
Acting on Impulse
as Paul Stevens
1993
3.8
To Protect and Serve
as Egan
1992
4.4
Breaking the Rules
as Gene Michaels
1992
5.2
That Night
as Rick
1992
6.3
Nickel & Dime
as Jack Stone
1992
6.0
Kid
as Kid
1990
5.8
Curiosity Kills
as Cat Thomas
1990
4.8
Far Out Man
as Himself
1990
5.3
Side Out
as Monroe Clark
1990
5.2
The Eyes of the Panther
as Jenner Brading
1989
0.0
Nightmare Classics
as Jenner Brading
1989
6.3
The Return of the Musketeers
as Raoul
1989
6.2
Young Toscanini
as Arturo Toscanini
1988
5.9
A Tiger's Tale
as Bubber Drumm
1988
4.2
Into the Homeland
as Tripp Wilson
1987
6.0
Soul Man
as Mark Watson
1986
5.3
The Hitcher
as Jim Halsey
1986
7.0
Secret Admirer
as Michael Ryan
1985
6.7
Moonlighting
as Waiter (uncredited)
1985
7.5
Red Dawn
as Robert
1984
6.3
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Tim Pearson
1984
5.7
Tank
as Billy
1984
5.7
The Hitchhiker
as Gerald
1983
6.1
The Outsiders
as Ponyboy Curtis
1983
7.2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Tyler
1982
7.5
🎬
One Mile
as Stanley Dixon
N/A
0.0
Where the Wind Blows
as Nathan
N/A
0.0
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Self
N/A
0.0
🎬
One More Mile
as Stanley Dixon
N/A
0.0