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C. Thomas Howell

C. Thomas Howell

Actor · Born 1966-12-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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 n…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — Jack's Father
  2. The Walking Dead (2010) — Roy
  3. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — Tyler
  4. Criminal Minds (2005) — The Reaper / George Foyet
  5. The Blacklist (2013) — Earl Fagen
  6. Grimm (2011) — Weston Steward
  7. Sons of Anarchy (2008) — Agent Frank Eagan
  8. Marvel's The Punisher (2017) — Carson Wolf
  9. Castle (2009) — John Campbell
  10. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) — Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)
  11. Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — Martin Cordova
  12. American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) — Alumnus Guy #2
  13. 24 (2001) — Barry Landes
  14. SEAL Team (2017) — Ash Spenser
  15. The Outsiders (1983) — Ponyboy Curtis
  16. Hidalgo (2004) — Preston Webb
  17. Sleepy Hollow (2013) — SAC Mick Granger
  18. The Hitcher (1986) — Jim Halsey
  19. The Terror (2018) — Major Bowen
  20. Blue Bloods (2010) — Alex Polanski
  21. Psych (2006) — Camden Driggs
  22. MacGyver (2016) — Vasil
  23. ER (1994) — Vincent Jansen
  24. Red Dawn (1984) — Robert
  25. 1923 (2022) — Anders
  26. Bosch (2015) — Louis Degner
  27. Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018) — Zoom (voice)
  28. Revolution (2012) — Bounty Hunter
  29. Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) — Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
  30. Torchwood (2006) — The Gentleman
  31. Old Dads (2023) — Ed Cameron
  32. Moonlighting (1985) — Waiter (uncredited)
  33. Creepshow (2019) — Sam Spinster
  34. Alphas (2011) — Eli Aquino
  35. Gettysburg (1993) — Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
  36. Longmire (2012) — Ray Stewart
  37. The Outer Limits (1995) — Capt. Miles Davidow
  38. Stitchers (2015) — Daniel Stinger
  39. Obliterated (2023) — Hagerty
  40. Southland (2009) — Officer Dewey Dudek

Directed

  1. War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) — Director
  2. The Land That Time Forgot (2009) — Director
  3. The Day the Earth Stopped (2008) — Director
  4. Hourglass (1997) — Director
  5. The Genesis Code (2010) — Director
  6. Pure Danger (1996) — Director
  7. The Big Fall (1997) — Director