Acting
C. Thomas Howell
EN, FR, IT cinema · 173 credits
Born
7 December 1966 (age 59)
Birthplace
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 · トム・ハウエル
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
Filmography
One Mile: Chapter One
as Stanley Dixon
One Mile: Chapter Two
as Stanley Dixon
Where the Wind Blows
as Nathan
Ride
as John Hawkins
Reagan
as Caspar Weinberger
The Open Door
as Mr. Sapp
Old Dads
as Ed Cameron
Crimson Point
as Frank
Because We're Family
as Peter
The Wrong Path
as Dr. Eric Peselowe
Beast Mode
as Breen Nash
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
as Captain Miles Browning
Control
as Control (voice)
Dirty Dealing
as Carter
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
as Blake
Urban Country
as Jim Craft
Shifting Gears
as Jenkins
Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.
as Narrator
Deadman Standing
as The Stranger
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
as Zoom (voice)
LBJ
as Walter Jenkins
The Shadow People
as Kaine
A Question of Faith
as John Danielson
Disconnected
as Robert Crawford
My B.F.F.
as Ben Wilkins
Blood Lust
as Ryan
Attack of the Killer Donuts
as Officer Roberts
Advance & Retreat
as Nathan Shapiro
Woodlawn
as George 'Shorty' White
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
Rivers 9
as Sheriff Quentin
Spirit Riders
as Keith
Magic Hour
as Tom Worthy
Lazarus Rising
as Silent Cal
A Christmas Eve Miracle
as Jack Carter, Executive Producer
The Sin Seer
as Detective Riggers
Bigfoot Wars
as Zeke
Category 5
as Charlie DuPuis
A Magic Christmas
as Jack Carter, Executive Producer
An Amish Murder
as Nathan Detrick
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)
Lost on Purpose
as Delbert Furgeson
Storm Rider
as Mitch Fielding
Don't Pass Me By
as Jack
Christmas Belle
as Rex Everhart
The Kindred Chronicles
2013
The Kindred Chronicles
as Self / Detective Frank Kohanek
MoniKa
as Double
Chilly Christmas
as Patrick Cole
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Jack's Father
Wedding Day
as Russ
Escape
as Paul Jordan
Camel Spiders
as Sheriff Beaumont
Restitution
as John Youngstown
Cross
as Jake
The Terror Experiment
as Chief Grasso
Cupid's Arrow
as Professor Grimes
The Genesis Code
Director
The Land That Time Forgot
as Frost Michaels, Director
The Grind
as Luke
The Jailhouse
as Seth Delray
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
as Alumnus Guy #2
Big Game
as Sully
Toxic
as LIttle Joe
The Day the Earth Stopped
as Josh Myron, Director
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
as George Herbert, Director
House of Fallen
as Thomas
Cold Ones
as K.C. Corcoran
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
as Captain Williams
Hoboken Hollow
as Clayton Connelly
Fighting Words
as David Settles
The Da Vinci Treasure
as Michael Archer
Glass Trap
as Curtis
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
as George Herbert
The Poseidon Adventure
as Doctor Ballard
Ordinary Miracles
as Jim Powell
Crimson Force
as Capt. Baskin
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
as Coach Fielding
The Lost Angel
as Kuratha
Blind Injustice
Story, Producer
Hidalgo
as Preston Webb
A Killer Within
as Addison Terrill
The Hillside Strangler
as Kenneth Bianchi
Nursie
as Zack
Zolar
as Hedion
Net Games
as Adam Vance
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
as Jim Halsey
Gods and Generals
as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Killer Bees
as Sheriff Lyndon Harris
WillFull
as Nat Wolff
Night of the Wolf
as Sheriff Wade Messer
Hope Ranch
Screenplay, Producer
Lawless: Dead Evidence
as Dean Riley
Askari
as Joss Mckinley
Asylum Days
as Nathan Devine
Burning Down the House
as Concierge
Separate Ways
as Tom Milton
XCU: Extreme Close Up
as Geoffrey Liddy
Hot Boyz
as Officer Roberts
The Million Dollar Kid
as Valentino
Fatal Affair
as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox
Hitman's Run
as Tom Holly
Red Team
as J.B. Gaines
Enemy Action
as John Reed
The Glass Jar
as Lanois
The Shepherd
as Boris Dakota
Charades
as Evan
Sealed with a Kiss
as Detective Mick Cullen
Matter of Trust
as Michael D'Angelo
Sleeping Dogs
as Sanchez Boon
Last Lives
as Aaron
Dilemma
as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan
Dead Fire
as Tucker
Hourglass
as Michael Jardine, Director, Screenplay
Laws of Deception
as Evan Marino
The Big Fall
as Blaise Rybeck, Director
The Sweeper
as Mark Goddard
Pure Danger
as Johnie Dean, Director
Baby Face Nelson
as Baby Face Nelson
Payback
as Oscar Bonsetter
Suspect Device
as Dan Jericho
Dangerous Indiscretion
as Jim Lomax
Teresa's Tattoo
as Carl
Natural Selection
as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly
Acting on Impulse
as Paul Stevens
Treacherous
as Micky Stewert
Jailbait
as Sergeant Lee Teffler
Tattle Tale
as Bernard Sprat
Gettysburg
as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
That Night
as Rick
Breaking the Rules
as Gene Michaels
Nickel & Dime
as Jack Stone
Far Out Man
as C. Thomas Howell
Side Out
as Monroe Clark
Kid
as Kid
Curiosity Kills
as Cat Thomas
The Eyes of the Panther
as Jenner Brading
A Tiger's Tale
as Bubber Drumm
Young Toscanini
as Arturo Toscanini
Into the Homeland
as Tripp Wilson
Soul Man
as Mark Watson
The Hitcher
as Jim Halsey
Secret Admirer
as Michael Ryan
Red Dawn
as Robert
Tank
as Billy
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Tim Pearson
The Outsiders
as Ponyboy Curtis
