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C. Thomas Howell
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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February 27th, 2026 | One Mile: Chapter Two | Stanley Dixon | 6.8 | |
February 20th, 2026 | One Mile: Chapter One | Stanley Dixon | 7.2 | |
October 24th, 2025 | Where the Wind Blows | Nathan | 9 | |
June 14th, 2024 | Ride | John Hawkins | 7.5 | |
October 20th, 2023 | Old Dads | Ed Cameron | 6.2 | |
October 17th, 2022 | Crimson Point | Frank | TBD | |
October 16th, 2022 | Because We're Family | Peter | 5 | |
June 19th, 2018 | Dirty Dealing | Carter | 3.3 | |
November 3rd, 2017 | LBJ | Walter Jenkins | 6.4 | |
February 28th, 2017 | The Shadow People | Kaine | 4.4 | |
November 5th, 2016 | Advance & Retreat | Nathan Shapiro | 6.3 | |
July 17th, 2016 | Attack of the Killer Donuts | Officer Roberts | 4.1 | |
January 15th, 2016 | Blood Lust | Ryan | 4.3 | |
December 1st, 2015 | Magic Hour | Tom Worthy | 4 | |
October 15th, 2015 | Woodlawn | George 'Shorty' White | 6.9 | |
June 30th, 2015 | Rivers 9 | Sheriff Quentin | 5.1 | |
June 18th, 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Dr. Will Magnus (voice) | 7.1 | |
May 9th, 2015 | Spirit Riders | Keith | 6.1 | |
February 7th, 2015 | Borrowed Moments | Jack | 3.4 | |
September 4th, 2014 | Rescuing Madison | Rad | 5.9 | |
May 21st, 2014 | Category 5 | Charlie DuPuis | 5.5 | |
March 10th, 2014 | Bigfoot Wars | Zeke | 4 | |
June 15th, 2012 | Wedding Day | Russ | 4 | |
January 21st, 2012 | Escape | Paul Jordan | 4.7 | |
May 21st, 2011 | Cross | Jake | 4.1 | |
January 1st, 2010 | Cupid's Arrow | Professor Grimes | 5.5 | |
May 1st, 2009 | The Jailhouse | Seth Delray | 4 | |
January 1st, 2009 | Secret at Arrow Lake | TBD | 8 | |
March 1st, 2008 | House of Fallen | Thomas | 3.1 | |
June 10th, 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Coach Fielding | 5.4 | |
June 4th, 2005 | Crimson Force | Capt. Baskin | 4.6 | |
January 15th, 2000 | Hot Boyz | Officer Roberts | 4.8 | |
October 6th, 1998 | Matter of Trust | Michael D'Angelo | 4 | |
October 14th, 1997 | The Big Fall | Blaise Rybeck | 6.3 | |
March 8th, 1997 | Laws of Deception | Evan Marino | 4 | |
June 2nd, 1995 | Mad Dogs and Englishmen | Mike | 4 | |
February 21st, 1995 | Dangerous Indiscretion | Jim Lomax | 3.9 | |
October 22nd, 1993 | Jailbait | Sergeant Lee Teffler | 3.3 | |
TBD | Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Self | TBD | |
August 29th, 2024 | Reagan | Caspar Weinberger | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 2024 | The Open Door | Mr. Sapp | TBD | |
April 6th, 2021 | The Wrong Path | Dr. Eric Peselowe | 4 | |
December 1st, 2020 | Beast Mode | Breen Nash | 5.6 | |
October 22nd, 2019 | Dauntless: The Battle of Midway | Captain Miles Browning | 4.3 | |
August 30th, 2019 | Control | Control (voice) | TBD | |
August 18th, 2019 | I Am Patrick Swayze | Self | 7 | |
August 3rd, 2018 | Urban Country | Jim Craft | 6.4 | |
July 29th, 2018 | Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S. | Narrator | TBD | |
May 5th, 2018 | The Rack Pack | Ted | 3.7 | |
April 24th, 2018 | Rich Boy, Rich Girl | Blake | 5.8 | |
April 15th, 2018 | Deadman Standing | The Stranger | 5.4 | |
March 23rd, 2018 | Shifting Gears | Jenkins | 6.5 | |
March 23rd, 2018 | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Zoom (voice) | 7.1 | |
September 29th, 2017 | A Question of Faith | John Danielson | 7.4 | |
June 17th, 2017 | Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure | TBD | 2 | |
March 1st, 2017 | Disconnected | Robert Crawford | 3.5 | |
December 12th, 2016 | My B.F.F. | Ben Wilkins | TBD | |
November 24th, 2015 | A Christmas Eve Miracle | Jack Carter | 4.3 | |
September 22nd, 2015 | Lazarus Rising | Silent Cal | 3 | |
October 28th, 2014 | A Magic Christmas | Jack Carter | 4.8 | |
September 11th, 2014 | Fruits De Mer | TBD | TBD | |
September 6th, 2014 | Confessions of a Womanizer | Tony | 2.9 | |
December 8th, 2013 | Christmas Belle | Rex Everhart | 5.7 | |
October 22nd, 2013 | Storm Rider | Mitch Fielding | 6.5 | |
October 4th, 2013 | Lost on Purpose | Delbert Furgeson | 4.3 | |
July 30th, 2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice) | 7.9 | |
January 12th, 2013 | Don't Pass Me By | Jack | 4 | |
January 6th, 2013 | An Amish Murder | Nathan Detrick | 5.8 | |
December 14th, 2012 | MoniKa | Double | 5.9 | |
November 5th, 2012 | Chilly Christmas | Patrick Cole | 4.7 | |
October 9th, 2012 | The 'E.T.' Journals | Self | 10 | |
September 8th, 2012 | Home Invasion | Ray | 6.2 | |
June 23rd, 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Jack's Father | 6.7 | |
October 28th, 2011 | Restitution | John Youngstown | 3.5 | |
March 4th, 2011 | Camel Spiders | Sheriff Beaumont | 4.3 | |
May 18th, 2010 | Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood! | David | 2.7 | |
April 1st, 2010 | The Terror Experiment | Chief Grasso | 4.1 | |
December 2nd, 2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | Alumnus Guy #2 | 5.3 | |
September 22nd, 2009 | The Grind | Luke | 3.4 | |
July 28th, 2009 | The Land That Time Forgot | Frost Michaels | 3.7 | |
December 9th, 2008 | The Day the Earth Stopped | Josh Myron | 3.5 | |
September 20th, 2008 | A Gunfighter's Pledge | Horn | 5.2 | |
July 7th, 2008 | Big Game | Sully | 3.9 | |
March 1st, 2008 | Toxic | LIttle Joe | 4.2 | |
February 1st, 2008 | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | George Herbert | 3.7 | |
January 1st, 2008 | Xenophobia | Stone | 8 | |
January 1st, 2008 | The Thirst: Blood War | Jed | 3.6 | |
January 17th, 2007 | The Haunting of Marsten Manor | Captain Williams | 2.2 | |
January 1st, 2007 | Cold Ones | K.C. Corcoran | 6.7 | |
December 25th, 2006 | Fighting Words | David Settles | 8 | |
May 23rd, 2006 | The Da Vinci Treasure | Michael Archer | 2.6 | |
January 4th, 2006 | Hoboken Hollow | Clayton Connelly | 3.8 | |
November 20th, 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure | Doctor Ballard | 5.2 | |
September 20th, 2005 | Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' | Self | 9 | |
August 2nd, 2005 | Glass Trap | Curtis | 3.8 | |
June 28th, 2005 | H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds | George Herbert | 5.2 | |
April 26th, 2005 | The Lost Angel | Kuratha | 4.1 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Ordinary Miracles | Jim Powell | 6.5 | |
November 12th, 2004 | The Hillside Strangler | Kenneth Bianchi | 5.1 | |
November 6th, 2004 | A Killer Within | Addison Terrill | 5 | |
May 1st, 2004 | Zolar | Hedion | 3 | |
February 23rd, 2004 | Nursie | Zack | 4.8 | |
February 4th, 2004 | Hidalgo | Preston Webb | 6.9 | |
July 15th, 2003 | The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | Jim Halsey | 4.7 | |
March 4th, 2003 | The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? | TBD | 7.5 | |
February 21st, 2003 | Gods and Generals | Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain | 6.3 | |
February 2nd, 2003 | Net Games | Adam Vance | 4.9 | |
November 19th, 2002 | Killer Bees | Sheriff Lyndon Harris | 3.9 | |
August 29th, 2002 | WillFull | Nat Wolff | 7.3 | |
April 15th, 2002 | Night of the Wolf | Sheriff Wade Messer | 6 | |
December 1st, 2001 | Askari | Joss Mckinley | 7 | |
November 10th, 2001 | Asylum Days | Nathan Devine | 7.8 | |
May 28th, 2001 | XCU: Extreme Close Up | Geoffrey Liddy | 4.7 | |
March 25th, 2001 | Separate Ways | Tom Milton | 3.8 | |
February 7th, 2001 | Burning Down the House | Concierge | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 2001 | Lawless: Dead Evidence | Dean Riley | 6.3 | |
January 18th, 2000 | The Million Dollar Kid | Valentino | 3.4 | |
December 21st, 1999 | The Prince and the Surfer | Dean | 4 | |
July 28th, 1999 | Escape from Alaska | Jack | 4.7 | |
May 7th, 1999 | Fatal Affair | Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox | 7.3 | |
April 3rd, 1999 | Red Team | J.B. Gaines | 3.8 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Hitman's Run | Tom Holly | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Cybermaster: Shepherd II | Dakota | 10 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Enemy Action | John Reed | 6 | |
December 17th, 1998 | Charades | Evan | 4.2 | |
August 28th, 1998 | The Shepherd | Boris Dakota | 3.6 | |
February 24th, 1998 | Sealed with a Kiss | Detective Mick Cullen | 3.8 | |
October 18th, 1997 | Last Lives | Aaron | 4.3 | |
October 12th, 1997 | Sleeping Dogs | Sanchez Boon | 4.6 | |
July 19th, 1997 | Dead Fire | Tucker | 4.5 | |
February 26th, 1997 | Hourglass | Michael Jardine | 5 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Dilemma | Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan | 3.9 | |
September 10th, 1996 | Pure Danger | Johnie Dean | 4.2 | |
June 25th, 1996 | The Sweeper | Mark Goddard | 4.6 | |
January 25th, 1996 | Baby Face Nelson | Baby Face Nelson | 6.8 | |
January 10th, 1995 | Payback | Oscar Bonsetter | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Suspect Device | Dan Jericho | 6.8 | |
March 15th, 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo | Carl | 4.9 | |
January 10th, 1994 | Natural Selection | Ben Braden / Alex Connelly | 5.7 | |
October 8th, 1993 | Gettysburg | Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain | 7 | |
September 27th, 1993 | Treacherous | Micky Stewert | 6.9 | |
July 21st, 1993 | Tattle Tale | Bernard Sprat | 6.5 | |
July 10th, 1993 | Acting on Impulse | Paul Stevens | 4.8 | |
October 28th, 1992 | To Protect and Serve | Egan | 4.8 | |
October 9th, 1992 | Breaking the Rules | Gene Michaels | 5.3 | |
August 4th, 1992 | That Night | Rick | 6.4 | |
January 1st, 1992 | Nickel & Dime | Jack Stone | 8 | |
November 2nd, 1990 | Kid | Kid | 6 | |
June 27th, 1990 | Curiosity Kills | Cat Thomas | 5.4 | |
May 11th, 1990 | Far Out Man | Himself | 5.4 | |
March 30th, 1990 | Side Out | Monroe Clark | 5.3 | |
November 26th, 1989 | The Eyes of the Panther | Jenner Brading | TBD | |
April 12th, 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Raoul | 6.2 | |
October 7th, 1988 | Young Toscanini | Arturo Toscanini | 6.3 | |
February 12th, 1988 | A Tiger's Tale | Bubber Drumm | 4.4 | |
December 26th, 1987 | Into the Homeland | Tripp Wilson | 6.6 | |
October 24th, 1986 | Soul Man | Mark Watson | 5.3 | |
January 17th, 1986 | The Hitcher | Jim Halsey | 7 | |
June 14th, 1985 | Secret Admirer | Michael Ryan | 6.7 | |
August 10th, 1984 | Red Dawn | Robert | 6.3 | |
August 3rd, 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Tim Pearson | 5.8 | |
March 16th, 1984 | Tank | Billy | 5.7 | |
March 25th, 1983 | The Outsiders | Ponyboy Curtis | 7.2 | |
June 11th, 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tyler | 7.5 | |
TBD | The Greatest Actress in the World | TBD | TBD |