C. Thomas Howell
Known for Acting · 210 credits
- Born
- 1966-12-07 (age 59)
- 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 · トム・ハウエル
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.
Known For
TV Shows (44)
Criminal Minds
2005
as The Reaper / George Foyet
The Blacklist
2013
as Earl Fagen
24
2001
as Barry Landes
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Martin Cordova
The Walking Dead
2010
as Roy / Hilltop Resident
Castle
2009
as John Campbell
Blue Bloods
2010
as Alex Polanski
Grimm
2011
as Weston Steward
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Agent Frank Eagan
Psych
2006
as Camden Driggs
ER
1994
as Vincent Jansen
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Bosch
2015
as Louis Degner
Marvel's The Punisher
2017
as Carson Wolf
SEAL Team
2017
as Ash Spenser
MacGyver
2016
as Vasil
1923
2022
as Anders
Will Trent
2023
as Warden Sturgill Hardly
V.I.P.
1998
as Phil Sherman
Longmire
2012
as Ray Stewart
Moonlighting
1985
as Waiter (uncredited)
Sleepy Hollow
2013
as SAC Mick Granger
Southland
2009
as Officer Dewey Dudek
The Outer Limits
1995
as Capt. Miles Davidow
The District
2000
as Chris Gunner
Torchwood
2006
as The Gentleman
The Glades
2010
as Peyton Robinson
The Terror
2018
as Major Bowen
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Gerald
Revolution
2012
as Bounty Hunter
Creepshow
2019
as Sam Spinster
Obliterated
2023
as Hagerty
Alphas
2011
as Eli Aquino
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow
Summerland
2004
as Kyle Bale
Son of the Beach
2000
Stitchers
2015
as Daniel Stinger
The Good Cop
2018
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
as Det. Frank Kohanek
Ties That Bind
2015
as Mr. Witherspoon
Amazon
1999
as Dr. Alex Kennedy
Nightmare Classics
1989
as Jenner Brading
Celebracadabra
2008
Movies (166)
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Jack's Father
One Mile: Chapter One
2026
as Stanley Dixon
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Tyler
One Mile: Chapter Two
2026
as Stanley Dixon
The Outsiders
1983
as Ponyboy Curtis
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
as Alumnus Guy #2
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013
as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)
The Hitcher
1986
as Jim Halsey
Hidalgo
2004
as Preston Webb
Reagan
2024
as Caspar Weinberger
Red Dawn
1984
as Robert
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
as Zoom (voice)
Gettysburg
1993
as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
Old Dads
2023
as Ed Cameron
Dangerous Indiscretion
1995
as Jim Lomax
Where the Wind Blows
2025
as Nathan
Tank
1984
as Billy
Ordinary Miracles
2005
as Jim Powell
Storm Rider
2013
as Mitch Fielding
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Doctor Ballard
Payback
1995
as Oscar Bonsetter
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Tim Pearson
Urban Country
2018
as Jim Craft
LBJ
2017
as Walter Jenkins
An Amish Murder
2013
as Nathan Detrick
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
Restitution
2011
as John Youngstown
Borrowed Moments
2015
as Jack
Nickel & Dime
1992
as Jack Stone
Magic Hour
2015
as Tom Worthy
Woodlawn
2015
as George 'Shorty' White
A Question of Faith
2017
as John Danielson
Gods and Generals
2003
as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Secret Admirer
1985
as Michael Ryan
House of Fallen
2008
as Thomas
Secret at Arrow Lake
2009
A Gunfighter's Pledge
2008
as Horn
I Am Patrick Swayze
2019
as Self
Kid
1990
as Kid
Soul Man
1986
as Mark Watson
The Lost Angel
2005
as Kuratha
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
2008
as George Herbert
The Land That Time Forgot
2009
as Frost Michaels
Dirty Dealing
2018
as Carter
Ride
2024
as John Hawkins
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Raoul
Cross
2011
as Jake
Into the Homeland
1987
as Tripp Wilson
Young Toscanini
1988
as Arturo Toscanini
The Horseman
Toxic
2008
as LIttle Joe
The Open Door
2024
as Mr. Sapp
Camel Spiders
2011
as Sheriff Beaumont
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019
as Captain Miles Browning
A Killer Within
2004
as Addison Terrill
The Da Vinci Treasure
2006
as Michael Archer
The Hillside Strangler
2004
as Kenneth Bianchi
Baby Face Nelson
1996
as Baby Face Nelson
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
2005
as George Herbert
Christmas Belle
2013
as Rex Everhart
Attack of the Killer Donuts
2016
as Officer Roberts
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
as Jim Halsey
Treacherous
1993
as Micky Stewert
The Terror Experiment
2010
as Chief Grasso
Burning Down the House
2001
as Concierge
MoniKa
2012
as Double
Side Out
1990
as Monroe Clark
Cupid's Arrow
2010
as Professor Grimes
Escape
2012
as Paul Jordan
The Day the Earth Stopped
2008
as Josh Myron
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
as Valentino
A Christmas Eve Miracle
2015
as Jack Carter
Acting on Impulse
1993
as Paul Stevens
The Greatest Actress in the World
Natural Selection
1994
as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly
WillFull
2002
as Nat Wolff
That Night
1992
as Rick
The Grind
2009
as Luke
Home Invasion
2012
as Ray
Beast Mode
2020
as Breen Nash
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995
as Mike
Chilly Christmas
2012
as Patrick Cole
The Prince and the Surfer
1999
as Dean
XCU: Extreme Close Up
2001
as Geoffrey Liddy
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
as Carl
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
2018
as Blake
Lost on Purpose
2013
as Delbert Furgeson
The Sweeper
1996
as Mark Goddard
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Clayton Connelly
Category 5
2014
as Charlie DuPuis
Lazarus Rising
2015
as Silent Cal
Night of the Wolf
2002
as Sheriff Wade Messer
Dilemma
1997
as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan
Breaking the Rules
1992
as Gene Michaels
A Tiger's Tale
1988
as Bubber Drumm
The Big Fall
1997
as Blaise Rybeck
Crimson Force
2005
as Capt. Baskin
To Protect and Serve
1992
as Egan
Separate Ways
2001
as Tom Milton
Big Game
2008
as Sully
Hot Boyz
2000
as Officer Roberts
Net Games
2003
as Adam Vance
Deadman Standing
2018
as The Stranger
Escape from Alaska
1999
as Jack
Hourglass
1997
as Michael Jardine
Advance & Retreat
2016
as Nathan Shapiro
Don't Pass Me By
2013
as Jack
Jailbait
1993
as Sergeant Lee Teffler
Pure Danger
1996
as Johnie Dean
Nursie
2004
as Zack
The Eyes of the Panther
1989
as Jenner Brading
Matter of Trust
1998
as Michael D'Angelo
Rescuing Madison
2014
as Rad
The 'E.T.' Journals
2012
as Self
Wedding Day
2012
as Russ
A Magic Christmas
2014
as Jack Carter
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
1999
as Dakota
Fatal Affair
1999
as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox
Dead Fire
1997
as Tucker
Confessions of a Womanizer
2014
as Tony
About 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.… With 210 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, C. Thomas Howell has appeared in 166 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular C. Thomas Howell Movies
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — as Jack's Father
- One Mile: Chapter One (2026) — as Stanley Dixon
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — as Tyler
- One Mile: Chapter Two (2026) — as Stanley Dixon
- The Outsiders (1983) — as Ponyboy Curtis
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