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.
Filmography
all 214
Movies 171
TV Shows 43
Director 7
self 6
Voice 4
Producer 4
Narrator 2

Reagan (2024)

Ride (2024)

The Open Door (2024)

Obliterated (2023)

Old Dads (2023)

Will Trent (2023)

1923 (2022)

The Wrong Path (2021)

Beast Mode (2020)

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway (2019)

Creepshow (2019)

Control (2019)

Urban Country (2018)

Deadman Standing (2018)

The Terror (2018)

Shifting Gears (2018)

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)

Marvel's The Punisher (2017)

LBJ (2017)

A Question of Faith (2017)

SEAL Team (2017)

Disconnected (2017)

My B.F.F. (2016)

Advance & Retreat (2016)

Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016)

Magic Hour (2015)

A Christmas Eve Miracle (2015)

Woodlawn (2015)

The Sin Seer (2015)

Lazarus Rising (2015)

Ties That Bind (2015)

Rivers 9 (2015)

Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)

Stitchers (2015)

A Magic Christmas (2014)

Category 5 (2014)

Christmas Belle (2013)

Storm Rider (2013)

Lost on Purpose (2013)

The Blacklist (2013)

Sleepy Hollow (2013)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

An Amish Murder (2013)

MoniKa (2012)

Chilly Christmas (2012)

Revolution (2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Longmire (2012)

Escape (2012)

Grimm (2011)

Restitution (2011)

Alphas (2011)

Camel Spiders (2011)

The Walking Dead (2010)

Blue Bloods (2010)

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

The Genesis Code (2010)

The Glades (2010)

The Terror Experiment (2010)

Flatline (2010)

Cupid's Arrow (2010)

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)

The Land That Time Forgot (2009)

The Jailhouse (2009)

Southland (2009)

Castle (2009)

The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)

Sons of Anarchy (2008)

Big Game (2008)

Toxic (2008)

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)

The Haunting of Marsten Manor (2007)

Cold Ones (2007)

Fighting Words (2006)

The Far Side of Jericho (2006)

Torchwood (2006)

Psych (2006)

The Da Vinci Treasure (2006)

Hoboken Hollow (2006)

The Poseidon Adventure (2005)

Glass Trap (2005)

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)

Crimson Force (2005)

The Lost Angel (2005)

Blind Injustice (2005)

Ordinary Miracles (2005)

The Hillside Strangler (2004)

A Killer Within (2004)

Zolar (2004)

Hidalgo (2004)

Gods and Generals (2003)

Net Games (2003)

Killer Bees (2002)

Hope Ranch (2002)

WillFull (2002)

Night of the Wolf (2002)

Askari (2001)

Asylum Days (2001)

24 (2001)

XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001)

Separate Ways (2001)

Burning Down the House (2001)

Lawless: Dead Evidence (2001)

The District (2000)

The Million Dollar Kid (2000)

Hot Boyz (2000)

Amazon (1999)

Fatal Affair (1999)

Red Team (1999)

Enemy Action (1999)

Hitman's Run (1999)

The Shepherd (1999)

Matter of Trust (1998)

V.I.P. (1998)

Sealed with a Kiss (1998)

The Big Fall (1997)

Sleeping Dogs (1997)

Dead Fire (1997)

Laws of Deception (1997)

Hourglass (1997)

Dilemma (1997)

Pure Danger (1996)

The Sweeper (1996)

Kindred: The Embraced (1996)

Baby Face Nelson (1996)

The Outer Limits (1995)

Dangerous Indiscretion (1995)

Payback (1995)

Suspect Device (1995)

ER (1994)

Natural Selection (1994)

Jailbait (1993)

Gettysburg (1993)

Treacherous (1993)

Tattle Tale (1993)

Acting on Impulse (1993)

Breaking the Rules (1992)

Nickel & Dime (1992)

Curiosity Kills (1990)

Far Out Man (1990)

Side Out (1990)

The Eyes of the Panther (1989)

Nightmare Classics (1989)

Young Toscanini (1988)

A Tiger's Tale (1988)

Into the Homeland (1987)

Soul Man (1986)

The Hitcher (1986)

Secret Admirer (1985)

Moonlighting (1985)

Red Dawn (1984)

Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)

Tank (1984)

The Hitchhiker (1983)

The Outsiders (1983)

One More Mile

One Mile
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1966-12-07 (58 years old)
Birth NameChristopher Thomas Howell
Birth PlaceVan Nuys, United States
RelationshipsRae Dawn Chong (1989 - 1990)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsChristopher Thomas Howell, Tom Howell, Си Томас Хауэлл, C·湯瑪斯·哈威爾, سی توماس هاول
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