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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
One Mile: Chapter Two
Character:Stanley Dixon
Release Date:27/02/2026
One Mile: Chapter One
Character:Stanley Dixon
Release Date:20/02/2026
Reagan
Character:Caspar Weinberger
Release Date:29/08/2024
Ride
Character:John Hawkins
Release Date:14/06/2024
The Open Door
Character:Mr. Sapp
Release Date:01/01/2024
Old Dads
Character:Ed Cameron
Release Date:20/10/2023
Crimson Point
Character:Frank
Release Date:17/10/2022
Because We're Family
Character:Peter
Release Date:16/10/2022
The Wrong Path
Character:Dr. Eric Peselowe
Release Date:06/04/2021
Beast Mode
Character:Breen Nash
Release Date:01/12/2020
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
Character:Captain Miles Browning
Release Date:22/10/2019
Control
Character:Control (voice)
Release Date:30/08/2019
I Am Patrick Swayze
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2019
Urban Country
Character:Jim Craft
Release Date:03/08/2018
Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.
Character:Narrator
Release Date:29/07/2018
Dirty Dealing
Character:Carter
Release Date:19/06/2018
The Rack Pack
Character:Ted
Release Date:05/05/2018
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
Character:Blake
Release Date:24/04/2018
Deadman Standing
Character:The Stranger
Release Date:15/04/2018
Shifting Gears
Character:Jenkins
Release Date:23/03/2018
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
Character:Zoom (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2018
LBJ
Character:Walter Jenkins
Release Date:03/11/2017
A Question of Faith
Character:John Danielson
Release Date:29/09/2017
Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure
Character:
Release Date:17/06/2017
Disconnected
Character:Robert Crawford
Release Date:01/03/2017
The Shadow People
Character:Kaine
Release Date:28/02/2017
My B.F.F.
Character:Ben Wilkins
Release Date:12/12/2016
Advance & Retreat
Character:Nathan Shapiro
Release Date:05/11/2016
Attack of the Killer Donuts
Character:Officer Roberts
Release Date:17/07/2016
Blood Lust
Character:Ryan
Release Date:15/01/2016
Magic Hour
Character:Tom Worthy
Release Date:01/12/2015
A Christmas Eve Miracle
Character:Jack Carter
Release Date:24/11/2015
Woodlawn
Character:George 'Shorty' White
Release Date:15/10/2015
Lazarus Rising
Character:Silent Cal
Release Date:22/09/2015
Rivers 9
Character:Sheriff Quentin
Release Date:30/06/2015
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
Character:Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
Release Date:18/06/2015
Spirit Riders
Character:Keith
Release Date:09/05/2015
Borrowed Moments
Character:Jack
Release Date:07/02/2015
A Magic Christmas
Character:Jack Carter
Release Date:28/10/2014
Fruits De Mer
Character:
Release Date:11/09/2014
Confessions of a Womanizer
Character:Tony
Release Date:06/09/2014
Rescuing Madison
Character:Rad
Release Date:04/09/2014
Category 5
Character:Charlie DuPuis
Release Date:21/05/2014
Bigfoot Wars
Character:Zeke
Release Date:10/03/2014
Christmas Belle
Character:Rex Everhart
Release Date:08/12/2013
Storm Rider
Character:Mitch Fielding
Release Date:22/10/2013
Lost on Purpose
Character:Delbert Furgeson
Release Date:04/10/2013
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Character:Professor Eobard 'Zoom' Thawne / Reverse-Flash (voice)
Release Date:30/07/2013
Don't Pass Me By
Character:Jack
Release Date:12/01/2013
An Amish Murder
Character:Nathan Detrick
Release Date:06/01/2013
MoniKa
Character:Double
Release Date:14/12/2012
Chilly Christmas
Character:Patrick Cole
Release Date:05/11/2012
The 'E.T.' Journals
Character:Self
Release Date:09/10/2012
Home Invasion
Character:Ray
Release Date:08/09/2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Character:Jack's Father
Release Date:23/06/2012
Wedding Day
Character:Russ
Release Date:15/06/2012
Escape
Character:Paul Jordan
Release Date:21/01/2012
Restitution
Character:John Youngstown
Release Date:28/10/2011
Cross
Character:Jake
Release Date:21/05/2011
Camel Spiders
Character:Sheriff Beaumont
Release Date:04/03/2011
Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!
Character:David
Release Date:18/05/2010
The Terror Experiment
Character:Chief Grasso
Release Date:01/04/2010
Cupid's Arrow
Character:Professor Grimes
Release Date:01/01/2010
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
Character:Alumnus Guy #2
Release Date:02/12/2009
The Grind
Character:Luke
Release Date:22/09/2009
The Land That Time Forgot
Character:Frost Michaels
Release Date:28/07/2009
The Jailhouse
Character:Seth Delray
Release Date:01/05/2009
Secret at Arrow Lake
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2009
The Day the Earth Stopped
Character:Josh Myron
Release Date:09/12/2008
A Gunfighter's Pledge
Character:Horn
Release Date:20/09/2008
Big Game
Character:Sully
Release Date:07/07/2008
Toxic
Character:LIttle Joe
Release Date:01/03/2008
House of Fallen
Character:Thomas
Release Date:01/03/2008
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
Character:George Herbert
Release Date:01/02/2008
Xenophobia
Character:Stone
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Thirst: Blood War
Character:Jed
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
Character:Captain Williams
Release Date:17/01/2007
Cold Ones
Character:K.C. Corcoran
Release Date:01/01/2007
Fighting Words
Character:David Settles
Release Date:25/12/2006
The Da Vinci Treasure
Character:Michael Archer
Release Date:23/05/2006
Hoboken Hollow
Character:Clayton Connelly
Release Date:04/01/2006
The Poseidon Adventure
Character:Doctor Ballard
Release Date:20/11/2005
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2005
Glass Trap
Character:Curtis
Release Date:02/08/2005
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
Character:George Herbert
Release Date:28/06/2005
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Character:Coach Fielding
Release Date:10/06/2005
Crimson Force
Character:Capt. Baskin
Release Date:04/06/2005
The Lost Angel
Character:Kuratha
Release Date:26/04/2005
Ordinary Miracles
Character:Jim Powell
Release Date:01/01/2005
The Hillside Strangler
Character:Kenneth Bianchi
Release Date:12/11/2004
A Killer Within
Character:Addison Terrill
Release Date:06/11/2004
Zolar
Character:Hedion
Release Date:01/05/2004
Nursie
Character:Zack
Release Date:23/02/2004
Hidalgo
Character:Preston Webb
Release Date:04/02/2004
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
Character:Jim Halsey
Release Date:15/07/2003
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
Character:
Release Date:04/03/2003
Gods and Generals
Character:Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Release Date:21/02/2003
Net Games
Character:Adam Vance
Release Date:02/02/2003
Killer Bees
Character:Sheriff Lyndon Harris
Release Date:19/11/2002
WillFull
Character:Nat Wolff
Release Date:29/08/2002
Night of the Wolf
Character:Sheriff Wade Messer
Release Date:15/04/2002
Askari
Character:Joss Mckinley
Release Date:01/12/2001
Asylum Days
Character:Nathan Devine
Release Date:10/11/2001
XCU: Extreme Close Up
Character:Geoffrey Liddy
Release Date:28/05/2001
Separate Ways
Character:Tom Milton
Release Date:25/03/2001
Burning Down the House
Character:Concierge
Release Date:07/02/2001
Lawless: Dead Evidence
Character:Dean Riley
Release Date:01/01/2001
The Million Dollar Kid
Character:Valentino
Release Date:18/01/2000
Hot Boyz
Character:Officer Roberts
Release Date:15/01/2000
The Prince and the Surfer
Character:Dean
Release Date:21/12/1999
Escape from Alaska
Character:Jack
Release Date:28/07/1999
Fatal Affair
Character:Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox
Release Date:07/05/1999
Red Team
Character:J.B. Gaines
Release Date:03/04/1999
Hitman's Run
Character:Tom Holly
Release Date:01/01/1999
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
Character:Dakota
Release Date:01/01/1999
Enemy Action
Character:John Reed
Release Date:01/01/1999
Charades
Character:Evan
Release Date:17/12/1998
Matter of Trust
Character:Michael D'Angelo
Release Date:06/10/1998
The Shepherd
Character:Boris Dakota
Release Date:28/08/1998
Sealed with a Kiss
Character:Detective Mick Cullen
Release Date:24/02/1998
Last Lives
Character:Aaron
Release Date:18/10/1997
The Big Fall
Character:Blaise Rybeck
Release Date:14/10/1997
Sleeping Dogs
Character:Sanchez Boon
Release Date:12/10/1997
Dead Fire
Character:Tucker
Release Date:19/07/1997
Laws of Deception
Character:Evan Marino
Release Date:08/03/1997
Hourglass
Character:Michael Jardine
Release Date:26/02/1997
Dilemma
Character:Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan
Release Date:01/01/1997
Pure Danger
Character:Johnie Dean
Release Date:10/09/1996
The Sweeper
Character:Mark Goddard
Release Date:25/06/1996
Baby Face Nelson
Character:Baby Face Nelson
Release Date:25/01/1996
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Character:Mike
Release Date:02/06/1995
Dangerous Indiscretion
Character:Jim Lomax
Release Date:21/02/1995
Payback
Character:Oscar Bonsetter
Release Date:10/01/1995
Suspect Device
Character:Dan Jericho
Release Date:01/01/1995
Teresa's Tattoo
Character:Carl
Release Date:15/03/1994
Natural Selection
Character:Ben Braden / Alex Connelly
Release Date:10/01/1994
Jailbait
Character:Sergeant Lee Teffler
Release Date:22/10/1993
Gettysburg
Character:Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
Release Date:08/10/1993
Treacherous
Character:Micky Stewert
Release Date:27/09/1993
Tattle Tale
Character:Bernard Sprat
Release Date:21/07/1993
Acting on Impulse
Character:Paul Stevens
Release Date:10/07/1993
To Protect and Serve
Character:Egan
Release Date:28/10/1992
Breaking the Rules
Character:Gene Michaels
Release Date:09/10/1992
That Night
Character:Rick
Release Date:04/08/1992
Nickel & Dime
Character:Jack Stone
Release Date:01/01/1992
Kid
Character:Kid
Release Date:02/11/1990
Curiosity Kills
Character:Cat Thomas
Release Date:27/06/1990
Far Out Man
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/05/1990
Side Out
Character:Monroe Clark
Release Date:30/03/1990
The Eyes of the Panther
Character:Jenner Brading
Release Date:26/11/1989
The Return of the Musketeers
Character:Raoul
Release Date:12/04/1989
Young Toscanini
Character:Arturo Toscanini
Release Date:07/10/1988
A Tiger's Tale
Character:Bubber Drumm
Release Date:12/02/1988
Into the Homeland
Character:Tripp Wilson
Release Date:01/01/1987
Soul Man
Character:Mark Watson
Release Date:24/10/1986
The Hitcher
Character:Jim Halsey
Release Date:17/01/1986
Secret Admirer
Character:Michael Ryan
Release Date:14/06/1985
Red Dawn
Character:Robert
Release Date:10/08/1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
Character:Tim Pearson
Release Date:03/08/1984
Tank
Character:Billy
Release Date:16/03/1984
The Outsiders
Character:Ponyboy Curtis
Release Date:25/03/1983
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Character:Tyler
Release Date:11/06/1982
Television Appearances
Obliterated
Character:Hagerty
Will Trent
Character:Warden Sturgill Hardly
1923
Character:Anders
Creepshow
Character:Sam Spinster
The Good Cop
Character:
The Terror
Character:Major Bowen
Marvel's The Punisher
Character:Carson Wolf
SEAL Team
Character:Ash Spenser
MacGyver
Character:Vasil
Ties That Bind
Character:Mr. Witherspoon
Stitchers
Character:Daniel Stinger
Bosch
Character:Louis Degner
The Blacklist
Character:Earl Fagen
Sleepy Hollow
Character:SAC Mick Granger
Revolution
Character:Bounty Hunter
Longmire
Character:Ray Stewart
Grimm
Character:Weston Steward
Alphas
Character:Eli Aquino
The Walking Dead
Character:Roy
The Walking Dead
Character:Hilltop Resident
Blue Bloods
Character:Alex Polanski
Hawaii Five-0
Character:Martin Cordova
The Glades
Character:Peyton Robinson
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
Southland
Character:Officer Dewey Dudek
Castle
Character:John Campbell
Sons of Anarchy
Character:Agent Frank Eagan
Celebracadabra
Character:
Torchwood
Character:The Gentleman
Psych
Character:Camden Driggs
Criminal Minds
Character:The Reaper / George Foyet
Summerland
Character:Kyle Bale
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
24
Character:Barry Landes
The District
Character:Chris Gunner
Son of the Beach
Character:
Amazon
Character:Dr. Alex Kennedy
Twice in a Lifetime
Character:Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow
V.I.P.
Character:Phil Sherman
Kindred: The Embraced
Character:Det. Frank Kohanek
The Outer Limits
Character:Capt. Miles Davidow
ER
Character:Vincent Jansen
Nightmare Classics
Character:Jenner Brading
Moonlighting
Character:Waiter (uncredited)
The Hitchhiker
Character:Gerald
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