C. Thomas Howell
Known for Acting · 209 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
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
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
24
2001
as Barry Landes
Grimm
2011
as Weston Steward
Sons of Anarchy
2008
as Agent Frank Eagan
Marvel's The Punisher
2017
as Carson Wolf
ER
1994
as Vincent Jansen
Psych
2006
as Camden Driggs
SEAL Team
2017
as Ash Spenser
Bosch
2015
as Louis Degner
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Will Trent
2023
as Warden Sturgill Hardly
MacGyver
2016
as Vasil
The Terror
2018
as Major Bowen
Longmire
2012
as Ray Stewart
1923
2022
as Anders
V.I.P.
1998
as Phil Sherman
Sleepy Hollow
2013
as SAC Mick Granger
The Outer Limits
1995
as Capt. Miles Davidow
Moonlighting
1985
as Waiter (uncredited)
The District
2000
as Chris Gunner
Torchwood
2006
as The Gentleman
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Southland
2009
as Officer Dewey Dudek
The Glades
2010
as Peyton Robinson
Obliterated
2023
as Hagerty
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Gerald
Creepshow
2019
as Sam Spinster
Alphas
2011
as Eli Aquino
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow
Revolution
2012
as Bounty Hunter
Stitchers
2015
as Daniel Stinger
Son of the Beach
2000
Summerland
2004
as Kyle Bale
The Good Cop
2018
Ties That Bind
2015
as Mr. Witherspoon
Amazon
1999
as Dr. Alex Kennedy
Kindred: The Embraced
1996
as Det. Frank Kohanek
Nightmare Classics
1989
as Jenner Brading
Celebracadabra
2008
Movies (165)
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
as Jack's Father
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Tyler
The Outsiders
1983
as Ponyboy Curtis
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009
as Alumnus Guy #2
One Mile: Chapter One
2026
as Stanley Dixon
The Hitcher
1986
as Jim Halsey
Red Dawn
1984
as Robert
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013
as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)
Gettysburg
1993
as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
One Mile: Chapter Two
2026
as Stanley Dixon
Reagan
2024
as Caspar Weinberger
Soul Man
1986
as Mark Watson
Toxic
2008
as LIttle Joe
Hidalgo
2004
as Preston Webb
Where the Wind Blows
2025
as Nathan
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
as Zoom (voice)
LBJ
2017
as Walter Jenkins
Old Dads
2023
as Ed Cameron
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Doctor Ballard
Secret Admirer
1985
as Michael Ryan
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
Tank
1984
as Billy
Payback
1995
as Oscar Bonsetter
Gods and Generals
2003
as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain
Woodlawn
2015
as George 'Shorty' White
Urban Country
2018
as Jim Craft
Glass Trap
2005
as Curtis
That Night
1992
as Rick
Restitution
2011
as John Youngstown
Ride
2024
as John Hawkins
Dead Fire
1997
as Tucker
Side Out
1990
as Monroe Clark
Home Invasion
2012
as Ray
MoniKa
2012
as Double
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984
as Tim Pearson
Wedding Day
2012
as Russ
A Question of Faith
2017
as John Danielson
A Killer Within
2004
as Addison Terrill
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
2005
as George Herbert
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Raoul
Lazarus Rising
2015
as Silent Cal
Hot Boyz
2000
as Officer Roberts
I Am Patrick Swayze
2019
as Self
Separate Ways
2001
as Tom Milton
Big Game
2008
as Sully
Dangerous Indiscretion
1995
as Jim Lomax
Fighting Words
2006
as David Settles
Cross
2011
as Jake
The Jailhouse
2009
as Seth Delray
The Hillside Strangler
2004
as Kenneth Bianchi
Zolar
2004
as Hedion
Tattle Tale
1993
as Bernard Sprat
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
2008
as George Herbert
Askari
2001
as Joss Mckinley
Teresa's Tattoo
1994
as Carl
Blood Lust
2016
as Ryan
Beast Mode
2020
as Breen Nash
Last Lives
1997
as Aaron
The Sweeper
1996
as Mark Goddard
Crimson Force
2005
as Capt. Baskin
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
as Valentino
Rescuing Madison
2014
as Rad
Shifting Gears
2018
as Jenkins
The Land That Time Forgot
2009
as Frost Michaels
Ordinary Miracles
2005
as Jim Powell
Camel Spiders
2011
as Sheriff Beaumont
The Shepherd
1998
as Boris Dakota
Jailbait
1993
as Sergeant Lee Teffler
Into the Homeland
1987
as Tripp Wilson
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019
as Captain Miles Browning
Deadman Standing
2018
as The Stranger
Attack of the Killer Donuts
2016
as Officer Roberts
Acting on Impulse
1993
as Paul Stevens
Treacherous
1993
as Micky Stewert
Natural Selection
1994
as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly
Nursie
2004
as Zack
Curiosity Kills
1990
as Cat Thomas
Nickel & Dime
1992
as Jack Stone
The Grind
2009
as Luke
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003
as Jim Halsey
Category 5
2014
as Charlie DuPuis
Borrowed Moments
2015
as Jack
An Amish Murder
2013
as Nathan Detrick
Bigfoot Wars
2014
as Zeke
Spirit Riders
2015
as Keith
Cold Ones
2007
as K.C. Corcoran
Net Games
2003
as Adam Vance
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Clayton Connelly
Young Toscanini
1988
as Arturo Toscanini
Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'
2005
as Self
The Day the Earth Stopped
2008
as Josh Myron
Charades
1998
as Evan
The Prince and the Surfer
1999
as Dean
Baby Face Nelson
1996
as Baby Face Nelson
Rivers 9
2015
as Sheriff Quentin
The 'E.T.' Journals
2012
as Self
Magic Hour
2015
as Tom Worthy
Sleeping Dogs
1997
as Sanchez Boon
Enemy Action
1999
as John Reed
A Tiger's Tale
1988
as Bubber Drumm
The Shadow People
2017
as Kaine
The Lost Angel
2005
as Kuratha
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995
as Mike
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
2018
as Blake
Hourglass
1997
as Michael Jardine
Dilemma
1997
as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan
Breaking the Rules
1992
as Gene Michaels
Disconnected
2017
as Robert Crawford
The Big Fall
1997
as Blaise Rybeck
The Thirst: Blood War
2008
as Jed
Red Team
1999
as J.B. Gaines
Far Out Man
1990
as Himself
The Terror Experiment
2010
as Chief Grasso
The Da Vinci Treasure
2006
as Michael Archer
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Self
Escape
2012
as Paul Jordan
Escape from Alaska
1999
as Jack
Advance & Retreat
2016
as Nathan Shapiro
Lost on Purpose
2013
as Delbert Furgeson
Secret at Arrow Lake
2009
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 209 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, C. Thomas Howell has appeared in 165 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular C. Thomas Howell Movies
- The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — as Jack's Father
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) — as Tyler
- The Outsiders (1983) — as Ponyboy Curtis
- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009) — as Alumnus Guy #2
- One Mile: Chapter One (2026) — as Stanley Dixon
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