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