C. Thomas Howell

C. Thomas Howell

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.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-12-07

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Cast

Net Games

Net Games

2003

4.80

Red Dawn

Red Dawn

1984

6.29

Hidalgo

Hidalgo

2004

6.88

Fatal Affair

Fatal Affair

1999

6.00

Tank

Tank

1984

5.70

Big Game

Big Game

2008

3.90

My B.F.F.

My B.F.F.

2016

0.00

Far Out Man

Far Out Man

1990

5.30

Soul Man

Soul Man

1986

5.32

The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986

6.96

Toxic

Toxic

2008

4.20

That Night

That Night

1992

6.40

Glass Trap

Glass Trap

2005

3.31

Killer Bees

Killer Bees

2002

3.83

The Grind

The Grind

2009

3.53

WillFull

WillFull

2002

6.50

Last Lives

Last Lives

1997

3.00

The Shepherd

The Shepherd

1999

3.50

Side Out

Side Out

1990

5.40

Payback

Payback

1995

5.25

Restitution

Restitution

2011

3.50

MoniKa

MoniKa

2012

6.07

The Sweeper

The Sweeper

1996

4.40

Kid

Kid

1990

6.10

Dilemma

Dilemma

1997

2.60

Xenophobia

Xenophobia

2008

0.00

Hitman's Run

Hitman's Run

1999

4.90

Dead Fire

Dead Fire

1997

3.80

Hourglass

Hourglass

1997

4.75

Askari

Askari

2001

1.00

Asylum Days

Asylum Days

2001

6.80

Red Team

Red Team

1999

3.30

Charades

Charades

1998

3.50

Pure Danger

Pure Danger

1996

4.00

Storm Rider

Storm Rider

2013

6.44

Treacherous

Treacherous

1993

7.23

Enemy Action

Enemy Action

1999

2.00

Nursie

Nursie

2004

2.50

Bigfoot Wars

Bigfoot Wars

2014

4.00

Category 5

Category 5

2014

5.30

Old Dads

Old Dads

2023

6.22

Mia's Father

Mia's Father

2009

8.00

Jailbait

Jailbait

1993

3.00

Woodlawn

Woodlawn

2015

6.90

Wedding Day

Wedding Day

2012

4.00

Rivers 9

Rivers 9

2015

5.60

The Big Fall

The Big Fall

1997

5.60

LBJ

LBJ

2017

6.39

Ride

Ride

2024

8.20

Hot Boyz

Hot Boyz

2000

4.40

Blood Lust

Blood Lust

2016

4.27

Escape

Escape

2012

5.20

Magic Hour

Magic Hour

2015

4.00

Cross

Cross

2011

4.00

Tattle Tale

Tattle Tale

1993

0.00

Cold Ones

Cold Ones

2007

5.00

Disconnected

Disconnected

2017

3.50

Beast Mode

Beast Mode

2020

5.40

Zolar

Zolar

2004

1.00

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

1993

6.93

Control

Control

2019

0.00

Reagan

Reagan

2024

6.21