C. Thomas Howell

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1966-12-07 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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 wa...

Acting

1983

The Outsiders

as Ponyboy Curtis

2003

Net Games

as Adam Vance

1984

Red Dawn

as Robert

2004

Hidalgo

as Preston Webb

1999

Fatal Affair

as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox

2004

A Killer Within

as Addison Terrill

2009

The Land That Time Forgot

as Frost Michaels

1984

Tank

as Billy

2008

Big Game

as Sully

1993

Acting on Impulse

as Paul Stevens

2004

The Hillside Strangler

as Kenneth Bianchi

1985

Secret Admirer

as Michael Ryan

2016

My B.F.F.

as Ben Wilkins

1990

Far Out Man

as Himself

1986

Soul Man

as Mark Watson

1986

The Hitcher

as Jim Halsey

2008

Toxic

as LIttle Joe

1992

That Night

as Rick

2005

Glass Trap

as Curtis

2005

2005

The Poseidon Adventure

as Doctor Ballard

2002

Killer Bees

as Sheriff Lyndon Harris

2009

The Grind

as Luke

2002

WillFull

as Nat Wolff

1997

Sleeping Dogs

as Sanchez Boon

1997

Last Lives

as Aaron

2006

Hoboken Hollow

as Clayton Connelly

2003

Gods and Generals

as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain

2008

2006

Fighting Words

as David Settles

2010

The Terror Experiment

as Chief Grasso

1999

The Shepherd

as Boris Dakota

1990

Side Out

as Monroe Clark

2011

Camel Spiders

as Sheriff Beaumont

1995

Payback

as Oscar Bonsetter

1984

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Tim Pearson

2006

The Da Vinci Treasure

as Michael Archer

1988

A Tiger's Tale

as Bubber Drumm

2011

Restitution

as John Youngstown

1989

The Eyes of the Panther

as Jenner Brading

2005

Ordinary Miracles

as Jim Powell

2012

MoniKa

as Double

1996

The Sweeper

as Mark Goddard

1990

Kid

as Kid

1997

Dilemma

as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan

2008

Xenophobia

as Stone

2001

2012

Chilly Christmas

as Patrick Cole

1999

Hitman's Run

as Tom Holly

1997

Dead Fire

as Tucker

1997

Hourglass

as Michael Jardine

2012

2013

An Amish Murder

as Nathan Detrick

1992

Breaking the Rules

as Gene Michaels

2013

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

as Professor Eobard 'Zoom' Thawne / Reverse-Flash (voice)

1994

2001

Askari

as Joss Mckinley

2001

Asylum Days

as Nathan Devine

1999

Red Team

as J.B. Gaines

1998

Charades

as Evan

1995

Suspect Device

as Dan Jericho

1996

Pure Danger

as Johnie Dean

2013

Lost on Purpose

as Delbert Furgeson

1996

Baby Face Nelson

as Baby Face Nelson

2013

Storm Rider

as Mitch Fielding

1993

Treacherous

as Micky Stewert

1999

Enemy Action

as John Reed

1998

Sealed with a Kiss

as Detective Mick Cullen

2004

Nursie

as Zack

2001

2013

1988

Young Toscanini

as Arturo Toscanini

2013

Christmas Belle

as Rex Everhart

1990

Curiosity Kills

as Cat Thomas

2012

The Amazing Spider-Man

as Jack's Father

2022

2014

1995

2018

Dirty Dealing

as Carter

2014

Category 5

as Charlie DuPuis

2008

2023

Old Dads

as Ed Cameron

1993

Jailbait

as Sergeant Lee Teffler

2015

2015

Woodlawn

as George 'Shorty' White

2012

2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)

1997

Laws of Deception

as Evan Marino

2015

Rivers 9

as Sheriff Quentin

1997

The Big Fall

as Blaise Rybeck

2009

The Jailhouse

as Seth Delray

2017

LBJ

as Walter Jenkins

2024

Ride

as John Hawkins

2015

2000

Hot Boyz

as Officer Roberts

2005

Crimson Force

as Capt. Baskin

2016

Blood Lust

as Ryan

1994

Natural Selection

as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly

2012

Escape

as Paul Jordan

2010

Cupid's Arrow

as Professor Grimes

2016

Attack of the Killer Donuts

as Officer Roberts

2016

Advance & Retreat

as Nathan Shapiro

1998

Matter of Trust

as Michael D'Angelo

2015

Magic Hour

as Tom Worthy

-

One Mile

as Stanley Dixon

-

One More Mile

as Stanley Dixon

2011

Cross

as Jake

1992

Nickel & Dime

as Jack Stone

2017

2017

A Question of Faith

as John Danielson

1993

Tattle Tale

as Bernard Sprat

2007

Cold Ones

as K.C. Corcoran

2017

Disconnected

as Robert Crawford

2020

Beast Mode

as Breen Nash

2018

Urban Country

as Jim Craft

2018

Shifting Gears

as Jenkins

2001

Separate Ways

as Tom Milton

2018

Deadman Standing

as The Stranger

2018

2004

Zolar

as Hedion

2014

A Magic Christmas

as Jack Carter

2019

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

as Captain Miles Browning

2007

1993

Gettysburg

as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

2002

Night of the Wolf

as Sheriff Wade Messer

2019

Control

as Control (voice)

1987

Into the Homeland

as Tripp Wilson

2005

The Lost Angel

as Kuratha

2015

Lazarus Rising

as Silent Cal

2021

The Wrong Path

as Dr. Eric Peselowe

2001

XCU: Extreme Close Up

as Geoffrey Liddy

2018

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

as Eobard Thawne / Professor Zoom (voice)

2024

Reagan

as Caspar Weinberger

2024

The Open Door

as Mr. Sapp

2015

2000

Production

2010

The Genesis Code

as Director

2005

Blind Injustice

as Producer

2005

1997

Hourglass

as Screenplay

1997

Hourglass

as Director

1996

Pure Danger

as Director

1997

The Big Fall

as Director

2002

Hope Ranch

as Screenplay

2002

Hope Ranch

as Producer

2014

A Magic Christmas

as Executive Producer

2015

A Christmas Eve Miracle

as Executive Producer

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