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.…
Filmography
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
1999 · 10.0
Burning Down the House
2001 · 8.5
Sons of Anarchy
2008 · 8.4
Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3
1923
2022 · 8.3
Grimm
2011 · 8.3
Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · 8.2
The Walking Dead
2010 · 8.1
SEAL Team
2017 · 8.0
Where the Wind Blows
2025 · 8.0
Fighting Words
2006 · 8.0
Xenophobia
2008 · 8.0
Castle
2009 · 8.0
Bosch
2015 · 7.9
Southland
2009 · 7.9
Psych
2006 · 7.9
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013 · 7.9
ER
1994 · 7.8
Blue Bloods
2010 · 7.8
Amazon
1999 · 7.8
Asylum Days
2001 · 7.8
24
2001 · 7.8
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7
Longmire
2012 · 7.7
The Blacklist
2013 · 7.6
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · 7.5
Moonlighting
1985 · 7.5
A Question of Faith
2017 · 7.5
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003 · 7.5
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · 7.4
Creepshow
2019 · 7.4
The Terror
2018 · 7.4
Will Trent
2023 · 7.3
Torchwood
2006 · 7.3
WillFull
2002 · 7.3
Secret at Arrow Lake
2009 · 7.3
Fatal Affair
1999 · 7.3
MacGyver
2016 · 7.3
Nightmare Classics
1989 · 7.2
Ride
2024 · 7.2
The Outsiders
1983 · 7.2
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018 · 7.1
Kindred: The Embraced
1996 · 7.1
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015 · 7.1
Gettysburg
1993 · 7.0
Askari
2001 · 7.0
The Glades
2010 · 7.0
The Hitcher
1986 · 7.0
Obliterated
2023 · 6.9
Hidalgo
2004 · 6.9
The District
2000 · 6.9
Treacherous
1993 · 6.9
Stitchers
2015 · 6.8
Woodlawn
2015 · 6.8
Baby Face Nelson
1996 · 6.8
Alphas
2011 · 6.8
The Amazing Spider-Man
2012 · 6.8
Secret Admirer
1985 · 6.7
Young Toscanini
1988 · 6.7
Cold Ones
2007 · 6.7
One Mile: Chapter Two
2026 · 6.6
One Mile: Chapter One
2026 · 6.6
Into the Homeland
1987 · 6.6
Summerland
2004 · 6.5
Ordinary Miracles
2005 · 6.5
Storm Rider
2013 · 6.5
Shifting Gears
2018 · 6.5
Tattle Tale
1993 · 6.5
Revolution
2012 · 6.4
Gods and Generals
2003 · 6.4
LBJ
2017 · 6.4
Urban Country
2018 · 6.4
That Night
1992 · 6.4
Son of the Beach
2000 · 6.3
Red Dawn
1984 · 6.3
The Big Fall
1997 · 6.3
Lawless: Dead Evidence
2001 · 6.3
Advance & Retreat
2016 · 6.3
Reagan
2024 · 6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983 · 6.2
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · 6.2
The Good Cop
2018 · 6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · 6.2
Home Invasion
2012 · 6.2
Suspect Device
1995 · 6.2
Old Dads
2023 · 6.2
Spirit Riders
2015 · 6.1
Ties That Bind
2015 · 6.0
Nickel & Dime
1992 · 6.0
Kid
1990 · 6.0
MoniKa
2012 · 5.9
An Amish Murder
2013 · 5.8
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
2018 · 5.8
Natural Selection
1994 · 5.7
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · 5.7
Christmas Belle
2013 · 5.7
Tank
1984 · 5.7
Beast Mode
2020 · 5.6
Cupid's Arrow
2010 · 5.5
Category 5
2014 · 5.5
Deadman Standing
2018 · 5.5
Far Out Man
1990 · 5.4
Curiosity Kills
1990 · 5.4
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
2005 · 5.4
V.I.P.
1998 · 5.3
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
2009 · 5.3
Side Out
1990 · 5.3
Breaking the Rules
1992 · 5.3
Soul Man
1986 · 5.2
The Poseidon Adventure
2005 · 5.2
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
2005 · 5.2
Night of the Wolf
2002 · 5.2
A Gunfighter's Pledge
2008 · 5.2
The Hillside Strangler
2004 · 5.1
Rivers 9
2015 · 5.1
Hot Boyz
2000 · 5.0
A Killer Within
2004 · 5.0
Because We're Family
2022 · 5.0
Teresa's Tattoo
1994 · 4.9
Hitman's Run
1999 · 4.9
Net Games
2003 · 4.9
Hourglass
1997 · 4.9
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
2003 · 4.8
Acting on Impulse
1993 · 4.8
Nursie
2004 · 4.8
To Protect and Serve
1992 · 4.8
Escape
2012 · 4.7
Chilly Christmas
2012 · 4.7
XCU: Extreme Close Up
2001 · 4.7
Enemy Action
1999 · 4.7
A Magic Christmas
2014 · 4.7
Escape from Alaska
1999 · 4.6
Crimson Force
2005 · 4.6
Sleeping Dogs
1997 · 4.6
The Sweeper
1996 · 4.5
A Tiger's Tale
1988 · 4.5
The Shadow People
2017 · 4.4
Dauntless: The Battle of Midway
2019 · 4.3
Camel Spiders
2011 · 4.3
A Christmas Eve Miracle
2015 · 4.3
Dead Fire
1997 · 4.3
Blood Lust
2016 · 4.3
Lost on Purpose
2013 · 4.3
Last Lives
1997 · 4.3
Toxic
2008 · 4.2
Pure Danger
1996 · 4.2
Charades
1998 · 4.2
Attack of the Killer Donuts
2016 · 4.1
The Lost Angel
2005 · 4.1
The Sin Seer
2015 · 4.1
The Terror Experiment
2010 · 4.1
Magic Hour
2015 · 4.0
Cross
2011 · 4.0
The Prince and the Surfer
1999 · 4.0
Don't Pass Me By
2013 · 4.0
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1995 · 4.0
Wedding Day
2012 · 4.0
Matter of Trust
1998 · 4.0
The Jailhouse
2009 · 4.0
Laws of Deception
1997 · 4.0
Bigfoot Wars
2014 · 4.0
The Wrong Path
2021 · 4.0
Big Game
2008 · 3.9
Dilemma
1997 · 3.9
Separate Ways
2001 · 3.8
Hoboken Hollow
2006 · 3.8
Killer Bees
2002 · 3.8
Glass Trap
2005 · 3.8
Sealed with a Kiss
1998 · 3.8
Dangerous Indiscretion
1995 · 3.7
The Land That Time Forgot
2009 · 3.7
Red Team
1999 · 3.7
The Rack Pack
2018 · 3.7
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
2008 · 3.6
The Shepherd
1998 · 3.6
The Thirst: Blood War
2008 · 3.6
Restitution
2011 · 3.5
The Day the Earth Stopped
2008 · 3.5
Disconnected
2017 · 3.5
Borrowed Moments
2015 · 3.4
The Million Dollar Kid
2000 · 3.4
Dirty Dealing
2018 · 3.3
The Grind
2009 · 3.2
Jailbait
1993 · 3.2
House of Fallen
2008 · 3.1
Zolar
2004 · 3.0
Lazarus Rising
2015 · 3.0
Confessions of a Womanizer
2014 · 2.9
Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!
2010 · 2.7
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
2007 · 2.6
The Da Vinci Treasure
2006 · 2.5
Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure
2017 · 2.0
The Eyes of the Panther
1989 · 0.0
Celebracadabra
2008 · 0.0
The Horseman
— · 0.0
The Greatest Actress in the World
— · 0.0
The Open Door
2024 · 0.0
My B.F.F.
2016 · 0.0
Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.
2018 · 0.0
Crimson Point
2022 · 0.0
The Glass Jar
1999 · 0.0
Fruits De Mer
2014 · 0.0
Control
2019 · 0.0