C. Thomas Howell

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Dec 7 (age 59) Los Angeles, California, USA 1980–2026 (46 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Tyler

Film

The Amazing Spider-Man

Jack's Father

Film

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)

Film

The Outsiders

Ponyboy Curtis

Film

Hidalgo

Preston Webb

Film

The Hitcher

Jim Halsey

Film

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

Zoom (voice)

Film

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Dr. Will Magnus (voice)

Filmography

Acting (209)

Movies (164)

One Mile: Chapter One

2026

as Stanley Dixon

7.2

One Mile: Chapter Two

as Stanley Dixon

Where the Wind Blows

as Nathan

Reagan

as Caspar Weinberger

Ride

as John Hawkins

The Open Door

as Mr. Sapp

Old Dads

2023

as Ed Cameron

6.2

Crimson Point

2022

as Frank

Because We're Family

as Peter

The Wrong Path

as Dr. Eric Peselowe

Beast Mode

as Breen Nash

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

2019

as Captain Miles Browning

I Am Patrick Swayze

as Self

Control

as Control (voice)

Deadman Standing

as The Stranger

Urban Country

as Jim Craft

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

as Zoom (voice)

The Rack Pack

as Ted

Dirty Dealing

as Carter

Shifting Gears

as Jenkins

Rich Boy, Rich Girl

as Blake

Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S.

2018

as Narrator

LBJ

as Walter Jenkins

Disconnected

as Robert Crawford

A Question of Faith

as John Danielson

Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure

The Shadow People

as Kaine

Advance & Retreat

as Nathan Shapiro

Blood Lust

as Ryan

My B.F.F.

as Ben Wilkins

Attack of the Killer Donuts

2016

as Officer Roberts

4.2

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

2015

as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)

Magic Hour

as Tom Worthy

Rivers 9

as Sheriff Quentin

Woodlawn

as George 'Shorty' White

Borrowed Moments

as Jack

Spirit Riders

as Keith

A Christmas Eve Miracle

as Jack Carter

Lazarus Rising

as Silent Cal

Bigfoot Wars

as Zeke

Rescuing Madison

as Rad

Category 5

as Charlie DuPuis

A Magic Christmas

as Jack Carter

Fruits De Mer

Confessions of a Womanizer

2014

as Tony

2.9

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013

as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)

An Amish Murder

as Nathan Detrick

Storm Rider

as Mitch Fielding

Don't Pass Me By

as Jack

Christmas Belle

as Rex Everhart

Lost on Purpose

as Delbert Furgeson

The Amazing Spider-Man

as Jack's Father

Chilly Christmas

as Patrick Cole

Wedding Day

as Russ

Home Invasion

as Ray

MoniKa

as Double

Escape

as Paul Jordan

The 'E.T.' Journals

as Self

Cross

as Jake

Restitution

as John Youngstown

Camel Spiders

as Sheriff Beaumont

The Terror Experiment

as Chief Grasso

Cupid's Arrow

as Professor Grimes

Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!

2010

as David

2.7

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

as Alumnus Guy #2

The Jailhouse

as Seth Delray

The Land That Time Forgot

as Frost Michaels

Secret at Arrow Lake

The Grind

as Luke

Toxic

as LIttle Joe

Big Game

as Sully

Xenophobia

as Stone

The Day the Earth Stopped

2008

as Josh Myron

3.5

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

2008

as George Herbert

3.6

A Gunfighter's Pledge

as Horn

House of Fallen

as Thomas

The Thirst: Blood War

2008

as Jed

3.1

The Haunting of Marsten Manor

as Captain Williams

Cold Ones

as K.C. Corcoran

The Da Vinci Treasure

as Michael Archer

Hoboken Hollow

as Clayton Connelly

Fighting Words

as David Settles

The Poseidon Adventure

as Doctor Ballard

Glass Trap

as Curtis

The Lost Angel

as Kuratha

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

as George Herbert

Ordinary Miracles

as Jim Powell

Crimson Force

as Capt. Baskin

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

2005

as Self

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

as Coach Fielding

Hidalgo

as Preston Webb

Zolar

as Hedion

The Hillside Strangler

as Kenneth Bianchi

Nursie

as Zack

A Killer Within

as Addison Terrill

Gods and Generals

as Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain

6.3

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

2003

as Jim Halsey

4.7

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

Net Games

as Adam Vance

WillFull

as Nat Wolff

Killer Bees

as Sheriff Lyndon Harris

4.0

Night of the Wolf

2002

as Sheriff Wade Messer

Askari

as Joss Mckinley

Asylum Days

as Nathan Devine

Burning Down the House

as Concierge

Separate Ways

as Tom Milton

XCU: Extreme Close Up

2001

as Geoffrey Liddy

5.0

Lawless: Dead Evidence

as Dean Riley

Hot Boyz

as Officer Roberts

The Million Dollar Kid

as Valentino

Escape from Alaska

as Jack

Red Team

as J.B. Gaines

Cybermaster: Shepherd II

1999

as Dakota

Fatal Affair

1999

as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox

Enemy Action

as John Reed

Hitman's Run

as Tom Holly

The Prince and the Surfer

1999

as Dean

3.4

Sealed with a Kiss

1998

as Detective Mick Cullen

Matter of Trust

as Michael D'Angelo

Charades

as Evan

The Shepherd

as Boris Dakota

The Big Fall

as Blaise Rybeck

Dilemma

as Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan

Dead Fire

as Tucker

Sleeping Dogs

as Sanchez Boon

Hourglass

as Michael Jardine

Laws of Deception

as Evan Marino

Last Lives

as Aaron

The Sweeper

as Mark Goddard

Pure Danger

as Johnie Dean

Baby Face Nelson

as Baby Face Nelson

Dangerous Indiscretion

as Jim Lomax

Payback

as Oscar Bonsetter

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

as Mike

Suspect Device

as Dan Jericho

Natural Selection

as Ben Braden / Alex Connelly

Teresa's Tattoo

as Carl

Tattle Tale

as Bernard Sprat

Gettysburg

as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Treacherous

as Micky Stewert

Jailbait

as Sergeant Lee Teffler

Acting on Impulse

as Paul Stevens

Nickel & Dime

as Jack Stone

Breaking the Rules

as Gene Michaels

That Night

as Rick

To Protect and Serve

as Egan

Far Out Man

as Himself

Curiosity Kills

as Cat Thomas

Side Out

as Monroe Clark

Kid

as Kid

The Return of the Musketeers

1989

as Raoul

6.2

The Eyes of the Panther

1989

as Jenner Brading

A Tiger's Tale

as Bubber Drumm

Young Toscanini

as Arturo Toscanini

Into the Homeland

as Tripp Wilson

The Hitcher

as Jim Halsey

Soul Man

as Mark Watson

Secret Admirer

as Michael Ryan

Red Dawn

as Robert

Tank

as Billy

Grandview, U.S.A.

as Tim Pearson

The Outsiders

as Ponyboy Curtis

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

as Tyler

7.5

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

as Self

Television (45)

Will Trent

2023

as Warden Sturgill Hardly

Obliterated

as Hagerty

1923

as Anders

Creepshow

as Sam Spinster

The Terror

as Major Bowen

The Good Cop

SEAL Team

as Ash Spenser

Marvel's The Punisher

as Carson Wolf

MacGyver

as Vasil

Bosch

as Louis Degner

Stitchers

as Daniel Stinger

Ties That Bind

as Mr. Witherspoon

The Blacklist

as Earl Fagen

Sleepy Hollow

as SAC Mick Granger

Longmire

as Ray Stewart

Revolution

as Bounty Hunter

Grimm

as Weston Steward

Alphas

as Eli Aquino

Hawaii Five-0

as Martin Cordova

The Walking Dead

as Hilltop Resident

Blue Bloods

as Alex Polanski

The Glades

as Peyton Robinson

Castle

as John Campbell

Southland

as Officer Dewey Dudek

7.9

Southland

2009

as Officer Dewey Dudek

7.9

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

Sons of Anarchy

as Agent Frank Eagan

Celebracadabra

Psych

as Camden Driggs

Torchwood

as The Gentleman

Criminal Minds

as The Reaper / George Foyet

Summerland

as Kyle Bale

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

as Barry Landes

The District

as Chris Gunner

Son of the Beach

Twice in a Lifetime

as Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow

Amazon

as Dr. Alex Kennedy

V.I.P.

as Phil Sherman

Kindred: The Embraced

1996

as Det. Frank Kohanek

7.0

The Outer Limits

1995

as Capt. Miles Davidow

as Vincent Jansen

Nightmare Classics

as Jenner Brading

Moonlighting

as Waiter (uncredited)

7.5

The Hitchhiker

1983

as Gerald

6.1

Crew (15)

Movies (15)

A Christmas Eve Miracle

Executive Producer

A Magic Christmas

Executive Producer

The Genesis Code

Director

The Land That Time Forgot

2009

Director

3.7

The Day the Earth Stopped

2008

Director

3.5

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

Director

Blind Injustice

Producer

Blind Injustice

Story

Hope Ranch

Producer

Hope Ranch

Screenplay

The Big Fall

Director

Hourglass

Director

Hourglass

Screenplay

Pure Danger

Director

Night of the Juggler

Stunts