
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.

Burning Down the House

Where the Wind Blows

The 'E.T.' Journals

サンズ・オブ・アナーキー

クリミナル・マインド

GRIMM/グリム

1923

Marvel パニッシャー

ウォーキング・デッド

Secret at Arrow Lake

キャッスル/ミステリー作家のNY事件簿

SEAL TEAM/シール・チーム

ボッシュ

サウスランド

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Psych

Amazon

ER 緊急救命室

24 -TWENTY FOUR-

ブルーブラッド 〜NYPD家族の絆〜

HAWAII FIVE-0

新アウターリミッツ

Longmire

ブラックリスト

こちらブルームーン探偵社

E.T.

Creepshow

スリーピー・ホロウ

Ride

A Question of Faith

マクガイバー

GBI特別捜査官 ウィル・トレント

Celebrity Ghost Stories

ザ・テラー

秘密情報部 トーチウッド

One Mile: Chapter One

アウトサイダー

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

絶体絶命スクワッド

One Mile: Chapter Two

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

I Am Patrick Swayze

Kindred: The Embraced

ヒッチャー

ザ・グレイズ ~フロリダ殺人事件簿

オーシャン・オブ・ファイヤー

Gettysburg

ウッドローン

Stitchers

Asylum Days

The District

ALPHAS/アルファズ

Treacherous

アメイジング・スパイダーマン

シャイなラブレター

Baby Face Nelson

Storm Rider

WillFull

Shifting Gears

Son of the Beach

Summerland

LBJ

Suspect Device

Spirit Riders

Urban Country

レボリューション

Home Invasion

Gods and Generals

若き勇者たち

恋に焦がれて

Ordinary Miracles

Nightmare Classics

Advance & Retreat

Reagan

The Return of the Musketeers

オールド・ダッド

THE GOOD COP/グッド・コップ

The Hitchhiker

Fatal Affair

Nickel & Dime

Into the Homeland

MoniKa

Il giovane Toscanini

Ties That Bind

Rescuing Madison

Grandview, U.S.A.

Kid

Rich Boy, Rich Girl

An Amish Murder

Tank

Christmas Belle

The Big Fall

Askari

Category 5

Twice in a Lifetime

Cupid's Arrow

Beast Mode

ジミー・キンメル・ライブ!

Far Out Man

Rivers 9

Night of the Wolf

V.I.P.

アメリカン・パイ in ハレンチ教科書

A Gunfighter's Pledge

Side Out

Soul Man

ポセイドン・アドベンチャー 史上最悪の大転覆

Breaking the Rules

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

Natural Selection

Because We're Family

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

Tattle Tale

Cold Ones

Deadman Standing

The Hillside Strangler

Hitman's Run

A Magic Christmas

A Killer Within

Curiosity Kills

Hot Boyz

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

Chilly Christmas

Escape

Payback

Teresa's Tattoo

Lawless: Dead Evidence

Hourglass

Net Games

To Protect and Serve

Crimson Force

The Shadow People

Camel Spiders

The Sweeper

Lost on Purpose

Blood Lust

ミッドウェイ 運命の海

A Christmas Eve Miracle

Escape from Alaska

A Tiger's Tale

Attack of the Killer Donuts

The Terror Experiment

Toxic

Don't Pass Me By

Bigfoot Wars

Wedding Day

The Jailhouse

Magic Hour

クロス

The Wrong Path

Killer Bees

Big Game

Sleeping Dogs

Dead Fire

Acting on Impulse

The Rack Pack

The Land That Time Forgot

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

Hoboken Hollow

地球が静止した日

Restitution

Blue Weekend

XCU: Extreme Close Up

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

The Grind

The Prince and the Surfer

Pure Danger

The Lost Angel

Glass Trap

Dirty Dealing

Dangerous Indiscretion

Charades

The Shepherd

Matter of Trust

The Thirst: Blood War

House of Fallen

Last Lives

Red Team

Laws of Deception

Lazarus Rising

Confessions of a Womanizer

Dilemma

Jailbait

Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood!

The Da Vinci Treasure

Nursie

Separate Ways

Sealed with a Kiss

The Haunting of Marsten Manor

Enemy Action

Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure

The Million Dollar Kid

Zolar

My B.F.F.

Fighting Words

The Eyes of the Panther

Cybermaster: Shepherd II

Crimson Point

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

Fruits De Mer

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

Control

The Open Door

Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders'

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