C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell has appeared in 60 movies on CringeMDb. 29 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 31 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: One Mile: Chapter Two (2026)
- Most recent with adult content: Old Dads (2023)
Born December 7, 1966 · Known for acting
48.3% Featured Movie Cringe Score (60 movies)
C. Thomas Howell Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
...as Tyler
Hidalgo
...as Preston Webb
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting
...as Jim Halsey
Glass Trap
...as Curtis
War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave
...as George Herbert
Escape from Alaska
...as Jack
The Da Vinci Treasure
...as Michael Archer
Hitman's Run
...as Tom Holly
The Prince and the Surfer
...as Dean
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
...as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)
Teresa's Tattoo
...as Carl
Asylum Days
...as Nathan Devine
Red Team
...as J.B. Gaines
Storm Rider
...as Mitch Fielding
Enemy Action
...as John Reed
Nursie
...as Zack
The Amazing Spider-Man
...as Jack's Father
House of Fallen
...as Thomas
Woodlawn
...as George 'Shorty' White
The Big Fall
...as Blaise Rybeck
LBJ
...as Walter Jenkins
Ride
...as John Hawkins
One Mile: Chapter One
...as Stanley Dixon
One Mile: Chapter Two
...as Stanley Dixon
Cross
...as Jake
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
...as Coach Fielding
A Question of Faith
...as John Danielson
The Haunting of Marsten Manor
...as Captain Williams
Gettysburg
...as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain
Reagan
...as Caspar Weinberger
The Million Dollar Kid
...as Valentino
Certified Cringeworthy
The Outsiders
...as Ponyboy Curtis
Net Games
...as Adam Vance
Fatal Affair
...as Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox
A Killer Within
...as Addison Terrill
Acting on Impulse
...as Paul Stevens
The Hillside Strangler
...as Kenneth Bianchi
Toxic
...as LIttle Joe
That Night
...as Rick
The Day the Earth Stopped
...as Josh Myron
Fighting Words
...as David Settles
Payback
...as Oscar Bonsetter
Restitution
...as John Youngstown
Lawless: Dead Evidence
...as Dean Riley
Breaking the Rules
...as Gene Michaels
Charades
...as Evan
Suspect Device
...as Dan Jericho
Pure Danger
...as Johnie Dean
Baby Face Nelson
...as Baby Face Nelson
Cybermaster: Shepherd II
...as Dakota
Treacherous
...as Micky Stewert
Sealed with a Kiss
...as Detective Mick Cullen
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
...as Mike
Old Dads
...as Ed Cameron
Jailbait
...as Sergeant Lee Teffler
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
...as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)
Hot Boyz
...as Officer Roberts
Matter of Trust
...as Michael D'Angelo
The Thirst: Blood War
...as Jed
The Lost Angel
...as Kuratha
About C. Thomas Howell
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.
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