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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C. Thomas Howell

Filmografia

I ragazzi della 56ª strada

E.T. l'extra-terrestre

Net Games

Alba rossa

Oceano di fuoco - Hidalgo

The Affair: Crimini invisibili

L'assassino è tra di noi

The Hitcher II: Ti stavo aspettando...

The Land That Time Forgot

Tank

Big Game

Acting on Impulse

The Hillside Strangler - Lo strangolatore

L'ammiratore segreto

My B.F.F.

Far Out Man

Soul Man

The Hitcher - La lunga strada della paura

Toxic

Calde notti d'estate

Glass Trap - Formiche assassine

War of the Worlds - L'invasione

Poseidon - Il pericolo è già a bordo

Api assassine

The Grind

WillFull

Sleeping Dogs

Il ritorno dei tre moschettieri

L'ultimo confine

Hoboken Hollow

Gods and Generals

The Day the Earth Stopped

Fighting Words

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

The Terror Experiment

The Shepherd

Il re della spiaggia

Camel Spiders

Escape from Alaska

Conti in Sospeso

Bulldozer

The Da Vinci Treasure

A Tiger's Tale

Restitution

The Eyes of the Panther

Ordinary Miracles

MoniKa

The Sweeper

Kid

La promessa di un pistolero

Dilemma

Xenophobia

Lawless: Dead Evidence

Natale in fuga

In fuga dal passato

Dead Fire

Doppia seduzione

The Prince and the Surfer

Il gioco della vendetta

Costretto al silenzio

L'ultima vacanza

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Due ragazze un tatuaggio e l'Fbi

Askari

Asylum Days

Red Team

Charades

Suspect Device - Innesto mortale

Pure Danger

Lost on Purpose

Baby Face Nelson

Storm Rider - Correre per vincere

Cybermaster: Shepherd II

Pericolosamente

Enemy Action