C. Thomas Howell

  • a.k.a. Christopher Thomas Howell
  • Tom Howell
  • Си Томас Хауэлл
  • C·湯瑪斯·哈威爾
  • سی توماس هاول

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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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Christopher Thomas Howell (* 7. Dezember 1966 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Filmregisseur. Als Schauspieler trat er Anfang der 1980er Jahre in Erscheinung und spielte Rollen in den Kinohits E.T. und Die Outsider. Diese Auftritte ließen ihn zu einem Teeniestar und Mitglied des Brat Packs werden. Als Erwachsener tritt er mittlerweile hauptsächlich in Gastrollen in Fernsehserien wie Emergency Room auf und ist Mitbesitzer der Produktionsfirma Buckwheat Films. Howell ist auch als Regisseur aktiv, sein Debüt gab er 1995 mit dem Film Im Netz der Verführung (Originaltitel: Hourglass). Hierfür verfasste er auch erstmals ein Drehbuch. Im darauffolgenden Jahr inszenierte er die Actionfilme The Big Fall – Im Fadenkreuz des Todes sowie Pure Danger – Fluchtpunkt L.A. Im Jahr 2008 entstand mit Krieg der Welten 2 – Die nächste Angriffswelle sein vierter Film als Regisseur. Im Anschluss inszenierte er Der Tag an dem die Erde stillstand 2 – Angriff der Roboter, 2009 drehte er The Land That Time Forgot. In all diesen Produktionen übernahm Howell auch die jeweilige Hauptrolle. Zuletzt war er als Regisseur an The Genesis Code (2010) beteiligt. Seit 2009 spielte er in der Polizei-Serie Southland den Officer Billy „Dewey“ Dudek. In den ersten vier Staffeln wirkte er bis 2012 in 17 Folgen wiederkehrend als Nebendarsteller, in der fünften und letzten Staffel gehörte Howell zum Hauptcast der Serie.

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Cast

CharacterMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
Carson WolfMarvel's The PunisherTV3 Episodes81% · 2,726
Ash SpenserSEAL TeamTV12 Episodes80% · 1,541
Earl FagenThe BlacklistTV2 Episodes76% · 3,252
Jack's FatherThe Amazing Spider-Man67% · 17,668
RoyThe Walking DeadTV2 Episodes81% · 16,910
Hilltop ResidentThe Walking DeadTV81% · 16,910
Alex PolanskiBlue BloodsTV78% · 918
Martin CordovaHawaii Five-0TV78% · 1,761
John CampbellCastleTV80% · 1,926
Camden DriggsPsychTV79% · 850
The Reaper / George FoyetCriminal MindsTV7 Episodes83% · 3,817
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