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C. Thomas Howell
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American actor and film director (born 1966)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- House of Fallen - UNRATED
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Film & TV
Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- One Mile: Chapter One — Stanley Dixon2026
- One Mile: Chapter Two — Stanley Dixon2026
- Where the Wind Blows — Nathan2025
- Ride — John Hawkins2024
- Reagan — Caspar Weinberger2024
- The Open Door — Mr. Sapp2024
- Old Dads — Ed Cameron2023
- Obliterated — Hagerty2023
- Will Trent — Warden Sturgill Hardly2023
- Crimson Point — Frank2022
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1966
Discography
- Ponygirl2022
- Rose Hill2022
- Whiskey Demon2022
- American Storyteller2023
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 213
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 163,053x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,474x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 59,665x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 50,956x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,285x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Thomas Howell , ( 1966-12-07 ) December 7, 1966 (age 59) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Other names
- Tommy Howell, Tom Howell
- Occupations
- Actor director
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Spouses
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966) is an American actor, director and musician. After making his film debut with a supporting role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Howell had his breakout with a lead role as Ponyboy Curtis in the coming-of-age film The Outsiders (1983).
Following his breakout, Howell had starring roles in the films Tank (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Red Dawn (1984), Secret Admirer (1985), and The Hitcher (1986). His lead role in the commercially successful yet controversial film Soul Man (1986) damaged his status as a leading man in Hollywood.
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