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Acting

C. Thomas Howell

Career: Active from 1983 to 2025, with up to 8 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 106
top three billing

Average score: 46/100

Highest rated: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 135 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

C. Thomas Howell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.7, average 2.6
Wholesome
2.6, average 3.4
Satire & Parody
1.6, average 2.3
Situational Comedy
2.0, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
Psychological Thriller 8
Coming-of-Age 7
Crime Thriller 6
Fast-Paced 6
Creature Feature 6
Social Commentary 5
Psychological Tension 5
Political Intrigue 5
Redemption 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Gritty Realism 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

204

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

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2020s

14 titles · average score 55

One Mile: Chapter One

55

as Stanley Dixon

One Mile: Chapter Two

54

as Stanley Dixon

Where the Wind Blows

50

as Nathan

Ride

58

as John Hawkins

Reagan

41

as Caspar Weinberger

Obliterated

57

TV show · as Hagerty

Will Trent

71

TV show · as Warden Sturgill Hardly

Old Dads

49

as Ed Cameron

1923

77

TV show · as Anders

Crimson Point

as Frank

The Wrong Path

39

as Dr. Eric Peselowe

Beast Mode

50

as Breen Nash

2010s

70 titles · average score 55

Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

34

as Captain Miles Browning

Dirty Dealing

35

as Carter

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay

73

as Zoom (voice)

A Question of Faith

51

as John Danielson

Attack of the Killer Donuts

50

as Officer Roberts

Woodlawn

68

as George 'Shorty' White

Magic Hour

as Tom Worthy

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

78

as Dr. Will Magnus (voice)

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

91

as Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice)

An Amish Murder

60

as Nathan Detrick

Chilly Christmas

51

as Patrick Cole

Camel Spiders

27

as Sheriff Beaumont

2000s

56 titles · average score 44

Southland

84

TV show · as Officer Dewey Dudek

The Land That Time Forgot

26

as Frost Michaels

The Grind

35

as Luke

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

22

as George Herbert

Big Game

40

as Sully

The Day the Earth Stopped

26

as Josh Myron

The Da Vinci Treasure

25

as Michael Archer

Hoboken Hollow

25

as Clayton Connelly

Ordinary Miracles

64

as Jim Powell

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

47

as George Herbert

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as The Reaper / George Foyet

The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting

38

as Jim Halsey

1990s

47 titles · average score 49

Amazon

75

TV show · as Dr. Alex Kennedy

Kindred: The Embraced

45

TV show · as Det. Frank Kohanek

The Sweeper

38

as Mark Goddard

Payback

49

as Oscar Bonsetter

Dangerous Indiscretion

41

as Jim Lomax

Gettysburg

79

as Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain

Acting on Impulse

51

as Paul Stevens

That Night

68

as Rick

Nickel & Dime

as Jack Stone

Side Out

39

as Monroe Clark

Kid

56

as Kid

Far Out Man

50

as C. Thomas Howell

1980s

17 titles · average score 59

Nightmare Classics

TV show · as Jenner Brading

The Return of the Musketeers

56

as Raoul

A Tiger's Tale

47

as Bubber Drumm

Young Toscanini

64

as Arturo Toscanini

The Hitcher

60

as Jim Halsey

Soul Man

38

as Mark Watson

Secret Admirer

44

as Michael Ryan

Red Dawn

57

as Robert

Tank

40

as Billy

Grandview, U.S.A.

46

as Tim Pearson

The Outsiders

65

as Ponyboy Curtis

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

86

as Tyler