C. Thomas Howell: movies and TV shows
C. Thomas Howell has 226 credits in the archive: 181 films and 45 TV series, from 1980 to 2026. Highest rated: Sons of Anarchy (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1980 – 2026 · busiest year: 2008 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | One Mile: Chapter One | Stanley Dixon | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2026 | One Mile: Chapter Two | Stanley Dixon | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2025 | Where the Wind Blows | Nathan | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2024 | Reagan | Caspar Weinberger | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2024 | Ride | John Hawkins | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2024 | The Open Door | Mr. Sapp | Film | — | 57 |
| 2023 | Will Trent | Warden Sturgill Hardly | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2023 | Obliterated | Hagerty | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2023 | Old Dads | Ed Cameron | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2022 | 1923 | Anders | TV | 8.3 | 55 |
| 2022 | Because We're Family | Peter | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2022 | Crimson Point | Frank | Film | — | 55 |
| 2021 | The Wrong Path | Dr. Eric Peselowe | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 2020 | Beast Mode | Breen Nash | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 2019 | Creepshow | Sam Spinster | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 2019 | I Am Patrick Swayze | Self | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2019 | Dauntless: The Battle of Midway | Captain Miles Browning | Film | 4.3 | 52 |
| 2019 | Control | Control (voice) | Film | — | 52 |
| 2018 | The Terror | Major Bowen | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 2018 | The Good Cop | TV | 6.2 | 51 | |
| 2018 | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Zoom (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 2018 | Urban Country | Jim Craft | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2018 | Dirty Dealing | Carter | Film | 3.3 | 51 |
| 2018 | Deadman Standing | The Stranger | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2018 | Rich Boy, Rich Girl | Blake | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 2018 | Shifting Gears | Jenkins | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2018 | The Rack Pack | Ted | Film | 3.7 | 51 |
| 2018 | Detroit Under S.T.R.E.S.S. | Narrator | Film | — | 51 |
| 2017 | SEAL Team | Ash Spenser | TV | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2017 | Marvel's The Punisher | Carson Wolf | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2017 | LBJ | Walter Jenkins | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2017 | A Question of Faith | John Danielson | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | Disconnected | Robert Crawford | Film | 3.5 | 50 |
| 2017 | The Shadow People | Kaine | Film | 4.4 | 50 |
| 2017 | Mac Daddy's Vegas Adventure | Film | 2.0 | 50 | |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Vasil | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2016 | Attack of the Killer Donuts | Officer Roberts | Film | 4.1 | 49 |
| 2016 | Advance & Retreat | Nathan Shapiro | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2016 | Blood Lust | Ryan | Film | 4.3 | 49 |
| 2016 | My B.F.F. | Ben Wilkins | Film | — | 49 |
| 2015 | Bosch | Louis Degner | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 2015 | Stitchers | Daniel Stinger | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2015 | Magic Hour | Tom Worthy | Film | 4.0 | 48 |
| 2015 | Woodlawn | George 'Shorty' White | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Dr. Will Magnus (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | Ties That Bind | Mr. Witherspoon | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | Borrowed Moments | Jack | Film | 3.4 | 48 |
| 2015 | A Christmas Eve Miracle | Jack Carter | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 2015 | A Christmas Eve Miracle | Film | 4.3 | 48 | |
| 2015 | Lazarus Rising | Silent Cal | Film | 3.0 | 48 |
| 2015 | Spirit Riders | Keith | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 2015 | Rivers 9 | Sheriff Quentin | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2014 | Category 5 | Charlie DuPuis | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2014 | A Magic Christmas | Jack Carter | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 2014 | A Magic Christmas | Film | 4.8 | 47 | |
| 2014 | Confessions of a Womanizer | Tony | Film | 2.9 | 47 |
| 2014 | Rescuing Madison | Rad | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 2014 | Bigfoot Wars | Zeke | Film | 4.0 | 47 |
| 2014 | Fruits De Mer | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Earl Fagen | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | SAC Mick Granger | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 2013 | Storm Rider | Mitch Fielding | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Professor Zoom / Thawne (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 46 |
| 2013 | An Amish Murder | Nathan Detrick | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 2013 | Christmas Belle | Rex Everhart | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 2013 | Lost on Purpose | Delbert Furgeson | Film | 4.3 | 46 |
| 2013 | Don't Pass Me By | Jack | Film | 4.0 | 46 |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Jack's Father | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 2012 | Longmire | Ray Stewart | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 2012 | Revolution | Bounty Hunter | TV | 6.4 | 45 |
| 2012 | Chilly Christmas | Patrick Cole | Film | 4.7 | 45 |
| 2012 | Escape | Paul Jordan | Film | 4.7 | 45 |
| 2012 | Wedding Day | Russ | Film | 4.0 | 45 |
| 2012 | Home Invasion | Ray | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 2012 | MoniKa | Double | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 2012 | The 'E.T.' Journals | Self | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 2011 | Grimm | Weston Steward | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 2011 | Alphas | Eli Aquino | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 2011 | Restitution | John Youngstown | Film | 3.5 | 44 |
| 2011 | Cross | Jake | Film | 4.1 | 44 |
| 2011 | Camel Spiders | Sheriff Beaumont | Film | 4.3 | 44 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Martin Cordova | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Roy | TV | 8.1 | 43 |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Hilltop Resident | TV | 8.1 | 43 |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Alex Polanski | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 2010 | The Glades | Peyton Robinson | TV | 6.9 | 43 |
| 2010 | The Terror Experiment | Chief Grasso | Film | 4.1 | 43 |
| 2010 | Cupid's Arrow | Professor Grimes | Film | 5.5 | 43 |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code | Film | 2.5 | 43 | |
| 2010 | Mutant Vampire Zombies from the 'Hood! | David | Film | 2.7 | 43 |
| 2009 | Castle | John Campbell | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 2009 | Southland | Officer Dewey Dudek | TV | 7.9 | 42 |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV | 7.3 | 42 |
| 2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | Alumnus Guy #2 | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 2009 | The Grind | Luke | Film | 3.2 | 42 |
| 2009 | Secret at Arrow Lake | Film | 7.3 | 42 | |
| 2009 | The Land That Time Forgot | Frost Michaels | Film | 3.6 | 42 |
| 2009 | The Land That Time Forgot | Film | 3.6 | 42 | |
| 2009 | The Jailhouse | Seth Delray | Film | 4.0 | 42 |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Agent Frank Eagan | TV | 8.4 | 41 |
| 2008 | Toxic | LIttle Joe | Film | 4.2 | 41 |
| 2008 | House of Fallen | Thomas | Film | 3.1 | 41 |
| 2008 | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | George Herbert | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 2008 | War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave | Film | 3.6 | 41 | |
| 2008 | Big Game | Sully | Film | 3.9 | 41 |
| 2008 | A Gunfighter's Pledge | Horn | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stopped | Josh Myron | Film | 3.5 | 41 |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stopped | Film | 3.5 | 41 | |
| 2008 | The Thirst: Blood War | Jed | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 2008 | Celebracadabra | TV | — | 41 | |
| 2008 | Xenophobia | Stone | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 2007 | Cold Ones | K.C. Corcoran | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 2007 | The Haunting of Marsten Manor | Captain Williams | Film | 2.2 | 40 |
| 2006 | Psych | Camden Driggs | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 2006 | Torchwood | The Gentleman | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Treasure | Michael Archer | Film | 2.6 | 39 |
| 2006 | Hoboken Hollow | Clayton Connelly | Film | 3.8 | 39 |
| 2006 | Fighting Words | David Settles | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | The Reaper / George Foyet | TV | 8.3 | 38 |
| 2005 | Ordinary Miracles | Jim Powell | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure | Doctor Ballard | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Lost Angel | Kuratha | Film | 4.1 | 38 |
| 2005 | H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds | George Herbert | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 2005 | Crimson Force | Capt. Baskin | Film | 4.6 | 38 |
| 2005 | Glass Trap | Curtis | Film | 3.8 | 38 |
| 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Coach Fielding | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 2005 | Blind Injustice | Film | 5.7 | 38 | |
| 2005 | Blind Injustice | Film | 5.7 | 38 | |
| 2005 | Staying Gold: A Look Back at 'The Outsiders' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 2004 | Summerland | Kyle Bale | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Preston Webb | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 2004 | A Killer Within | Addison Terrill | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 2004 | The Hillside Strangler | Kenneth Bianchi | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 2004 | Nursie | Zack | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 2004 | Zolar | Hedion | Film | 3.0 | 37 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 2003 | Gods and Generals | Sgt. Thomas Chamberlain | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 2003 | The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | Jim Halsey | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 2003 | Net Games | Adam Vance | Film | 4.9 | 36 |
| 2003 | The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? | Film | 7.5 | 36 | |
| 2002 | WillFull | Nat Wolff | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 2002 | Killer Bees | Sheriff Lyndon Harris | Film | 3.9 | 35 |
| 2002 | Night of the Wolf | Sheriff Wade Messer | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 2002 | Hope Ranch | Film | 4.5 | 35 | |
| 2002 | Hope Ranch | Film | 4.5 | 35 | |
| 2001 | 24 | Barry Landes | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 2001 | Burning Down the House | Concierge | Film | 8.5 | 34 |
| 2001 | Separate Ways | Tom Milton | Film | 3.8 | 34 |
| 2001 | XCU: Extreme Close Up | Geoffrey Liddy | Film | 4.7 | 34 |
| 2001 | Lawless: Dead Evidence | Dean Riley | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 2001 | Askari | Joss Mckinley | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 2001 | Asylum Days | Nathan Devine | Film | 7.8 | 34 |
| 2000 | The District | Chris Gunner | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 2000 | Son of the Beach | TV | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 2000 | Hot Boyz | Officer Roberts | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 2000 | The Million Dollar Kid | Valentino | Film | 3.4 | 33 |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime | Tony Tremaine / Phil Barlow | TV | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1999 | Amazon | Dr. Alex Kennedy | TV | 7.9 | 32 |
| 1999 | The Prince and the Surfer | Dean | Film | 4.0 | 32 |
| 1999 | Fatal Affair | Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1999 | Escape from Alaska | Jack | Film | 4.7 | 32 |
| 1999 | Hitman's Run | Tom Holly | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1999 | Cybermaster: Shepherd II | Dakota | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1999 | Enemy Action | John Reed | Film | 4.7 | 32 |
| 1999 | Red Team | J.B. Gaines | Film | 3.8 | 32 |
| 1998 | V.I.P. | Phil Sherman | TV | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1998 | Matter of Trust | Michael D'Angelo | Film | 4.0 | 31 |
| 1998 | Sealed with a Kiss | Detective Mick Cullen | Film | 3.8 | 31 |
| 1998 | The Shepherd | Boris Dakota | Film | 3.6 | 31 |
| 1998 | Charades | Evan | Film | 4.2 | 31 |
| 1997 | The Big Fall | Blaise Rybeck | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1997 | The Big Fall | Film | 6.3 | 30 | |
| 1997 | Laws of Deception | Evan Marino | Film | 4.0 | 30 |
| 1997 | Sleeping Dogs | Sanchez Boon | Film | 4.6 | 30 |
| 1997 | Dilemma | Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan | Film | 3.9 | 30 |
| 1997 | Hourglass | Michael Jardine | Film | 4.9 | 30 |
| 1997 | Hourglass | Film | 4.9 | 30 | |
| 1997 | Hourglass | Film | 4.9 | 30 | |
| 1997 | Dead Fire | Tucker | Film | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1997 | Last Lives | Aaron | Film | 4.3 | 30 |
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | Det. Frank Kohanek | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1996 | Baby Face Nelson | Baby Face Nelson | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1996 | The Sweeper | Mark Goddard | Film | 4.6 | 29 |
| 1996 | Pure Danger | Johnie Dean | Film | 4.2 | 29 |
| 1996 | Pure Danger | Film | 4.2 | 29 | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Capt. Miles Davidow | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1995 | Dangerous Indiscretion | Jim Lomax | Film | 3.9 | 28 |
| 1995 | Payback | Oscar Bonsetter | Film | 4.8 | 28 |
| 1995 | Mad Dogs and Englishmen | Mike | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1995 | Suspect Device | Dan Jericho | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1994 | ER | Vincent Jansen | TV | 7.8 | 27 |
| 1994 | Natural Selection | Ben Braden / Alex Connelly | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo | Carl | Film | 4.9 | 27 |
| 1993 | Gettysburg | Lieut. Thomas D. Chamberlain | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1993 | Acting on Impulse | Paul Stevens | Film | 4.8 | 26 |
| 1993 | Treacherous | Micky Stewert | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 1993 | Jailbait | Sergeant Lee Teffler | Film | 3.2 | 26 |
| 1993 | Tattle Tale | Bernard Sprat | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1992 | Nickel & Dime | Jack Stone | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1992 | That Night | Rick | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1992 | Breaking the Rules | Gene Michaels | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1992 | To Protect and Serve | Egan | Film | 4.8 | 25 |
| 1990 | Kid | Kid | Film | 6.0 | 23 |
| 1990 | Side Out | Monroe Clark | Film | 5.3 | 23 |
| 1990 | Curiosity Kills | Cat Thomas | Film | 5.4 | 23 |
| 1990 | Far Out Man | Himself | Film | 5.5 | 23 |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Jenner Brading | TV | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Raoul | Film | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1989 | The Eyes of the Panther | Jenner Brading | Film | — | 22 |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | Arturo Toscanini | Film | 6.3 | 21 |
| 1988 | A Tiger's Tale | Bubber Drumm | Film | 4.4 | 21 |
| 1987 | Into the Homeland | Tripp Wilson | Film | 6.6 | 20 |
| 1986 | The Hitcher | Jim Halsey | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1986 | Soul Man | Mark Watson | Film | 5.2 | 19 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Waiter (uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 18 |
| 1985 | Secret Admirer | Michael Ryan | Film | 6.7 | 18 |
| 1984 | Red Dawn | Robert | Film | 6.3 | 17 |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Tim Pearson | Film | 5.8 | 17 |
| 1984 | Tank | Billy | Film | 5.7 | 17 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Gerald | TV | 6.3 | 16 |
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Ponyboy Curtis | Film | 7.2 | 16 |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tyler | Film | 7.5 | 15 |
| 1980 | Night of the Juggler | Film | 6.6 | 13 | |
| The Horseman | Film | — | — | ||
| The Greatest Actress in the World | Film | — | — | ||
| Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story | Self | Film | — | — |