C. Thomas Howell

Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966), known as C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and director. He has starred in the films The Outsiders, The Hitcher, Grandview U.S.A., Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, and Soul Man; he has also appeared in Gettysburg as Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Chamberlain, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. 2Early life Howell was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Christopher N and Candace Howell. He has two sisters, Stacy and Candi, and a brother, John. His father worked as a stunt coordinator and rodeo performer. As a young boy, Howell wanted to be a stuntman and was even a child stunt performer. He began acting at the age of four, when he was cast in the Brian Keith Show episode "The Little People". When Howell was young, his parents divorced, leaving his mother with both of her sons and daughter Stacy, and his father took little Candi with him to raise on his own. Howell shared his time with each parent and started his career through his father's job. When he was 12, he became a rodeo champion at the California Junior Rodeo Association and was named "All-Around Cowboy" in August 197