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C. Thomas Howell
Highest Rated: 100% Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Lowest Rated: 8% Gods and Generals (2003)
Birthday: Dec 7, 1966
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
When he was in his teens this baby-faced leading man's career blossomed with his affecting performance as Ponyboy Curtis, the sensitive greaser with the soul of a writer, in Francis Ford Coppola's classic, "The Outsiders" (1983). Then, as quickly as his Tiger Beat status began, the bottom fell out after only a few years. Despite such minor hits as "Red Dawn" (1984) and "Soul Man" (1986), Howell's career descended into direct-to-video flicks and filler TV movies for the latter part of the decade, into the 1990s. Of the all-star cast of "The Outsiders," Howell's big screen success was later overshadowed by Ralph Macchio's "Karate Kid," Emilio Estevez's Brat Pack films -- to say nothing of Tom Cruise's "Top Gun" superstardom. Seemingly fine with his post-"Outsider" status, Howell continued to shine as an actor, even if the majority of the more than 50 films he appeared in were less than memorable.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reagan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reagan | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
74% |
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Ride | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
25% |
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Old Dads | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crimson Point | Frank (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Because We're Family | Peter (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wrong Path | Dr. Eric Peselowe (Character) | - | 2021 |
63% |
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Beast Mode | Breen Nash (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dauntless | Commander Miles Browning (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rich Boy, Rich Girl | Blake (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Deadman Standing | The Stranger (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rack Pack | Ted (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Urban Country | Jim Craft (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Shifting Gears | Bob Jenkins (Character) | - | 2018 |
88% |
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Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Professor Zoom (Voice) | - | 2018 |
40% |
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A Question of Faith | John Danielson (Character) | $2.6M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disconnected | Robert Crawford (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shadow People | Kaine (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My B.F.F. | Ben Wilkins (Character) | - | 2017 |
56% |
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LBJ | Walter Jenkins (Character) | $2.5M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Siren Song | Ryan (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lazarus Rising | Silent Cal (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Magic Hour | Tom Worthy (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rivers 9 | Sheriff Quentin (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Spirit Riders |
Keith (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sin Seer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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A Christmas Eve Miracle | Jack Carter (Character) | - | 2015 |
73% |
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Woodlawn | George "Shorty" White (Character) | $14.4M | 2015 |
88% |
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Justice League: Gods and Monsters | Dr. Will Magnus (Voice) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Rescuing Madison | Rad Leffler (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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A Magic Christmas | Jack Carter (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Dirty Dealing | Carter (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Bigfoot Wars | Zeke (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Confessions of a Womanizer | Tony (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Borrowed Moments | Jack (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Category 5 | Charlie DuPuis (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas Belle | Rex (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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An Amish Murder | Nathan Detrick (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Don't Pass Me By | Jack (Character) | - | 2013 |
100% |
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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox |
Eobard Thawne / |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Escape | Paul Jordan (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wedding Day | Russ (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Lost on Purpose | Delbert Furgeson (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Monika | Double (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Chilly Christmas | Patrick Cole (Character) | - | 2012 |
71% |
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The Amazing Spider-Man | Jack's Father (Character) | $262.0M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home Invasion | Ray (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Camel Spiders | Sheriff Beaumont (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Restitution | John Youngstown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Cross | Jake (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Cupid's Arrow | Professor Grimes (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Genesis Code | Director | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Terror Experiment | Chief Grasso (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flatline | Teacher (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Jailhouse | Seth Delray (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Grind | Luke (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret at Arrow Lake | Daniel (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Land That Time Forgot |
Frost Michaels (Character), Director |
- | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Game | Sully (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Fuel | Shane (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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House of Fallen | Thomas (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Wars | Jed (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Mutant Vampire Zombies From the 'Hood! | David (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Day the Earth Stopped |
Josh Myron (Character), Director |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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A Gunfighter's Pledge | Horn (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave |
George Herbert (Character), Director |
- | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Words | David Settles (Character) | $35.1K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Ones | KC (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Haunting of Marsten Manor | Captain Williams (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Da Vinci Treasure | Michael Archer (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Far Side of Jericho | Thorton (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Injustice | Screenwriter | - | 2005 |
60% |
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H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds | George Herbert (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Hoboken Hollow | Clayton (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Crimson Force | Captain Baskin (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Ordinary Miracles | Jim Powell (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Doctor Matthew Ballard (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Glass Trap | Curtis (Character) | - | 2005 |
41% |
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The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Coach Fielding (Character) | $224.5K | 2005 |
17% |
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The Hillside Strangler | Kenneth A. Bianchi (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lost Angel | Kuratha (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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A Killer Within | Addison Terrill (Character) | - | 2004 |
46% |
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Hidalgo | Preston Webb (Character) | $67.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Nursie | Zack (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Zolar: The Extreme Sports Movie | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zolar | Hedion (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting | Jim Halsey (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Asylum Days | Nathan Devine (Character) | - | 2003 |
8% |
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Gods and Generals | Lieutenant Thomas Chamberlain (Character) | $12.9M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Net Games | Adam Vance (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Words | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Hope Ranch |
Producer, Writer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Night of the Wolf | Sheriff Wade Messer (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Killer Bees | Sheriff Lyndon Harris (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First Degree | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Askari | Joss Mc Kinley (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Burning Down the House | Concierge (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | WillFull | Nat Wolff (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | XCU: Extreme Close Up | Geoffrey Liddy (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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The Crimson Code | J.B. Gaines (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lawless: Dead Evidence | Dean Riley (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Fortune Hunters | Valentino (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Shepherd | Boris Dakota (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Hot Boyz | Officer Roberts (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Hitman's Run | Tom Holly (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enemy Action | John Reed (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybermaster | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Avalanche | Jack (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Prince and the Surfer | Dean (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Felons | Evan (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatal Affair | Malcolm 'Mack' Maddox (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Distortions | Michael D'Angelo (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sleeping Dogs | Sanchez Boon (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Laws of Deception | Evan Marino (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Fire | Tucker (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dilemma | Thomas 'Quin' Quinlan (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Fall |
Blaise Rybeck (Character), Director |
- | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Last Lives | Aaron (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Hourglass |
Michael Jardine (Character), Director |
- | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sweeper | Mark Goddard (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Pure Danger |
Johnie Dean (Character), Director |
- | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sealed With a Kiss | Detective Mick Cullen (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen | Mike (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Face Nelson | Baby Face Nelson (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspect Device | Dan Jericho (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Teresa's Tattoo | Carl (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treacherous | Micky Stewart (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Payback | Oscar Bonsetter (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Indiscretion | Jim Lomax (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Reflection |
Ben Braden/ |
- | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Jailbait | Sergeant Lee Teffler (Character) | - | 1993 |
77% |
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Gettysburg | Lt. Thomas D. Chamberlain (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Acting on Impulse | Paul Stevens (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Protect and Serve | Egan (Character) | - | 1992 |
67% |
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That Night | Rick (Character) | $11.4K | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Breaking the Rules | Gene Michaels (Character) | $23.2K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattle Tale | Bernard Sprat (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nickel & Dime | Jack Stone (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Kid | Kid (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Side Out | Monroe Clark (Character) | $403.4K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Far Out Man | Self | $71.4K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Curiosity Kills | Cat Thomas (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Classics I | Jenner Brading (Character) | - | 1989 |
60% |
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The Return of the Musketeers | Raoul (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Toscanini | Arturo Toscanini (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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A Tiger's Tale | Bubber Drumm (Character) | $34.2K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Into the Homeland | Tripp Winston (Character) | - | 1987 |
64% |
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The Hitcher | Jim Halsey (Character) | $2.1M | 1986 |
17% |
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Soul Man | Mark Watson (Character) | $27.3M | 1986 |
33% |
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Secret Admirer | Michael Ryan (Character) | - | 1985 |
50% |
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Red Dawn | Robert Morris (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Grandview, U.S.A. | Tim Pearson (Character) | - | 1984 |
20% |
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Tank | William `'Billy'` Carey (Character) | - | 1984 |
70% |
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The Outsiders | Ponyboy Curtis (Character) | - | 1983 |
99% |
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Tyler (Character) | $439.2M | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Marriages | Scott Morgan (Character) | - | 1982 |
TV
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45% | 75% | Obliterated | Haggerty (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 86% | SEAL Team | Ash Spenser 2001 (Guest Star) | 2017 2019 2021 |
85% | 73% | Creepshow | Sam Spinster (Character) | 2021 |
87% | 77% | The Terror | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Vasil (Guest Star) | 2018 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Stitchers | Daniel Stinger (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
80% | 82% | Outcast | Simon (Guest Star) | 2017 |
74% | 73% | Sleepy Hollow | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
89% | 90% | Grimm | Weston Steward (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Alex Polanski (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 2013 |
87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
90% | 98% | Southland |
Officer Dewey Dudek (Character), Officer Billy Dewey (Guest Star) |
2009-2013 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
81% | 76% | Alphas | Eli Aquino (Guest Star) | 2012 |
88% | 92% | Longmire | Ray Stewart (Guest Star) | 2012 |
98% | 83% | Torchwood | The Gentleman (Guest Star) | 2011 |
47% | No Score Yet | CHAOS | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All Jacked Up | Host | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebracadabra | Self | 2008 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Barry Landes (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Poseidon Adventure | Doctor Ballard (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Vincent Jansen (Guest Star) | 2005 |
20% | No Score Yet | Summerland | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twice in a Lifetime | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Gun | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Capt. Miles Davidow (Character) | 1998 |
30% | 83% | Kindred: The Embraced | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |