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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 neighborhood of Los Angeles to Christopher N. and Candice Howell. He has three siblings. His father worked as a stunt coordinator and rodeo performer. He played the role of the Red Knight in Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King. As a young boy, Howell wanted to be a stuntman and was a child stunt performer. He was also a rodeo star. When Howell was young, his parents divorced. Howell graduated from Saugus High School in 1984. In 1982, Howell made his film debut as Tyler in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. At the age of 15 in 1981, Howell was cast in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders (1983). Howell played the lead role of Ponyboy Curtis, "the soulful tagalong greaser through whose eyes we see the events of the 1960s-set film unfold." Based on S.E. Hinton's bestselling 1967 novel of the same name,the coming-of-age film went on to become a cult classic. Howell's portrayal of Ponyboy was his breakthrough role, and it earned him a Young Artist Award. In 1984, Howell and his Outsiders co-star Patrick Swayze reunited for Grandview, U.S.A. and Red Dawn. Howell also had a pivotal role in Tank (1984). In 1985, he starred in Secret Admirer. After filming The Outsiders, Howell co-starred in his own television series Two Marriages, which ended after four episodes, but letters of support got it back on air. He later expressed disappointment in the series. Howell was one of two final actors in the running for the lead role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985); the other was Eric Stoltz. Ultimately, Michael J. Fox was cast as Marty after Stoltz was deemed wrong for the part. In 1986, Howell was a hitchhiker's target in the film The Hitcher. He also starred in the sequel, which was released in 2003. In 1986, Howell starred in Soul Man, a film in which Howell appears in Blackface. Rounding out the 1980s , Howell played the young Arturo Toscanini in Franco Zeffirelli's 1988 film Young Toscanini.
C. Thomas Howell
Robert Milson
for Robert Milson in Dexter Original Sin season 2
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Dexter kills these people in order: Juan Ryness – Arrested by Harry Morgan for killing a prostitute, Juan is freed on a faulty warrant. At Debra’s birthday, Matthews informs Harry, enraging him. Harry later tells Dexter he was right to train him, making Dexter proud when he kills Juan. But Harry stumbles into the kill room, sees Dexter dismembering him, and vomits - shocking Dexter, who thought Harry would be pleased. Days later, Brian Moser kills Harry, staging it as suicide. Alex Timmons – A Marine sniper who once hunted weak prey, Alex killed three children but was just discharged. He now spends time at ranges and playgrounds. Dexter, posing as a fellow bigot, confirms Alex killed for sport. Dexter lures him with a fake car issue, injects M99, and brings him to a kill room lined with hunting trophies. He mocks Alex, tests a combat knife, and creates his first blood-slide trophy before stabbing him in the heart and hiding the box behind his AC unit. Robert Milson – After Harry’s death, Dexter stalks Dr. Milson, a professor tied to missing students. He strangles him with fishing wire and feeds the remains to alligators, unaware student Peter Thornton saw it. Peter Thornton – Having killed his father as a child, Peter became Milson’s assistant, craving kills. Inspired by Dexter, he kills Jenna Lincoln and a guard. For his “final test,” he fights Dexter but is outmatched, Dexter decapitates him with his own saw and buries the body.
