---
name: "Chris Howell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-howell"
fi1m_id: "chris-howell"
imdb_id: "nm0397949"
tmdb_id: 936505
roles: ["Stunts"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T00:30:59.353227+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Howell

## Identity

Chris Howell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-howell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-howell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397949
- **TMDB ID:** 936505
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936505

Stunts.

## Details

- **Work:** Stunts
- **Active:** 1980–1997
- **Also known as:** Christopher N. Howell, Christopher Howell
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 3 acting, 5 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (4), 1990s 76 (4)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $914m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/936505

## Biography

Chris Howell is a stunt performer, stunt coordinator and occasional actor. He is credited as Red Knight in *The Fisher King* (1991) and has performed stunts or coordinated stunts on numerous films, including *Independence Day* (1996), *Speed* (1994), *Hook* (1991), *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), *Blow* (2001), *The Patriot* (2000), *Gangster Squad* (2013) and *Get Smart* (2008).

Howell has also worked as a stunt coordinator on television series such as *Longmire* and on films including *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011, credited as Christopher Howell) and *The Island* (2005). He is the father of actor C. Thomas Howell.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (3)

- *Air Force One* (1997), Fi1m 72, as Major Perkins — [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *The Fisher King* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Red Knight — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *Cutter's Way* (1981), Fi1m 82, as Guard #4 — [page](https://film.one/film/cutters-way.md)

### Crew (5) — the average rests on these

- *Lost Highway* (1997), Fi1m 78, Stunt Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *Independence Day* (1996), Fi1m 75, Stunts — [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), Fi1m 45, Stunts — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)
- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Fi1m 61, Stunt Coordinator — [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (144)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nine Days* (2021), Stunt Coordinator
- *BLOOD TYPE* (2018), Stunt Driver
- *90 Minutes in Heaven* (2015), Stunt Coordinator
- *Dark Hearts* (2014), Stunt Coordinator
- *Gangster Squad* (2013), Stunts
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Stunts — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *Crank: High Voltage* (2009), Stunts
- *The Day the Earth Stopped* (2008), Stunt Coordinator
- *Get Smart* (2008), Stunts
- *Untraceable* (2008), Stunts
- *Who's Your Caddy?* (2007), as Distinguished Gentleman · Second Unit Director
- *Smokin' Aces* (2006), Stunts
- *Poseidon* (2006), Stunts — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *The Garden* (2006), Stunt Coordinator
- *Elizabethtown* (2005), Stunts
- *The Island* (2005), Stunts
- *The Whole Ten Yards* (2004), Stunts
- *The Singing Detective* (2003), Stunts
- *Gods and Generals* (2003), Stunt Coordinator
- *Hope Ranch* (2002), Story
- *Purpose* (2002), Stunt Coordinator
- *24* (2001), series, as Dunlop sniper — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Big Bad Love* (2001), Stunt Coordinator
- *Swordfish* (2001), Stunts
- *Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles* (2001), Stunts
- *Blow* (2001), Stunts
- *Poor White Trash* (2000), Stunts
- *The Patriot* (2000), Stunts
- *Hot Boyz* (2000), Stunts
- *Ride with the Devil* (1999), Stunts
- *The Hunter's Moon* (1999), Stunts
- *Pirates of Silicon Valley* (1999), Stunt Coordinator
- *Foolish* (1999), Stunts
- *The Out-of-Towners* (1999), Stunt Coordinator
- *Running Red* (1999), Stunts
- *A Memory in My Heart* (1999), Stunt Coordinator
- *Mutiny* (1999), Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- *Star Trek: Insurrection* (1998), Stunts — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-insurrection.md)
- *Ringmaster* (1998), Stunt Coordinator
- *Very Bad Things* (1998), Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- *Urban Ghost Story* (1998), as Grant
- *Recoil* (1998), Stunts
- *Tempting Fate* (1998), Stunt Coordinator
- *House of Frankenstein* (1997), series, Second Unit Director
- *The Locusts* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *The End of Violence* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *The Rage* (1997), Stunts
- *Air Force One* (1997), as Major Perkins — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/air-force-one.md)
- *Out to Sea* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *Truth or Consequences, N.M.* (1997), as Roadside Bar Fighter · Second Unit Director
- *Laws of Deception* (1997), Stunts
- *Hourglass* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *Prefontaine* (1997), Stunt Coordinator
- *Lost Highway* (1997), Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *Santa with Muscles* (1996), Stunts
- *Set It Off* (1996), Stunts
- *Blue Rodeo* (1996), as Karl Rankin
- *Pure Danger* (1996), Stunts
- *Sometimes They Come Back... Again* (1996), Stunts
- *House Arrest* (1996), Stunt Coordinator
- *Kingpin* (1996), Stunts
- *Independence Day* (1996), Stunts — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md)
- *The Sweeper* (1996), Stunts
- *The Sunchaser* (1996), Stunts
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Stunts
- *Skyscraper* (1996), Stunts
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Stunts — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *CyberTracker 2* (1995), Stunts
- *Showgirls* (1995), Stunts — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/showgirls.md)
- *Confessions of Sorority Girls* (1995), Stunt Coordinator
- *As Good As Dead* (1995), Stunt Coordinator
- *A Dangerous Affair* (1995), Stunt Coordinator
- *Cool and the Crazy* (1994), Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator, Stunts
- *Jailbreakers* (1994), as Gas Station Attendant
- *Dragstrip Girl* (1994), Stunt Coordinator
- *Girls in Prison* (1994), Stunt Coordinator
- *Blind Justice* (1994), Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- *Speed* (1994), Stunts — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *On Deadly Ground* (1994), Stunts
- *Jailbait* (1993), Stunt Coordinator
- *Fearless* (1993), Stunt Coordinator
- *Treacherous* (1993), Stunt Coordinator
- *The Hidden II* (1993), Stunts
- *Wilder Napalm* (1993), Stunt Coordinator
- *The Vanishing* (1993), Stunt Coordinator
- *American Heart* (1992), Stunts
- *Breaking the Rules* (1992), Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- *Honeymoon in Vegas* (1992), Stunts
- *That Night* (1992), Stunts
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), Stunts
- *The Fisher King* (1991), as Red Knight · Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md)
- *NYPD Mounted* (1991), Second Unit Director
- *Diplomatic Immunity* (1991), Stunts
- *Hook* (1991), Stunts — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys* (1991), Stunts
- *Fourth Story* (1991), Stunts
- *Don't Tell Her It's Me* (1990), Stunts
- *Cold Dog Soup* (1990), Stunts
- *RoboCop 2* (1990), Stunts
- *Impulse* (1990), Stunts
- *Catchfire* (1990), Stunts
- *Side Out* (1990), Stunt Coordinator
- *Road House* (1989), Stunts
- *Miracle Mile* (1989), Stunts
- *K-9* (1989), Stunts
- *Loverboy* (1989), Stunts
- *Out Cold* (1989), Stunt Coordinator
- *Clean and Sober* (1988), Stunt Coordinator
- *Teen Wolf Too* (1987), Stunt Coordinator
- *Made in U.S.A.* (1987), Stunts
- *Soul Man* (1986), Stunt Coordinator
- *Miracles* (1986), Stunts
- *Long Time Gone* (1986), Stunt Coordinator
- *Iron Eagle* (1986), Stunt Coordinator
- *Secret Admirer* (1985), Stunt Coordinator
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Into the Night* (1985), Stunts
- *The Burning Bed* (1984), Stunt Double
- *Ghost Warrior* (1984), Stunts
- *Dreamscape* (1984), Stunts
- *Red Dawn* (1984), Stunts
- *Up the Creek* (1984), Stunt Coordinator
- *Amityville 3-D* (1983), Stunt Coordinator
- *Cujo* (1983), Stunt Double
- *Smorgasbord* (1983), Stunts
- *The Entity* (1982), as Guard · Stunt Coordinator
- *The Sword and the Sorcerer* (1982), Stunts — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md)
- *A Time to Die* (1982), Stunts
- *Parasite* (1982), Stunts
- *Smokey Bites the Dust* (1981), Stunt Coordinator
- *Separate Ways* (1981), Stunts
- *Cutter's Way* (1981), as Guard #4 · Stunts — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/cutters-way.md)
- *The Jazz Singer* (1980), Stunt Coordinator
- *Motel Hell* (1980), Stunts
- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Stunt Coordinator — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)
- *Night of the Juggler* (1980), Stunt Coordinator
- *The In-Laws* (1979), Stunts
- *Survival Run* (1979), Stunts
- *The Driver* (1978), Stunts
- *Deathsport* (1978), as Stateman Officer · Stunt Driver
- *Zandy's Bride* (1974), as Man (uncredited)
- *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972), Stunts
- *The Honkers* (1972), as Rodeo Rider (uncredited)

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