Ponyboy Curtis

Celebrity Profiles

C. Thomas Howell was 19 years old at the time of filming The Outsiders in 1983, playing protagonist Ponyboy Curtis. He was born May 28, 1966, and production took place primarily...

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C. Thomas Howell was 17 years old when The Outsiders entered pre-production in early 1983 and turned 18 during the main photography window in late 1983. He was born on December...

Celebrity Profiles

Ponyboy Curtis's parents die before the events of The Outsiders, which shapes his vulnerability and sense of isolation within the Curtis family. In S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel, the...

Literature and Literary Analysis

Ponyboy Curtis is the narrator and protagonist of The Outsiders , a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton. As a 14-year-old Greaser, he belongs to a socioeconomic group in conflict...

Celebrity Profiles

C. Thomas Howell played Ponyboy Curtis in the 1983 film The Outsiders . This is a fact-first, evergreen profile focused on his identity, the film’s lasting reach, his major wo...

Literature & Books

Ponyboy Curtis is fourteen years old at the start of The Outsiders and turns fifteen late in the novel, placing him at the intersection of childhood and adolescence as the story...