Chris Howell

Characters played by Chris Howell

Red Knight — The Fisher King (1991)

The Red Knight is a terrifying hallucination that repeatedly haunts Parry. It emerges from his distorted memory of his wife's face exploding during the shooting and appears when his new romance awakens traumatic memories. Its pursuit drives Parry into panic, flight, and renewed catatonia.

Career Overview

Chris Howell has 149 screen credits in a career dating back to 1972. Their work spans 23 cinematic universes — most prominently Rebel Highway Series with 5 titles. Signature works include Independence Day, Gangster Squad, Speed. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Crew
Gender: male
Known Credits: 149

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 23 universes

Rebel Highway Series (5 titles)
Transformers (1 titles)
Crank (1 titles)
Smokin' Aces Collection (1 titles)
Crocodile Dundee (1 titles)
Star Trek (1 titles)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection (1 titles)
Sometimes They Come Back Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

John Capodice (2 collaborations)
Randy Oglesby (2 collaborations)
Tony Sagastizado I (2 collaborations)
Will Smith (1 collaborations)
Bill Pullman (1 collaborations)
Jeff Goldblum (1 collaborations)
Mary McDonnell (1 collaborations)
Judd Hirsch (1 collaborations)
Robert Loggia (1 collaborations)
Randy Quaid (1 collaborations)

Credits

crew (128 credits)
- Nine Days
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2021
- BLOOD TYPE
  stunt driver
  
  crew
  
  2018
- 90 Minutes in Heaven
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2015
- Dark Hearts
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2014
- Gangster Squad
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2013
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2011
- Crank: High Voltage
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2009
- The Day the Earth Stopped
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2008
- Get Smart
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2008
- Untraceable
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2008
- Smokin' Aces
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2006
- Poseidon
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2006
- The Garden
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2006
- Elizabethtown
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2005
- The Island
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2005
- The Singing Detective
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2003
- Purpose
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2002
- Big Bad Love
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  2001
- Swordfish
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2001
- Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2001
- Blow
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2001
- Poor White Trash
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2000
- The Patriot
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2000
- Hot Boyz
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  2000
- Ride with the Devil
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1999
- The Hunter's Moon
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1999
- Pirates of Silicon Valley
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1999
- Foolish
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1999
- The Out-of-Towners
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1999
- Running Red
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1999
- A Memory in My Heart
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1999
- Mutiny
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1999
- Star Trek: Insurrection
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Ringmaster
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Very Bad Things
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Recoil
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Tempting Fate
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1998
- The Locusts
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- The End of Violence
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Leave It to Beaver
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- The Rage
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Out to Sea
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Laws of Deception
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Hourglass
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Prefontaine
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Lost Highway
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1997
- Santa with Muscles
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Set It Off
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Pure Danger
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Sometimes They Come Back... Again
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- House Arrest
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Kingpin
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Independence Day
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- The Sweeper
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- The Sunchaser
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Barb Wire
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Skyscraper
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1995
- CyberTracker 2
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1995
- Showgirls
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1995
- Confessions of Sorority Girls
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1995
- As Good As Dead
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1995
- A Dangerous Affair
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1995
- Cool and the Crazy
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Dragstrip Girl
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Girls in Prison
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Blind Justice
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Speed
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1994
- On Deadly Ground
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1994
- Jailbait
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- Fearless
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- Treacherous
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- The Hidden II
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1993
- Wilder Napalm
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- The Vanishing
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1993
- American Heart
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1992
- Breaking the Rules
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1992
- Honeymoon in Vegas
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1992
- That Night
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1992
- Missing Pieces
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1992
- The Fisher King
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1991
- Diplomatic Immunity
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1991
- Hook
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1991
- My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1991
- Fourth Story
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1991
- Don't Tell Her It's Me
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Cold Dog Soup
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1990
- RoboCop 2
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Impulse
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Catchfire
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Side Out
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1990
- Road House
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1989
- Miracle Mile
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1989
- Loverboy
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1989
- K-9
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1989
- Out Cold
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1989
- Clean and Sober
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1988
- Teen Wolf Too
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1987
- Made in U.S.A.
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1987
- Soul Man
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1986
- Miracles
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1986
- Long Time Gone
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1986
- Iron Eagle
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1986
- Secret Admirer
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1985
- Into the Night
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1985
- The Burning Bed
  stunt double
  
  crew
  
  1984
- Ghost Warrior
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1984
- Dreamscape
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1984
- Red Dawn
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1984
- Up the Creek
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1984
- Amityville 3-D
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1983
- Cujo
  stunt double
  
  crew
  
  1983
- Smorgasbord
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1983
- The Entity
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1982
- A Time to Die
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1982
- Parasite
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1982
- Smokey Bites the Dust
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1981
- Separate Ways
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1981
- Cutter's Way
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1981
- The Jazz Singer
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1980
- Motel Hell
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1980
- Urban Cowboy
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1980
- Night of the Juggler
  stunt coordinator
  
  crew
  
  1980
- The In-Laws
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1979
- Survival Run
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1979
- The Driver
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1978
- Deathsport
  stunt driver
  
  crew
  
  1978
- The Poseidon Adventure
  stunts
  
  crew
  
  1972
actors (12 credits)
- Who's Your Caddy?
  Distinguished Gentleman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- 24
  
  - 1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. (2001) ... Dunlop sniper actor actors
  
  2001
- Urban Ghost Story
  Grant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Air Force One
  Major Perkins
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Blue Rodeo
  Karl Rankin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Jailbreakers
  Gas Station Attendant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- The Fisher King
  Red Knight
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- The Entity
  Guard
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Cutter's Way
  Guard #4
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Deathsport
  Stateman Officer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Zandy's Bride
  Man (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- The Honkers
  Rodeo Rider (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
directing (8 credits)
- Who's Your Caddy?
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Mutiny
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- Very Bad Things
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Cool and the Crazy
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Blind Justice
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Breaking the Rules
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- NYPD Mounted
  second unit director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Moonlighting
  
  - Camille (1986) ... second unit director directing
  
  - Funeral for a Door Nail (1986) ... second unit director directing
  
  - Sleep Talkin' Guy (1986) ... second unit director directing
  
  - Witness for the Execution (1986) ... second unit director directing
  
  - Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin (1986) ... second unit director directing
  
  1985
writing (1 credits)
- Hope Ranch
  story
  
  writing
  
  2002