Henry Thomas

Henry Thomas

1971-09-09 San Antonio, Texas, USA 74 Credits

Biography

Henry Jackson Thomas, Jr. (born September 9, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He has appeared in more than 40 films and is best known for his role as Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Due West

Due West

2025

as Pastor Mike

Acting

A small-town woman in need of medical care in West Texas is forced to break the law.

Due West

Due West

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

A small-town woman in need of medical care in West Texas is forced to break the law.

High Ground

High Ground

2025

as Nathaniel Matheson

5.5
Acting

When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.

The Curse of the Necklace

The Curse of the Necklace

2024

as Frank Davis

5.6
Acting

After separating due to his unpredictable alcohol infused temper, Frank try to win his wife Laura back by giving her a beautiful antique necklace he f...

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

as Dan Crandall

5.6
Acting

In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a d...

Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg

Où est parti E.T. ? L'Enfance selon Spielberg

2023

as Self

8.0
Acting

How to grow up without betraying the child within us? In 1982, with "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial", Steven Spielberg revolutionised popular film by cre...

Sam & Kate

Sam & Kate

2022

as Ron

6.2
Acting

Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local...

Crawlspace

Crawlspace

2022

as Robert

5.8
Acting

After witnessing a brutal murder in a cabin, a man hides in a crawlspace while the killers scour the property for a hidden fortune. As they draw neare...

In Search of Tomorrow

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

as Self - Interviewee

6.5
Acting

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artists who made them and by those who were ins...

To All the Boys: Always and Forever

To All the Boys: Always and Forever

2021

as Mr. Kavinsky

7.5
Acting

Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Pete...

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a chil...

Dreamkatcher

Dreamkatcher

2020

as Luke

5.1
Acting

Gail is forced to come to terms with Josh, her new stepson, at a remote country home. After stealing an evil talisman from a mysterious neighbor, Josh...

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

Doctor Sleep: Return To The Overlook

2020

as Self

Acting

"Return to the Overlook" is a behind-the-scenes featurette exploring the meticulous recreation of the iconic Overlook Hotel for Doctor Sleep. Cast and...

E.T.: A Holiday Reunion

E.T.: A Holiday Reunion

2019

as Elliott

Acting

After 37 years, E.T. comes back to visit his friend, Elliott, for the holidays. During his stay, E.T. learns that Elliott now has a family of his own ...

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep

2019

as The Bartender

7.1
Acting

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous te...

The Great Alaskan Race

The Great Alaskan Race

2019

as Thompson

5.8
Acting

In 1925, a group of brave mushers travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.

Girl in the Bunker

Girl in the Bunker

2018

as Vinson Filyaw

7.2
Acting

When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true s...

Gerald's Game

Gerald's Game

2017

as Tom

6.4
Acting

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choic...

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016

as Father Tom

6.1
Acting

In 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evi...

Big Sur

Big Sur

2013

as Philip Whalen

4.7
Acting

Big Sur is a film adaptation of the Jack Kerouac autobiographical novel of the same name.

Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

2013

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

The 'E.T.' Journals

The 'E.T.' Journals

2012

as Self

10.0
Acting

The following documentary is composed exclusively of original behind-the-scenes footage shot during the production of "E.T." in 1981. It follows the o...

The Last Ride

The Last Ride

2012

as Hank Williams / "Mr. Wells" / Luke

5.4
Acting

At the end of 1952, with the best years of his career behind him, country music legend Hank Williams hires a local kid to drive him through the Appala...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011

as John St. Helens

4.2
Acting

In 1870s Texas, a ruthless bounty hunter and an Irish desperado flee the law with a young criminal claiming to possess a treasure more valuable than g...

The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy

2010

as Self

6.9
Acting

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what ...

Dear John

Dear John

2010

as Tim Wheddon

6.8
Acting

While Sergeant John Tyree is home on two weeks leave from Germany, he meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that h...

Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

2009

as Josh Petri

3.6
Acting

While filming in Transylvania, a crew unearths celluloid images of a woman’s murder and unleashes the wrath of evil spirits.

Red Velvet

Red Velvet

2009

as Aaron

3.5
Acting

A man and a young woman have a chance encounter at a laundry mat which leads to a story about a birthday party where everyone has been killed by a mad...

Not Quite Hollywood

Not Quite Hollywood

2008

as Self

6.9
Acting

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock...

Suffering Man's Charity

Suffering Man's Charity

2007

as Eric Rykell

4.8
Acting

John Vandermark (Cumming) has taken in a struggling writer, Sebastian St. Germain (Boreanaz), who overstays his welcome. When John discovers that Seba...

The Last Sin Eater

The Last Sin Eater

2007

as Man of God

5.5
Acting

In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of We...

The Deal: El trato

The Deal: El trato

2006

as Frank

3.4
Acting

Laura loses her family in a tragic fire while living in Spain. Just as she prepares to return home to the States, a member of the American embassy pro...

The Hard Easy

The Hard Easy

2006

as Paul Weston

5.3
Acting

Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the same score at the exact same time, and a simple job...

Desperation

Desperation

2006

as Peter Jackson

5.5
Acting

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fig...

Chocolate

Chocolate

2006

as Jamie

5.2
Acting

After eating a chocolate, a lonely, newly divorced young man who creates artificial flavorings for a living begins having turbulent psychic visions of...

Tennis Anyone?

Tennis Anyone?

2006

as Matt Erhorn

3.5
Acting

Two mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments.

Honey Baby

Honey Baby

2004

as Tom Brackett

6.0
Acting

An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the likes in Germany. Then he gets an offer to tour in Ea...

Dead Birds

Dead Birds

2004

as William

5.7
Acting

Towards the end of the Civil War a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the m...

11:14

11:14

2003

as Jack

6.8
Acting

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of ...

I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle

2003

as Simon Cotton

6.8
Acting

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain, and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a de...

Plain Dirty

Plain Dirty

2003

as Edgar Macbeth

4.0
Acting

Inez Macbeth is a pretty young woman married to Edgar, a moody and unstable felon. When Inez becomes interested in the sensitive and wealthy lawyer Dr...

Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York

2002

as Johnny Sirocco

7.3
Acting

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's...

I'm with Lucy

I'm with Lucy

2002

as Date 4 - Barry

5.4
Acting

It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had b...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

7.3
Acting

A retrospective of "E.T.," featuring a cast reunion and a look at the making of the 20th anniversary edition of the film.

Dead in the Water

Dead in the Water

2002

as Jeff

5.4
Acting

Young, rich, and randy Gloria takes the family motorboat for some fun in the sun off the coast of Brazil. Along with her are her longtime boyfriend Da...

The Quickie

The Quickie

2001

as Alex

4.6
Acting

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival ...

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

2000

as Rawlins

5.7
Acting

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lur...

A Good Baby

A Good Baby

2000

as Raymond Toker

6.3
Acting

A young loner wandering the back roads of North Carolina comes across an abandoned baby. He immediately starts seeking the baby's parents, but starts ...

Happy Face Murders

Happy Face Murders

1999

as Dylan McCarthy

4.8
Acting

An eccentric older woman implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she ...

Fever

Fever

1999

as Nick Parker

4.7
Acting

A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.

Niagara, Niagara

Niagara, Niagara

1998

as Seth

7.0
Acting

An outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.

Bombshell

Bombshell

1997

as Buck

3.7
Acting

Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.

Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings

1997

as Avery Chasten

6.6
Acting

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo play...

Hijacking Hollywood

Hijacking Hollywood

1997

as Kevin

4.0
Acting

An aspiring director working as a lowly production assistant, conspires with his aspiring producer roommate to steal the reels of a mega budgeted film...

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

1996

as Self

7.4
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Riders of the Purple Sage

Riders of the Purple Sage

1996

as Bern Venters

5.8
Acting

Jim Lassister seeks the man responsible for his sister's death. His quest draws him into an insular community ruled by an uncompromising charlatan and...

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

1995

as Ray Buckey

7.1
Acting

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unquali...

Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

1994

as Samuel Ludlow

7.4
Acting

In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unco...

Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class

1994

as Wesley Tate

4.1
Acting

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm fa...

Beyond Obsession

Beyond Obsession

1994

as John Thompson

5.0
Acting

The story of Traci Di Carlo who was accused of plotting the murder of her obsessively domineering mother. Traci's boyfriend was arrested for the killi...

Fire in the Sky

Fire in the Sky

1993

as Greg Hayes

6.6
Acting

After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted their friend. Despite no apparent motive or ...

A Taste for Killing

A Taste for Killing

1992

as Cary Sloan

4.9
Acting

Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tri...

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Psycho IV: The Beginning

1990

as Young Norman Bates

5.7
Acting

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under a false name to tell his story.

Valmont

Valmont

1989

as Danceny

6.7
Acting

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that h...

Murder One

Murder One

1988

as Billy Isaacs

4.4
Acting

This crime drama is based on the true story of Billy Isaacs. Freshly escaped from prison, Isaac is picked up by his brothers, and the entire dysfuncti...

Frog Dreaming

Frog Dreaming

1986

as Cody

5.6
Acting

American boy Cody lives in Australia with his guardian, Gaza. Cody is very imaginative, inventive and inquisitive. He comes accross some strange event...

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

1984

as Davey Osborne

6.4
Acting

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his...

Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1983

as Andrew

6.7
Acting

A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

as Elliott

7.5
Acting

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extr...

The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid

The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid

1981

as Nick

Acting

The award-winning Coke commercial becomes a heart-warming story!

Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

1981

as Harry

5.3
Acting

Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on l...

Generation Angst

Generation Angst

N/A

as Tim Grinnell

Acting

Jack Grinnell, an aspiring grunge musician, must overcome the grim reality of his heroin addiction that has destroyed all of the relationships in his ...

Riptide

N/A

Acting

When a biker gang's drug operation is raided by the ATF the gang leader's two sons develop differing views about the gang's future.