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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Due West
2025
as Pastor Mike
A small-town woman in need of medical care in West Texas is forced to break the law.

Due West
2025
Executive Producer
A small-town woman in need of medical care in West Texas is forced to break the law.

High Ground
2025
as Nathaniel Matheson
When a mysterious prisoner lands in jail, a border town sheriff faces the wrath of a brutal cartel.

The Curse of the Necklace
2024
as Frank Davis
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
2023
as Dan Crandall
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
2023
as Self
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
2022
as Ron
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
2022
as Robert
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
2022
as Self - Interviewee
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
2021
as Mr. Kavinsky
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
2020
as Self
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
2020
as Luke
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
2020
as Self
"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
2019
as Elliott
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
2019
as The Bartender
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
2019
as Thompson
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
2018
as Vinson Filyaw
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
2017
as Tom
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
2016
as Father Tom
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
2013
as Philip Whalen
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
A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.

The 'E.T.' Journals
2012
as Self
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
2012
as Hank Williams / "Mr. Wells" / Luke
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
2012
as (archive footage)
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
2011
as John St. Helens
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
2010
as Self
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
2010
as Tim Wheddon
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
2009
as Josh Petri
While filming in Transylvania, a crew unearths celluloid images of a woman’s murder and unleashes the wrath of evil spirits.

Red Velvet
2009
as Aaron
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
2008
as Self
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
2007
as Eric Rykell
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
2007
as Man of God
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
2006
as Frank
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
2006
as Paul Weston
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
2006
as Peter Jackson
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
2006
as Jamie
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?
2006
as Matt Erhorn
Two mid level Hollywood losers attempt to find redemption, revenge and meaning in their lives through celebrity tennis tournaments.

Honey Baby
2004
as Tom Brackett
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
2004
as William
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
2003
as Jack
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
2003
as Simon Cotton
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
2003
as Edgar Macbeth
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
2002
as Johnny Sirocco
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
2002
as Date 4 - Barry
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
2002
as Self
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
2002
as Jeff
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
2001
as Alex
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
2000
as Rawlins
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
2000
as Raymond Toker
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
1999
as Dylan McCarthy
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
1999
as Nick Parker
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.

Niagara, Niagara
1998
as Seth
An outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.

Bombshell
1997
as Buck
Characters in a bio technological firm utilize nanotechnology (miniature, smart robots) to control others for their own good.

Suicide Kings
1997
as Avery Chasten
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
1997
as Kevin
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'
1996
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Riders of the Purple Sage
1996
as Bern Venters
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
1995
as Ray Buckey
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
1994
as Samuel Ludlow
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
1994
as Wesley Tate
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
1994
as John Thompson
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
1993
as Greg Hayes
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
1992
as Cary Sloan
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
1990
as Young Norman Bates
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
1989
as Danceny
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
1988
as Billy Isaacs
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
1986
as Cody
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
1984
as Davey Osborne
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
1983
as Andrew
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
1982
as Elliott
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
1981
as Nick
The award-winning Coke commercial becomes a heart-warming story!

Raggedy Man
1981
as Harry
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
N/A
as Tim Grinnell
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
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.