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Thomas F. Wilson

Acting

Born April 15, 1959 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also known as Tom Wilson · Thomas Wilson

Biography

Thomas Francis Wilson (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist and stand-up comedian. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen (and his grandson Griff Tannen and great-grandfather Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen) in the Back to the Future trilogy and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas F. Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

House

2004as Lou

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Zucco (voice)

Dragons: Race to the Edge

2015as Bucket (voice)

Back to the Future

1985as Biff Tannen

Bones

2005as Chip Barnett

Freaks and Geeks

1999as Coach Ben Fredricks

Blood In, Blood Out

1993as Rollie McCann

Ghost Whisperer

2005as Tim Flaherty

Zoey 101

2005as Coach Phelps

Gargoyles

1994as Matt Bluestone (voice)

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

2013as Andrew 'Drew' Stone

True Jackson, VP

2008as Ben Franklin

Psych

2006as Butch Zielinski

Boston Legal

2004as Jeffrey Bass

Dragons: Riders of Berk

2012as Bucket (voice)

Cold Case

2003as Arnold Brown

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996as Simon

Back to the Future Part II

1989as Biff Tannen / Griff

Rodney

as Bill

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999as Reg (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Joey (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008as Catman / Mobster #2 (voice)

NCIS

2003as Angus Demint

The Zeta Project

2001

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

2018as Major Messy / Camoflush (voice)

Two and a Half Men

2003as Mike

George Lopez

2002as Sonny

Back to the Future Part III

1990as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen

Knight Rider

1982as Chip

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

She Spies

as Roger 'Rush' Gibson

The Ranch

2016as Coach Fitzgerald

Workaholics

2011as Barnes

Family Guy

1999as First Step (voice)

Rocko's Modern Life

1993

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016as Henry 'Hank' Heywood

Franklin & Bash

2011as Spiritual Adviser

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

2021as Cecil Star (voice)

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special

2023as Cecil Star

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

2021as William Baker / Sandman (voice)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004as Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)

The Facts of Life

1979

Big Love

2006as Ricky Jax

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993as Carter Landry

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

2025as Coach Tuna (voice)

Rio

2011as Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)

Back at the Barnyard

2007as Krebs (voice)

The Hughleys

as Stan

Still Standing

as Coach Kirk Stone

The Heat

2013as Captain Woods