Thomas F. Wilson

ActorEditorWriter Apr 15 (age 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1962–2025 (63 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Back to the Future

Biff Tannen

Film

Back to the Future Part II

Biff Tannen / Griff

Film

Back to the Future Part III

Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen

Film

Rio

Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)

Film

Bound by Honor

Rollie McCann

Film

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)

Film

The Heat

Captain Woods

Film

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Carnaby (voice)

Filmography

Acting (108)

Movies (46)

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

2025

as Coach Tuna (voice)

6.7

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

2025

as Cecil / Various Incidental Characters (voice)

Humbly Super Famous

2024

as Self

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone

2023

as Cecil Star

7.0

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

2018

as Self

6.8

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

2015

as Angry Customer #1 (voice)

Epic

as Finn (voice)

The Heat

as Captain Woods

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

2013

as Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)

5.9

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

2013

as Andrew "Drew" Stone

Voice Over

2012

as Crandall

Rio

2011

as Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)

6.8

Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You

2011

as Self

Tales from the Future

as Self

The Child Wanderers

as Kevin

The Informant!

as Mark Cheviron

House Broken

as Fire Chief Henry Decker

5.1

Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover

2007

as Duke (voice)

Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You've Never Heard Of

as Self

Zoom

as Dylan's Teacher

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

2006

as Bart Tatlock

3.8

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004

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

7.1

Splatypus

2004

as Haphazard (voice)

Atlantis: Milo's Return

as Carnaby (voice)

Girl

as The Ticket Seller

Zoomates

as Mark (voice)

Men in White

as Ed Klingbottom

That Darn Cat

as Melvin

steve.oedekerk.com

Born to Be Wild

as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

Caroline at Midnight

as Officer Keaton

Mr. Write

as Billy

Camp Nowhere

as Lt. Eliot Hendricks

Bound by Honor

as Rollie McCann

High Strung

as Al

Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

1991

as Biff H. Tannen (voice)

Back to the Future Part III

1990

as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen

7.5

The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

as Self

Turner & Hooch

as Det. Scott Turner

Back to the Future Part II

1989

as Biff Tannen / Griff

7.8

The Last Ride

1989

as Buck Johnson III

Action Jackson

as Officer Kornblau

April Fool's Day

as Arch Cummings

Let's Get Harry

as Pachowski

Back to the Future

as Biff Tannen

Los Angeles Streetfighter

1985

as Spike's Gang Member

4.9

Television (62)

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

2021

as William Baker / Sandman (voice)

7.1

The Patrick Star Show

2021

as Cecil Star (voice)

5.8

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

2018

as Major Messy / Camoflush (voice)

Mosaic

as Cliff Jones

Cultureshock

as Self

The Mayor

as Governor Fillucci

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016

as Henry 'Hank' Heywood

7.3

The Ranch

2016

as Coach Fitzgerald

7.4

Dragons: Race to the Edge

2015

as Bucket (voice)

8.4

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

2015

as Banana (voice)

3.9

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

2013

as Andrew 'Drew' Stone

DreamWorks Dragons

as Bucket (voice)

Workaholics

as Barnes

Franklin & Bash

as Spiritual Adviser

Harry's Law

as Allan Meade

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008

as Sportsmaster / Santa (voice)

True Jackson, VP

as Ben Franklin

Back at the Barnyard

as Krebs (voice)

Psych

as Butch Zielinski

Big Love

as Ricky Jax

Bones

as Chip Barnett

Ghost Whisperer

as Tim Flaherty

Zoey 101

as Coach Phelps

House

as Lou

Boston Legal

as Jeffrey Bass

Rodney

as Bill

NCIS

as Angus Demint

Two and a Half Men

as Mike

Cold Case

as Arnold Brown

The Pitts

as Guard

Rock Me Baby

as Buffalo Buck

George Lopez

as Sonny

Still Standing

as Coach Kirk Stone

She Spies

as Roger 'Rush' Gibson

Do Over

Reba

as Ted

The Zeta Project

Boston Public

as Paul Stanton

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Buster (voice)

as Sean Nowell

Titus

as Joe

Family Guy

as First Step (voice)

7.4

SpongeBob SquarePants

1999

as Flats the Flounder (voice)

7.7

Freaks and Geeks

1999

as Coach Ben Fredricks

8.2

The Hughleys

1998

as Stan

6.8

101 Dalmatians Series

1997

6.6

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Howlin' Jake / Gotham Angels Biker (voice)

8.0

Fired Up

1997

as Steve Summer

8.0

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

as Simon

7.8

Superman: The Animated Series

as Joey (voice)

Nash Bridges

as Jack Noon

Wing Commander Academy

1996

as Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (voice)

Andersonville

as Thomas

Gargoyles

as Lt. Matt Bluestone/Robber (voice)

8.1

Duckman

1994

as Park Ranger Smith (voice)

7.1

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Carter Landry

Rocko's Modern Life

Batman: The Animated Series

as Zucco (voice)

Knight Rider

as Chip

Late Night with David Letterman

as Self

The Facts of Life

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Humbly Super Famous

2024

Editor

Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You

2011

Writer