Thomas F. Wilson

Acting

Thomas F. Wilson

Born 15 April 1959 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · 67

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

Highlights

Back to the Future1985 · Film · Biff Tannen
House2004 · Series · Lou
Back to the Future Part II1989 · Film · Biff Tannen / Griff
Back to the Future Part III1990 · Film · Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
Bones2005 · Series · Chip Barnett
Batman: The Animated Series1992 · Series · Zucco (voice)

Filmography

Movies

40 films

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants2025 · Film · Coach Tuna (voice)
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up2025 · Film · Cecil / Various Incidental Characters (voice)
Humbly Super Famous2024 · Film · Director
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special2023 · Film · Cecil Star
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015 · Film · Angry Customer #1 (voice)
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure2013 · Film · Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)
The Heat2013 · Film · Captain Woods
Epic2013 · Film · Finn (voice)
Voice Over2012 · Film · Crandall
Rio2011 · Film · Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)
The Child Wanderers2010 · Film · Kevin
House Broken2009 · Film · Henry Decker
Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You2009 · Film · Writer
The Informant!2009 · Film · Mark Cheviron
Zoom2006 · Film · Dylan's Teacher
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector2006 · Film · Bart Tatlock
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004 · Film · Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)
Splatypus2004 · Film · Haphazard (voice)
Atlantis: Milo's Return2003 · Film · Carnaby (voice)
Girl1998 · Film · The Ticket Seller
Zoomates1998 · Film · Mark (voice)
Men in White1998 · Film · Ed Klingbottom
steve.oedekerk.com1997 · Film
That Darn Cat1997 · Film · Melvin
Born to Be Wild1995 · Film · Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Camp Nowhere1994 · Film · Lt. Eliot Hendricks
Mr. Write1994 · Film · Billy
Caroline at Midnight1994 · Film · Officer Keaton
Bound by Honor1993 · Film · Rollie McCann
Back to the Future: The Ride1992 · Film · Biff Tannen
High Strung1992 · Film · Al
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas1991 · Film · Biff H. Tannen (voice)
Back to the Future Part III1990 · Film · Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
Back to the Future Part II1989 · Film · Biff Tannen / Griff
The Last Ride1989 · Film · Buck Johnson III
Action Jackson1988 · Film · Officer Kornblau
Let's Get Harry1986 · Film · Pachowski
April Fool's Day1986 · Film · Arch Cummings
Back to the Future1985 · Film · Biff Tannen
Los Angeles Streetfighter1985 · Film · Spike's Gang Member

Filmography

Series

60 shows

Spidey and His Amazing Friends2021 · Series · William Baker / Sandman (voice)
The Patrick Star Show2021 · Series · Cecil Star (voice)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years2021 · Series · Cecil Star (voice)
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants2018 · Series · Major Messy / Camoflush (voice)
Mosaic2018 · Series · Cliff Jones
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles2018 · Series · Biff Tannen
The Mayor2017 · Series · Governor Fillucci
The Ranch2016 · Series · Coach Fitzgerald
DC's Legends of Tomorrow2016 · Series · Henry 'Hank' Heywood
Pig Goat Banana Cricket2015 · Series · Banana (voice)
Dragons: Race to the Edge2015 · Series · Bucket (voice)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous2013 · Series · Andrew 'Drew' Stone
DreamWorks Dragons2012 · Series · Bucket (voice)
Franklin & Bash2011 · Series · Spiritual Adviser
Workaholics2011 · Series · Barnes
Harry's Law2011 · Series · Allan Meade
Batman: The Brave and the Bold2008 · Series · Sportsmaster / Santa (voice)
True Jackson, VP2008 · Series · Ben Franklin
Back at the Barnyard2007 · Series · Krebs (voice)
Psych2006 · Series · Butch Zielinski
Big Love2006 · Series · Ricky Jax
Ghost Whisperer2005 · Series · Tim Flaherty
Bones2005 · Series · Chip Barnett
Zoey 1012005 · Series · Coach Phelps
House2004 · Series · Lou
Boston Legal2004 · Series · Jeffrey Bass
Rodney2004 · Series · Bill
Cold Case2003 · Series · Arnold Brown
NCIS2003 · Series · Angus Demint
Two and a Half Men2003 · Series · Mike
Rock Me Baby2003 · Series · Buffalo Buck
Still Standing2002 · Series · Coach Kirk Stone
Do Over2002 · Series
She Spies2002 · Series · Roger 'Rush' Gibson
George Lopez2002 · Series · Sonny
Reba2001 · Series · Ted
The Zeta Project2001 · Series
Boston Public2000 · Series · Paul Stanton
Ed2000 · Series · Sean Nowell
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command2000 · Series · Buster (voice)
Titus2000 · Series · Joe
Freaks and Geeks1999 · Series · Coach Ben Fredricks
SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · Series · Flats the Flounder (voice)
Family Guy1999 · Series · First Step (voice)
The Hughleys1998 · Series · Stan
101 Dalmatians: The Series1997 · Series
The New Batman Adventures1997 · Series · Howlin' Jake (voice)
Fired Up1997 · Series · Steve Summer
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · Series · Simon
Wing Commander Academy1996 · Series · Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series1996 · Series · Joey (voice)
Nash Bridges1996 · Series · Jack Noon
Andersonville1996 · Series · Thomas
Gargoyles1994 · Series · Matt Bluestone
Duckman1994 · Series · Park Ranger Smith (voice)
Rocko's Modern Life1993 · Series
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993 · Series · Carter Landry
Batman: The Animated Series1992 · Series · Zucco (voice)
Knight Rider1982 · Series · Chip
The Facts of Life1979 · Series