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Thomas F. Wilson

Born 1959 · American actor

Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, podcaster, and YouTuber. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). He played coach Ben Fredricks in the comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and voices various characters, mainly villains, like Flats the Flounder and The Tattletale Strangler on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (2001–present). He also voices Cecil Star, the father of Patrick Star, in the SpongeBob spinoff The Patrick Star Show.

Thomas F. Wilson, in order

  1. 1985 Back to the Future: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 93%, audiences 95%
  2. 1986 April Fool's Day: acted · directed by Fred Walton
  3. 1986 Let's Get Harry: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
  4. 1986 Ninja Turf: acted · directed by Woo-sang Park
  5. 1988 Action Jackson: acted · directed by Craig R. Baxley
  6. 1989 Back to the Future Part II: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 63%, audiences 86%
  7. 1990 Back to the Future Part III: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 78%, audiences 78%
  8. 1990 Turner & Hooch: acted · directed by Donald Petrie
  9. 1991 Back to the Future: The Ride (short film): acted · directed by Douglas Trumbull
  10. 1991 High Strung: acted · directed by Roger Nygard
  11. 1993 Blood In Blood Out: acted · directed by Taylor Hackford
  12. 1994 Camp Nowhere: acted · directed by Jonathan Prince · critics 20%, audiences 58% · streaming on Disney+
  13. 1994 Caroline at Midnight: acted · directed by Scott McGinnis
  14. 1994 Mr. Write: acted · directed by Charlie Loventhal
  15. 1995 Born to Be Wild: acted · directed by John Gray
  16. 1997 That Darn Cat: acted · directed by Bob Spiers
  17. 1998 Girl: acted · directed by Jonathan Kahn · audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  18. 1998 Men in White (TV movie): acted · directed by Scott P. Levy
  19. 1998 Zoomates (short film): acted · directed by Butch Hartman
  20. 1999 Freaks and Geeks (TV series): acted · directed by Jake Kasdan and Ken Olin · critics 100%, audiences 96% · streaming on Prime Video, Paramount+, Kanopy
  21. 2003–10 Cold Case (TV series): acted · directed by Jerry Bruckheimer · audiences 94% · streaming on Roku Channel
  22. 2003 Two and a Half Men (TV series): acted · critics 65%, audiences 67% · streaming on Peacock, Philo
  23. 2004 House M.D. (TV series): acted · directed by Bill Johnson and Bryan Singer
  24. 2006 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector: acted · directed by Trent Cooper
  25. 2006 Zoom: acted · directed by Peter Hewitt
  26. 2009 House Broken: acted · directed by Sam Harper
  27. 2009 The Informant!: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 79%, audiences 44% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
  28. 2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II: acted · directed by John Putch
  29. 2013 The Heat: acted · directed by Paul Feig
  30. 2018–19 Legends of Tomorrow (TV series): acted