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Thomas F. Wilson

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

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.

Movies with Thomas F. Wilson

• Back to the Future (1985) — Biff Tannen
• Back to the Future Part II (1989) — Biff Tannen / Griff
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) — Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) — Angry Customer #1 (voice)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025) — Coach Tuna (voice)
• Rio (2011) — Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990) — Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
• The Heat (2013) — Captain Woods
• Bound by Honor (1993) — Rollie McCann
• Epic (2013) — Finn (voice)
• Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) — Carnaby (voice)
• Zoom (2006) — Dylan's Teacher

TV shows with Thomas F. Wilson

• Ghost Whisperer (2005) — Tim Flaherty
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) — Henry 'Hank' Heywood
• Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021) — William Baker / Sandman (voice)
• The Patrick Star Show (2021) — Cecil Star (voice)
• Gargoyles (1994) — Matt Bluestone (voice)
• Ed (2000) — Sean Nowell
• Freaks and Geeks (1999) — Coach Ben Fredricks
• DreamWorks Dragons (2012) — Bucket (voice)