Thomas F. Wilson

Thomas F. Wilson

Known for
Acting
Born
April 15, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!

The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!

Movie · as Cecil / Bus Driver / Line Guy #2 (voice)

2025
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up poster

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

Movie · as Cecil / Various Incidental Characters (voice)

2025
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Movie · as Coach Tuna (voice)

2024
Humbly Super Famous poster

Humbly Super Famous

Movie · as Self

2023
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special poster

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special

Movie · as Cecil Star

2021
The Patrick Star Show poster

The Patrick Star Show

TV · as Cecil Star (voice) · 166 eps

2021
Spidey and His Amazing Friends poster

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

TV · as William Baker / Sandman (voice) · 5 eps

2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years poster

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

TV · as Cecil Star (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary poster

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2018
Mosaic poster

Mosaic

TV · as Cliff Jones · 2 eps

2018
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants poster

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

TV · as Major Messy / Camoflush (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Cultureshock poster

Cultureshock

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles poster

Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles

TV · as Biff Tannen · 11 eps

2017
The Mayor poster

The Mayor

TV · as Governor Fillucci · 1 ep

2016
The Ranch poster

The Ranch

TV · as Coach Fitzgerald · 1 ep

2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow poster

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

TV · as Henry 'Hank' Heywood · 9 eps

2015
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water poster

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Movie · as Angry Customer #1 (voice)

2015
Dragons: Race to the Edge poster

Dragons: Race to the Edge

TV · as Bucket (voice) · 3 eps

2015
Pig Goat Banana Cricket poster

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

TV · as Banana (voice) · 40 eps

2013
The Heat poster

The Heat

Movie · as Captain Woods

2013
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure poster

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

Movie · as Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)

2013
Epic poster

Epic

Movie · as Finn (voice)

2013
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous poster

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

TV · as Andrew 'Drew' Stone · 12 eps

2012
Voice Over poster

Voice Over

Movie · as Crandall

2012
DreamWorks Dragons poster

DreamWorks Dragons

TV · as Bucket (voice) · 15 eps

2011
Rio poster

Rio

Movie · as Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)

2011
Franklin & Bash poster

Franklin & Bash

TV · as Spiritual Adviser · 2 eps

2011
Harry's Law poster

Harry's Law

TV · as Allan Meade · 1 ep

2011
Workaholics poster

Workaholics

TV · as Barnes · 1 ep

2010
The Child Wanderers poster

The Child Wanderers

Movie · as Kevin

2010
Tales from the Future poster

Tales from the Future

Movie · as Self

2009
House Broken poster

House Broken

Movie · as Henry Decker

2009
Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You poster

Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You

Movie · as Self

2009
The Informant! poster

The Informant!

Movie · as Mark Cheviron

2008
True Jackson, VP poster

True Jackson, VP

TV · as Ben Franklin · 1 ep

2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

TV · as Sportsmaster / Santa (voice), Catman / Mobster #2 (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You've Never Heard Of poster

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

Movie · as Self

2007
Back at the Barnyard poster

Back at the Barnyard

TV · as Krebs (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Zoom poster

Zoom

Movie · as Dylan's Teacher

2006
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector poster

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector

Movie · as Bart Tatlock

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Butch Zielinski · 1 ep

2006
Big Love poster

Big Love

TV · as Ricky Jax · 3 eps

2005
Zoey 101 poster

Zoey 101

TV · as Coach Phelps · 1 ep

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Chip Barnett · 1 ep

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Tim Flaherty · 6 eps

2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

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

2004
Splatypus poster

Splatypus

Movie · as Haphazard (voice)

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Lou · 1 ep

2004
Rodney poster

Rodney

TV · as Bill · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Jeffrey Bass · 1 ep

2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return poster

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Movie · as Carnaby (voice)

2003
Rock Me Baby poster

Rock Me Baby

TV · as Buffalo Buck · 1 ep

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Arnold Brown · 1 ep

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Mike · 1 ep

2003
The Pitts

The Pitts

TV · as Guard · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Angus Demint · 1 ep

2002
Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy poster

Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy

Movie · as Self - Biff Tannen

2002
Still Standing poster

Still Standing

TV · as Coach Kirk Stone · 1 ep

2002
George Lopez poster

George Lopez

TV · as Sonny · 1 ep

2002
Do Over poster

Do Over

TV · 4 eps

2002
She Spies poster

She Spies

TV · as Roger 'Rush' Gibson · 1 ep

2001
Reba poster

Reba

TV · as Ted · 1 ep

2001
The Zeta Project poster

The Zeta Project

TV · 1 ep

2000
Titus poster

Titus

TV · as Joe · 1 ep

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · as Sean Nowell · 5 eps

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

TV · as Buster (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Boston Public poster

Boston Public

TV · as Paul Stanton · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as First Step (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Freaks and Geeks poster

Freaks and Geeks

TV · as Coach Ben Fredricks · 6 eps

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Flats the Flounder (voice), Marty / Herb Star (voice), Tattletale Strangler (voice), Cecil (voice), Stinky (voice), Cop #2 / Johnny / Donna (voice), Customer #1 / Customer #2 (voice), Reg / Customer #1 / Tough Fish (voice), Bald Fish / Fish #3 / Clerk Fish / Fish #4 / Starfish (voice), Football Fish / Fish #2 (voice), Mutton Chop (voice), Tony Fast Sr. / Cop #2 (voice), Stranger (voice), Dog Walker, Villains / Customer / Weenie Goon (voice), TV Announcer #2 (voice), Reg / Salty Guy #3 / Salty Gang / Salty Patrons (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Zoomates poster

Zoomates

Movie · as Mark (voice)

1998
Girl poster

Girl

Movie · as The Ticket Seller

1998
Men in White poster

Men in White

Movie · as Ed Klingbottom

1998
The Hughleys poster

The Hughleys

TV · as Stan · 1 ep

1997
steve.oedekerk.com poster

steve.oedekerk.com

Movie

1997
That Darn Cat poster

That Darn Cat

Movie · as Melvin

1997
101 Dalmatians: The Series poster

101 Dalmatians: The Series

TV · 4 eps

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as Howlin' Jake (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Fired Up poster

Fired Up

TV · as Steve Summer · 5 eps

1996
Wing Commander Academy poster

Wing Commander Academy

TV · as Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (voice) · 13 eps

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as Joey (voice) · 1 ep

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Simon · 1 ep

1996
Andersonville poster

Andersonville

TV · as Thomas · 2 eps

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Jack Noon · 1 ep

1995
Born to Be Wild poster

Born to Be Wild

Movie · as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

1994
Camp Nowhere poster

Camp Nowhere

Movie · as Lt. Eliot Hendricks

1994
Caroline at Midnight poster

Caroline at Midnight

Movie · as Officer Keaton

1994
Mr. Write poster

Mr. Write

Movie · as Billy

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Park Ranger Smith (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles

TV · as Matt Bluestone, Matt Bluestone (voice), Lt. Matt Bluestone/Robber (voice), Matt Bluestone/Jogger/Quarryman (voice), Matt Bluestone/Gangbanger 3 (voice), Matt Bluestone/Thug 2 (voice), Matt Bluestone/Male Commuter 2 (voice)

1993
Bound by Honor poster

Bound by Honor

Movie · as Rollie McCann

1993
Morning Man at 88.0

Morning Man at 88.0

Movie

1993
Rocko's Modern Life poster

Rocko's Modern Life

TV · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Carter Landry · 1 ep

1992
High Strung poster

High Strung

Movie · as Al

1992
Back to the Future: The Ride poster

Back to the Future: The Ride

Movie · as Biff Tannen

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Zucco (voice) · 2 eps

1991
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas poster

Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas

Movie · as Biff H. Tannen (voice)

1990
Back to the Future Part III poster

Back to the Future Part III

Movie · as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen

1990
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy poster

The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy

Movie · as Self

1990
Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

Movie · as Det. Scott Turner

1989
Back to the Future Part II poster

Back to the Future Part II

Movie · as Biff Tannen / Griff

1989
The Last Ride poster

The Last Ride

Movie · as Buck Johnson III

1988
Action Jackson poster

Action Jackson

Movie · as Officer Kornblau

1986
April Fool's Day poster

April Fool's Day

Movie · as Arch Cummings

1986
Let's Get Harry poster

Let's Get Harry

Movie · as Pachowski

1985
Back to the Future poster

Back to the Future

Movie · as Biff Tannen

1985
Los Angeles Streetfighter poster

Los Angeles Streetfighter

Movie · as Spike's Gang Member

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Chip · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1979
The Facts of Life poster

The Facts of Life

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps