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
Complete Filmography

Humbly Super Famous
2024
as Self
A movie about me and Back to the Future.

Humbly Super Famous
2024
Editor, Director, Writer
A movie about me and Back to the Future.

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone
2023
as Cecil Star
GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the making of the series that only air...

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015
as Angry Customer #1 (voice)
Burger Beard is a pirate who is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, which happens to be ...

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
2013
as Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)
Tom And Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe."

The Heat
2013
as Captain Woods
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shanno...

Epic
2013
as Finn (voice)
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She ba...

Voice Over
2012
as Crandall
A conceited voice actor for cartoons is stalked by a psychotic 8 year-old and a pack of angry microphones he has been mistreating during his voice-ove...

Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You
2011
as Self
This live concert by stand-up comedian Tom Wilson offers witty, family friendly commentary and humorous musical performances.

Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You
2011
Writer
This live concert by stand-up comedian Tom Wilson offers witty, family friendly commentary and humorous musical performances.

Rio
2011
as Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his...

Tales from the Future
2010
as Self
Eight-part retrospective documentary on the making of "Back to the Future" (and its two sequels) for the film's 25th anniversary.

The Child Wanderers
2010
as Kevin
In the 1890s, 10-year-old Yohan is sent away from home to survive on his own as a child laborer. He experiences hardships and overcomes his fears by r...

House Broken
2009
as Fire Chief Henry Decker
In order to enjoy his retirement, a father takes drastic measures to get his twentysomething, slacker sons to move out and fend for themselves.

The Informant!
2009
as Mark Cheviron
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-...

Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You've Never Heard Of
2007
as Self
The touching and hilarious story of comedian/actress/writer Judy Toll, who struggled and finally succeeded in Hollywood only to succumb to cancer.
Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover
2007
as Duke (voice)
Cartoon Network Pilot

Zoom
2006
as Dylan's Teacher
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action ...

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
2006
as Bart Tatlock
A slovenly cable repairman becomes a big-city health inspector and is tasked with uncovering the source of a food poisoning epidemic.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
as Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Thoug...

Atlantis: Milo's Return
2003
as Carnaby (voice)
Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.

Girl
1998
as The Ticket Seller
Andrea Marr is a bright, straight-A, mature, 18-year-old high school senior on the verge of womanhood who decides to abandon her sheltered, boring lif...

Zoomates
1998
as Mark (voice)
A canned laughter heavy cartoon about an activist named Helen who tries to help three zoo animals adapt to human life.

Men in White
1998
as Ed Klingbottom
National Lampoon's Men in White is a straight-to-television satirical parody of contemporary science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black and ...

steve.oedekerk.com
1997
A mix of stand-up comedy and sketches, notable for its mixing of live action and computer animation. The "premise" is that a young boy is watching the...

That Darn Cat
1997
as Melvin
While making his nightly rounds in the neighborhood, Patti's pet cat D.C. finds himself the carrier of a call for help from a kidnap victim. Patti enl...

Born to Be Wild
1995
as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage ...

Camp Nowhere
1994
as Lt. Eliot Hendricks
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything ...

Mr. Write
1994
as Billy
Aspiring writer (with no talent) gets a job on a TV commercial, falls for an advertising executive.

Caroline at Midnight
1994
as Officer Keaton
A policeman's wife falls for a reporter who suspects her husband of corruption and murder.

Bound by Honor
1993
as Rollie McCann
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It ...

High Strung
1992
as Al
Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and ev...

Back to the Future: The Ride
1991
as Biff Tannen
Visitors to the Institute of Future Technology enter what they believe to be a tour of the facilities, but instead get involved in a chase through tim...
Turner & Hooch
1990
as Det. Scott Turner
In 1990 NBC did a television pilot based on the 1989 film, "Turner And Hooch." It aired in the summer with another dog pilot, "Poochinski" under the b...

The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy
1990
as Self
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy was a program hosted by Kirk Cameron. The show answered questions that Back to the Future fans sent in b...

Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time mac...

Back to the Future Part II
1989
as Biff Tannen / Griff
Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff...

Action Jackson
1988
as Officer Kornblau
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Let's Get Harry
1986
as Pachowski
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters i...

April Fool's Day
1986
as Arch Cummings
As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a ti...

Back to the Future
1985
as Biff Tannen
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother...

Los Angeles Streetfighter
1985
as Spike's Gang Member
Tony, the new kid at school, befriends gang leader Young, whose top rival is Chan. When Young defeats Chan in battle, two mysterious men offer Tony an...