Thomas F. Wilson

**Thomas Francis "Tom" Wilson Jr.** (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist, comedian, and podcaster. He played Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the _Back to the Future_ trilogy, and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's _Freaks and Geeks_.

### Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1985|_Ninja Turf_|Member of Spike's Gang||
|_Back to the Future_|Biff Tannen||||
|rowspan=2|1986|_April Fool's Day_|Arch Cummings||
|_Let's Get Harry_|Bob Pachowski||||
|1987|_Smart Alex_|Lieutenant Stevenson|||
|1988|_Action Jackson_|Officer Kornblau|||
|1989|_Back to the Future Part II_|Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, Gertrude Tannen|||
|1990|_Back to the Future Part III_|Buford "Mad-Dog" Tannen, Biff Tannen|Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor||
|1991|_High Strung_|Al Dalby|||
|1993|_Blood In Blood Out_|Det. Rollie McCann|||
|rowspan=3|1994|_Caroline at Midnight_|Officer Keaton||
|_Mr. Write_|Billy||||
|_Camp Nowhere_|Lt. Eliot Hendricks||||
|1995|_Born to Be Wild_|Det. Lou Greenburg|||
|movie|_That Darn Cat_|Officer Melvin|||
|1998|_Girl_|The Ticket Seller|||
|2003|_Atlantis: Milo's Return_|Ashtin Carnaby|Voice, direct-to-video||
|2004|_The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_|Victor, Fish #3, Tough Fish #1|Voice||
|rowspan=2|2006|_Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector_|Bart Tatlock||
|_Zoom_|Dylan's Teacher||||
|rowspan=2|2009|_The Informant!_|Mark Cheviron||
|_House Broken_|Fire Chief Henry Decker||||
|2010|_Yohan: The Child Wanderer_|Kevin|||
|2011|_Rio_|Trapped Bird, Screaming Hang Glider|Voice||
|2012|_Atlas Shrugged: Part II_|Robert Collins|||
|rowspan=3|2013|_Epic_|Finn|Voice|
|_The Heat_|Captain Frank Woods||||
|_Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure_|Mr. Bigley, Ginormous|Voice, direct-to-video|||
|2015|_The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water_|Angry Customer #1|Voice||
|2021|_Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans_|Coach Lawrence|Voice||

### Animated television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991–1992|_Back to the Future_|Biff Tannen and other Tannens (voices)||
|1993|_The Pink Panther_|Additional voices||
|1993|_Batman: The Animated Series_|Tony Zucco / John Grayson (voices)|2-part episode: "Robin's Reckoning"|
|1995–1996|_Gargoyles_|Matt Bluestone (voice)||
|1996|_Superman_|Joey (voice)|Episode: "A Little Piece of Home"|
|1996|_Wing Commander Academy_|Todd 'Maniac' Marshall (voice)||
|1997|_Duckman_|Park Ranger Smith (voice)|Episode: "Short, Plush and Deadly"|
|1997|_Aaahh!!! Real Monsters_|Marty (voice)|Episodes: "Clockwise/Gromble Soup", "Showdown/Internal Affairs"|
|1998|_Pinky and the Brain_|Larry Bruhn (voice)|Episode: "Dangerous Brains"|
|1998|_The New Batman Adventures_|Howlin' Jake / Gotham Angels Biker (voices)|Episode: "Torch Song"|
|1998|_Zoomates_|Mark the Polar Bear (voice)|TV short|
|1998|_The Angry Beavers_|Otis Otto / Bowling Patron (voices)|Wpisode: "If You Insisters/Alley Oops!"|
|1999|_Timon & Pumbaa_|Additional voices|1 episode|
|1999|_Pepper Ann_|Coach Bronson (voice)|Episode: "Beyond Good and Evel/One of the Guys"|
|2000–2001|_Max Steel_|Pete Costas (voice)|Recurring role (season 1), main role (season 2)|
|2000|_Buzz Lightyear of Star Command_|Buster (voice)|Episode: "Root of Evil"|
|2001|_The Zeta Project_|Burly Boyfriend (voice)|Episode: "West Bound"|
|2001–2013|_SpongeBob SquarePants_|Additional voices||
|2003|_Striperella_|Tom Green, Zumo, Painted Patron, Director (voices)|Episodes: "Beauty and the Obese: Part 1 and 2", "The Wrath of Klinko"|
|2005|_Higglytown Heroes_|Truck Driver (voice)|Episode: "Kip's Dad Gets a Strike"|
|2008|_The Spectacular Spider-Man_|Stan Carter|Voice; 6 episodes|
|2008|_Back at the Barnyard_|Krebs (voice)|Episode: "Brave Udders"|
|2008–2009|_Batman: The Brave and the Bold_|Sportsmaster / Catman (voices)|2 episodes: "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" and "Legends of the Dark Mite!"|
|2008|_Family Guy_|Additional voices|Episode: "Quagmire's Baby"|
|2010|_Adventure Time_|Head Marauder, Cat Man, Coal Guy (voice)|Episodes: "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain", "It Came from the Nightosphere"|
|2010|_Billion Dollar Freshmen_|Principal Preston|TV Movie|
|2010|_Planet Sheen_|Narrator / Blurg #1 (voices)|2 episodes: "Ooze on First/Monster-Fighting Combat Strike Force" and "To Chill a Mocking Blurg/Now You Sheen It"|
|2012–present|_Dragons: Riders of Berk_|Bucket (voice)|16 episodes|
|2013|_Mad (TV series)_|Additional voices|Episodes: "S Cape from Planet Earth/The X-Mentalist"|
|2015–2018|_Pig Goat Banana Cricket_|Banana, Body Builder (voices)|40 Episodes|
|2015–2018|_Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia_|Coach Lawrence (voice)|20 Episodes|
|2017|_The Powerpuff Girls (2016)_|Additional voices||
|2019|_The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants_|Major Messy/Camoflush (voice)|Episode: Captain Underpants and the Cunning Combat of the Covert Camoflush|

## Other websites

- Konbini — Interview (2016)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Thomas F. Wilson
- **image**: Tom_Wilson_photo_by_Josh_Alder.jpg
- **caption**: Wilson at Helium Comedy Club in
Portland, Oregon on July 16, 2011
- **birth name**: Thomas Francis Wilson, Jr.
- **birth place**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
- **other names**: Tom Wilson
- **occupation**: Actor, stand-up comedian, voice actor, writer, musician, painter
- **years active**: 1983–present
- **spouse**: 4 children