Crispin Glover
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Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), Layne in River's Edge (1986), Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed (1991), the "Thin Man" in the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie's Angels and its 2003 sequel, Bittleman in Like Mike (2002), Willard Stiles in the 2003 Willard remake, Grendel in Beowulf (2007), The Knave of Hearts in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), and as Phil in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). He has collaborated with filmmakers such as David Lynch, John Boorman, Jerzy Skolimowski, Oliver Stone, Gus Van Sant, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, and Miloš Forman. In the late 1980s Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which issues his books and also serves as the production company of his self-produced art films, What Is It? (2005), It is Fine. Everything is Fine! (2007), and No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (2025). Glover tours with these films around the world and is currently in production on his fourth feature, filmed on sound stages at the property he owns in the Czech Republic.
Known for
Credits
Back to the Future (1985)
as George McFly
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Ilosovic Stayne / Knave of Hearts
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
as George McFly (archive footage)
Wild at Heart (1990)
as Dell
Charlie's Angels (2000)
as Thin Man
9 (2009)
as #6 (voice)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
as Jimmy
Epic Movie (2007)
as Willy
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
as Thin Man
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
as Bobby McBurney
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
as Phil
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
as Arlo
Beowulf (2007)
as Grendel (Voice)
Open Season 2 (2008)
as Fifi (voice)
Nurse Betty (2000)
as Roy
Freaky Deaky (2012)
as Woody Ricks
Twister (1989)
as Howdy
Open Season 3 (2010)
as Fifi (voice)
Dead Man (1995)
as Train Fireman
Bartleby (2001)
as Bartleby
The Doors (1991)
as Andy Warhol
River's Edge (1986)
as Layne
The Con Is On (2018)
as Gabriel Anderson
Like Mike (2002)
as Stan Bittleman
Beaver Trilogy (2000)
as Larry Huff
Chasers (1994)
as Howard Finster
Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
as Eddie
Racing with the Moon (1984)
as Gatsby Boy
The Bag Man (2014)
as Ned
My Tutor (1983)
as Jack
Willard (2003)
as Willard Stiles
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019)
as Uncle Julian Blackwood
At Close Range (1986)
as Lucas
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
as Howard Barth
Lucky Day (2019)
as Luc
Red Bird Lane (2021)
as Jonah
The Year of the Rat (2003)
Actor
The Donner Party (2009)
as William Foster
Simon Says (2007)
as Simon / Stanley
Mr. K (2025)
as Mr. K
By the Rivers of Babylon (2018)
as William
Where the Heart Is (1990)
as Lionel
The Orkly Kid (1985)
as Larry
Teachers (1984)
as Danny
The Third Parent (2027)
as Tommy Taffy
High School U.S.A. (1983)
as Archie Feld
Smiley Face Killers (2021)
as Hooded Figure
Crime and Punishment (2002)
as Rodion Raskolnikov
Mr. Nice (2010)
as Ernie Combs
The Wizard of Gore (2007)
as Montag the Magnificent
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
as Self - Party Guest
Aimy in a Cage (2015)
as Claude Bohringer
Beaver Trilogy Part IV (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale (2008)
as Viergacht
The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983)
as New Student
Fast Sofa (2001)
as Jules Langdon
Rubin & Ed (1992)
as Rubin Farr
What Is It? (2005)
as Dueling Demi-God Auteur / The Young Man's Inner Psyche and Id
Skinemax (—)
Actor
The Best of Times (1981)
as Crispin
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart (2004)
Actor
High School U.S.A. (1984)
as Bo Middleton
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (2025)
as Brutus Muldoon (1888) / Chronos Muldoon (1918) / Damocles Muldoon (1948)
30 Door Key (1991)
as Miętus
Saat des Terrors (2018)
as James Logan Davis
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
as Self
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf (—)
as Grendel
Little Noises (1992)
as Joey Kremple
Influence (2015)
as Dr Manfred Abuse
A Blind Bargain (2025)
as Dr. Gruber
Death of a Brewer (—)
Actor