Thomas F. Wilson
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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
Credits
Back to the Future (1985)
as Biff Tannen
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
as Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 (voice)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
as Biff Tannen / Griff
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)
as Coach Tuna (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
as Angry Customer #1 (voice)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
Rio (2011)
as Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)
Epic (2013)
as Finn (voice)
Bound by Honor (1993)
as Rollie McCann
Zoom (2006)
as Dylan's Teacher
The Heat (2013)
as Captain Woods
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up (2025)
as Cecil / Various Incidental Characters (voice)
Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
as Carnaby (voice)
The Informant! (2009)
as Mark Cheviron
That Darn Cat (1997)
as Melvin
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special (2023)
as Cecil Star
Mr. Write (1994)
as Billy
Tales from the Future (2010)
as Self
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure (2013)
as Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)
The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars! (2026)
as Cecil / Bus Driver / Line Guy #2 (voice)
Action Jackson (1988)
as Officer Kornblau
Camp Nowhere (1994)
as Lt. Eliot Hendricks
Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas (1991)
as Biff H. Tannen (voice)
April Fool's Day (1986)
as Arch Cummings
Morning Man at 88.0 (1993)
Actor
House Broken (2009)
as Henry Decker
Born to Be Wild (1995)
as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Zoomates (1998)
as Mark (voice)
Let's Get Harry (1986)
as Pachowski
steve.oedekerk.com (1997)
Actor
Back to the Future: The Ride (1992)
as Biff Tannen
Girl (1998)
as The Ticket Seller
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
as Bart Tatlock
Splatypus (2004)
as Haphazard (voice)
High Strung (1992)
as Al
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary (2018)
as Self
Men in White (1998)
as Ed Klingbottom
The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy (1990)
as Self
Caroline at Midnight (1994)
as Officer Keaton
Tom Wilson: Bigger Than You (2009)
as Self
Los Angeles Streetfighter (1985)
as Spike's Gang Member
Turner & Hooch (1990)
as Det. Scott Turner
The Child Wanderers (2010)
as Kevin
Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You've Never Heard Of (2007)
as Self
The Last Ride (1989)
as Buck Johnson III
Voice Over (2012)
as Crandall
Humbly Super Famous (2024)
as Self