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ATTENTION celebrities: Tired of fielding the same questions from fans that you’ve answered thousands of times? Besieged by arcane queries about your hit TV show or cult movie fave? Hounded in public to deliver your signature catchphrase? Tom Wilson may have the answer. It’s called “The Question Song,” and every luminary should have one.

Wilson created this ditty in response to the barrage of questions he continues to receive over his breakout role as Biff, Michael J. Fox’s nemesis in the “Back to the Future” films. Wilson is a character actor, stand-up comedian, musician and artist. But even after more than two decades, seldom does he go out in public without being asked, “What’s Michael J. Fox like?” or “Was that really manure [dumped on his character as a running joke throughout the trilogy]?”

And so, as part of his stand-up act, he performs “The Question Song” “to save us all a lot of time” in answering the most-asked queries about “BTTF”:

Do you all hang out together?

No, we don’t.

How’s Crispin Glover?”

Never talk to him.

“Back to the Future 4"?

Not happening! Stop asking me the

question!

Since its debut last year, the upbeat and catchy “Song” has become a touchstone of Wilson’s act and a popular video, first on YouTube and then on the new Will Ferrell/Adam McKay website, FunnyorDie.com, where it was selected as one of the site’s staff favorites by guest judge Paul Scheer of MTV’s “Human Giant.”

Wilson, who had been performing stand-up since 1979, was caught up in what he calls a “pop cultural tornado” when “Back to the Future” was released. It was an instant pop culture phenomenon and would become the top-grossing film of 1985. “The weekend after it opened,” he recalled, “I got together with Crispin Glover (who played Fox’s father in the movie). We went to Canter’s Deli and we couldn’t figure out why they were all staring at us. We looked at each other and said, ‘Oh, that’s right; we’re starring in the No. 1 movie in America.’ ”

And then the heckling started. Performing his stand-up, Wilson would be interrupted by audience members channeling Biff by calling him “Butthead” and repeating his most memorable lines from the film. “I had to find a way to deal with it onstage before I could be accepted” by the audience, Wilson said. “At the very, very beginning, there was a certain amount of resentment at only being known as that guy from the movie.”

The solution, initially, would be to comically exploit the audience’s misperception of Wilson as being the “big, dumb, bully of a guy” they had grown to love to hate. Wilson relates to the classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch in which William Shatner famously tells attendees at a “Star Trek” convention to “get a life” (he can quote Shatner’s rant verbatim). Wilson prides himself on being “a regular guy from a normal family of kind people from Pennsylvania” and endeavors to be gracious with fans. But as the decades passed and he answered for the umpteenth time that, yes, Michael J. Fox is a nice guy, and, no, it wasn’t really manure, he labored to find a more constructive way to deal with those and other questions about “Back to the Future.”

“There are two ways to go,” he said in a recent interview. “Either you become the resentful, bitter guy, and who wants to be that guy? On the other hand, there’s the pathetic guy who goes into every restaurant saying, ‘Does everybody remember me? Do you have a low-level celebrity discount?’ ”

The song offered Wilson a more constructive third option that was more in line with the example set by such friends as Dan Whitney, a.k.a. Larry the Cable Guy, who, Wilson said, deals with requests by fans to repeat his catchphrase, “Git-R-Done” “with good humor, patience and kindness. That’s the kind of person you’re supposed to be.”

“The Question Song,” Wilson explained, “says, ‘Folks, feel free to come up to me after the show, but please understand that these are questions I’ve been asked 10 million times. So let’s get a few of the very obvious questions out of the way and then we can have an actual conversation.’ ”

And there is a lot to talk to Wilson about besides “Back to the Future.” He has recurring roles on the CBS series “The Ghost Whisperer” and Comedy Central’s “American Body Shop.” Wilson has also gained considerable cult cachet voicing various characters on “SpongeBob SquarePants” and for his role as Coach Fredricks on the late, lamented “Freaks and Geeks.” “Every time I see Judd Apatow (who served as executive producer and writer on the series created by Paul Feig), I thank him for cutting my Biff celebrity by about 10 to 15%,” Wilson joked.

Wilson is also a painter for whom art imitates life. Some of his most arresting works depict iconic toys of the 1960s and ‘70s, such as a View-Master and a Hot Wheels car zooming around a Loop the Loop. More than simple nostalgia, he said, the paintings represent “the pop objectification that in so many ways I’ve experienced. Sometimes when I’m walking through an airport, I might as well be that Hot Wheels car going through the Loop the Loop.”

Actor and artist Tom Wilson joins Matt this week to discuss being present (but also past and future) in the Back to the Future Trilogy as Biff Tannen, among other members of the Tannen clan. Tom tells us about finding a creative way to approach being asked the same questions about the films, which includes creating a handy postcard to present to anyone on the street that asks him the same questions over and over. We also hear what it was like for him – as someone who was bullied – to play a bully himself, being paired off to rehearse his scenes with Crispin Glover, and what he believes to be the heart of all the movies. Plus, Tom talks about being on a debate team with David Brooks of the NY Times, the inspiration for his ‘Pop Fugue’ paintings, and various roles he’s played over the years including one of his earliest on The Facts of Life.

Los Angeles: On February 28th there will be a LIVE I Was There Too at The Regent Theater with legendary screenwriter Steven de Souza (Die Hard, Commando) along with a screening of The Running Man (celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary). Get tickets at http://www.theregenttheater.com

This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/IWasThereToo).

Biff’s Question Song

Thomas F. Wilson is a talented American actor, comedian, voice-over artist, podcaster, and painter. He is known for his role as Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen in Back To The Future trilogy. His other notable roles include The Heat, The Informant!, Andersonville, Let’s Get Harry, April Fool’s Day, and Freaks and Geeks. His stand-up comedy acts such as Tom Wilson Live and Tom Wilson is Funny, have been released publically. Also, his paintings have been featured on Fox News, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, and The Artist’s Studio.

Sun Sign

Aries

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Education

Thomas F. Wilson attended the Radnor High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1977. Later, he joined Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and studied international politics.

He also took acting lessons at The Philadelphia Company, The People’s Light and Theatre Company, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Thomas also studied painting at the Art Academy of Los Angeles, the California Art Institute.

Manager

Thomas F. Wilson is managed by –

• Alex Murray and Jerilyn Novia, Managers, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Beverly Hills, California, United States
• Steve Muller, Theatrical Representative, Innovative Artists, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Sandie Schnarr, Voice Over Representative, AVO Talent Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States

Girlfriend / Spouse

Thomas F. Wilson has dated –

1. Caroline Wilson – Thomas has been in a relationship with Caroline Wilson. The couple tied the knot on July 6, 1985. They are blessed with 4 children – Anna May Wilson, Emily Wilson, Gracie Wilson, and Tommy Wilson.

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Tall height
• Long chin
• Luscious thick hair

Brand Endorsements

Thomas F. Wilson has done endorsement work for brands like Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Religion

Catholicism

Best Known For

His numerous voice-over work and for portraying the role of Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen in the Back to the Future (1985, 1989, and 1990) trilogy and the character of Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC’s Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)

First Film

In 1985, he made his theatrical film debut in the action drama film Ninja Turf as Member of Spike’s Gang.

In 2004, he made his theatrical film debut as a voice actor by lending his voice for the character of Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1, Victor in the animated adventure film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

First TV Show

In 1984, he made his first TV show appearance on the crime-drama series Knight Rider as Chip.

In 1991, he made his TV show debut as a voice-over artist on the animated adventure series Back to the Future as Biff H. Tannen / Gen. Beauregard Tannen.

Thomas F. Wilson Favorite Things

• Music – Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and anything from ‘s Born to Run album
• Films – Field of Dreams (1989), Ninja Turf (1985)
• TV Show – Blossom (1990-1995)
• Authors – Mark Salzman, Stephen Ambrose, and Ethan Canin

Source –

Thomas F. Wilson Facts

1. He grew up in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
2. He had an active school life and was a part of the dramatic art group, president of the debate team, played tuba in the high school band, and played the drum in the marching band.
3. Thomas got his real break on stage as a comedian in New York.
4. He has worked onstage as an improv artist and stand-up comedian at many clubs including Catch A Rising Star and Improv.
5. After he moved to Los Angeles, he performed regularly in The Comedy Store show and appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, Late Night with , , and The Meltdown on Comedy Central.
6. He drew his character of bully Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future (1985) trilogy, from his own experience of being bullied as a child.
7. Thomas’s team has received many of Tom Wilson’s, creator of the Ziggy comic strip, fanmails as they share the same name.
8. He had once shared rooms with notable comedians Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay.
9. Thomas is known for painting portraits of classic children’s toys.
10. In 2006, he was chosen to join the “California Featured Artists Series” at Disneyland.
11. The biggest influencers on his career have been the advent of “Talkies” and his parents and high school theatre teacher.
12. In November 2011, he began hosting a podcast show Big Pop Fun, on the Nerdist Network.
13. Many of his artwork has become a collection of the San Jose Museum of Art, the California Museum of Photography, Disney, Mr. Judd Apatow, O Entertainment, and many more around the world.
14. Visit his official website @ www.tomwilsonusa.com.
15. Follow him on , , and .

Featured Image by Thomas F. Wilson / Instagram

T03026 PONTE NOMENTANA 1754

Inscribed in black crayon on lower border ‘R. Wilson f.1754.’ left and ‘N^o 20’ right, and, in brown ink on white label stuck in centre of the lower border, ‘Ponte Nomentano’, the last letter having been altered from ‘a’ to ‘o’ (see below); also numbered ‘32’ on the verso of the original mount
Black crayon and white chalk on blue paper, 11 5/16 × 16 5/8 (28.5 × 42.2), mounted on larger white paper to whose edges four strips of thinner paper, painted with lilac wash, have been stuck to form a border; overall size 14 × 19 5/16 (35.5 × 49.1)
Purchased (Grant-in-Aid) 1980
Prov: One of a series of twenty ‘views of the environs of Rome’ commissioned by William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731–1801); by descent to the 7th Earl of Dartmouth, by whom sold Christie's 29 January 1954 (22), bt. Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., by whom sold to F. B. Hart-Jackson, 1960, bought back from him, 1977, and sold to thomas f wilson paintings Tate Gallery 1980.
Exh:Richard Wilson and his Circle, City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 1948–9 (89) and Tate Gallery, 1949 (88); Il Settecento a Roma, British Council, Rome, 1959 (669); 105th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Agnew's, 1978 (15, repr. pl.l), unsold; 107th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Agnew's 1980 (27).
Lit: Brinsley Ford, ‘The Dartmouth Collection of Drawings by Richard Wilson’, Burlington Magazine, XC, 1948, pp.337–345; Brinsley Ford, The Drawings of Richard Wilson, 1951, p.61, no.62, repr. pl.62; W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson, 1953, p.98.

This is ‘N^o 20’ in a series of twenty ‘views of the environs of Rome’, commissioned from Wilson, with other drawings, by the 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, and completed in Rome in 1754. As Brinsley Ford (1978, loc. cit.) has shown, the commission was negotiated by Wilson's friend Thomas Jenkins, who acted as ‘agent in acquiring works of art for rich English cavalieri who passed through Rome’. On 1 June 1754 Jenkins reported amazon photo coupon Rome to Lord Dartmouth, who by then was back in England: ‘Mr Wilson desires him to say that in this summer he will have finished twenty drawings, views of the environs of Rome, which the writer will send with some of his own drawings.’. On 25 June 1754 Jenkins sent accounts of sums expended on Lord Dartmouth's behalf, including payments ‘to Mr Wilson for twelve drawings views of Rome at three zechins each’ (Mr Ford estimates the ‘zecchino’ at that time to have been worth about half a guinea). Jenkins's letter of 30 March 1755 to Lord Dartmouth refers to the despatch of two groups of drawings by Wilson: ‘a portfolio with 30 of Mr Wilson's drawings’ was included in a case shipped to England on 28 February 1755, and ‘other drawings of Messrs. Pompeo Wilson and myself’ were sent ‘by the French courier’.

‘The drawings made by Wilson at Rome for Lord Dartmouth’ are reverently mentioned several times between 1801 and 1811 by Joseph Farington, Wilson's former pupil (relevant passages from his Diary are quoted in Ford, 1948, pp.337–9). Farington considered them ‘so excellent that it may be justly said they have all the quality of his pictures except the colour’; he also noted that they were much admired by such contemporaries as Hoppner, Sir George Beaumont, Sir Charles Long and William Lock of Norbury. When Farington counted the drawings in 1806, he noted a total of sixty-eight, which presumably included all the twenty ‘views of the environs of Rome’ and forty-eight other subjects; this total of sixty-eight is supported, Brinsley Ford suggests, by the numbers, ranging from twenty-three to sixty-one, on the verso of the mounts of those drawings which have survived. Farington last mentions the drawings in 1811, after which they were apparently lost sight of for well over a century. One portfolio containing twenty-five drawings was rediscovered in 1948 in a cupboard a Patshull House, Wolverhampton, the Dartmouth seat. These twenty-five drawings (listed by Ford, p.345) include nineteen of the original twenty ‘views of the environs of Rome’ (‘N^o1’ is missing), three separate views, two designs for fountains and one dramatic landscape with figures.

All the twenty-five rediscovered drawings were sold at Christie's by the 7th Earl of Dartmouth in 1954. The present locations of the other eighteen surviving drawings in the ‘environs of Rome’ series may be thus summarised: four British provincial galleries each own one (Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Castle Museum, Norwich; Aberdeen City Art Gallery). There are seven in American public collections (two in the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection; two in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino; two in the Rhode Island School of Design; and one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). The remaining seven, so far as is known, are in British or American private collections, two of the finest being in the Loyd Collection.

The Ponte Nomentana, about two miles outside Rome to the north-east, had for centuries carried the old Roman Via Nomentana across the River Anio to the town of Mentana (formerly Nomentum); the bridge shown in T03026 was rebuilt in mediaeval times. The Alban Hills are seen in the background on the right.

The carefully thought-out composition of T03026, as of all the surviving Roman views, makes it likely that it was made in the studio; the views may have been based on preliminary drawings made on the spot, but no such studies survive. All the ‘environs of Rome’ drawings were originally bordered, in the same manner as T03026, with strips of paper washed with purplish lilac; this was presumably done by Wilson himself, or by an assistant working under his directions. Each drawing was then evidently overmounted to show only about half the width of the lilac border. Since lilac is a particularly fugitive colour, the exposed part of the borders faded drastically, probably within a short time of having been painted, despite the fact that the drawings were apparently preserved at some time or other in an album (Ford, 1948, p.341, note 17). The unexposed part of the border retains the deep colour which may still be seen beneath the new mount of T03026.

The inscription on the label on the border of T03026 now reads ‘Ponte Nomentano’, the last letter evidently having been altered, by a later and rather heavier hand, from the (?surely correct) spelling ‘Nomentana’, which remains unaltered on the label of the drawing ‘Via Nomentana’, ‘N^o. 18’ in the ‘environs of Rome’ series (now in the Yale Center amazon jobs from home British Art, Paul Mellon Collection). Altering the final ‘a’ to ‘o’ may have been done in the later nineteenth century when ‘Ponte Nomentano’ was apparently the form chiefly used in England (e.g. by Augustus J.C. Hare, Walks in Rome, 13th ed., 1893, and K. Baedeker, Central Italy and Rome, 13th ed., 1900).

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1978-80: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1981

Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Wayne, Pennsylvania. While attending Radnor High School, he was involved in dramatic arts; was president of the debate team, where his partner was future New York Times columnist David Brooks; and played tuba in the high school band and was drum major of his marching band. He studied international politics at Arizona State University.

Wilson attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. While in New York, he got his first "real" stage experience as a comedian.

In the early 1980s, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his career. He shared an apartment with fellow aspiring comedians Andrew Dice Clay and Yakov Smirnoff, and later joked that he "taught them both about America."

Wilson had a small role in the second season of NBC's Knight Rider in an episode titled "A Knight In Shining Armor".

His breakthrough role thomas f wilson paintings the bully Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the Future. He returned in the sequels Back to the Future Part II and Part III to reprise not only his role as Biff, but also to play Biff's grandson Griff Tannen and great-grandfather Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. His famous catchphrases include: "Hello! Hello! Anybody home? Think, McFly, think!", "What are you looking at, Butthead?", "Say hi to your mom for me", and "Why don't you make like a tree; and get outta here". In every Back to the Future film, he always ended up in a pile of manure (in reality, a pile of decayed sphagnum and other plant matters) when trying to kill or hurt Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly. He reprised his role as Biff and voiced various Tannen relatives in the animated series. Wilson did not reprise his role as Biff in the initial thomas f wilson paintings of Telltale's Back to the Future: The Game released in 2011, being replaced by Kid Beyond. When the game was ported to the PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in 2015 in commemoration of the original film's 30th anniversary, Wilson returned to provide Biff's voice in thomas f wilson paintings newer versions.

Wilson played the role of a Detroit police officer in the 1988 film Action Jackson.

In 1992, he voiced gangster Tony Zucco in Batman: The Animated Series and police detective Matt Bluestone in the animated series Gargoyles. He later went to co-star in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, a video game with Mark Hamill. It was the third chapter in the Wing Commander series, but the first to feature live action and was extremely popular at the time. The character played by Wilson was Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall, a fellow starfighter pilot of Hamill's character. Wilson also starred in the sequels Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) thomas f wilson paintings Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) and contributed his voice to the animated series Wing Commander Academy (1996) in the same role. He also guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1997.

Wilson played McKinley High School's Coach Ben Fredricks in the 1999–2000 NBC comedy-dramaFreaks and Geeks. Coach Fredricks dated Bill Haverchuck's mother. Wilson was briefly reunited with his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd in the 1994 film Camp Nowhere.

Wilson also played Simon, Hilda's dream date made out of dough, in Sabrina the Teenage Witch in 1996.

Wilson has done a bit of voice-over work for the acclaimed Nickelodeon TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. He has voiced particular villainous characters that are physically strong and/or menacing, such as Flatz the Flounder in the second season episode The Bully, and The Strangler in SpongeBob Meets the Strangler, and the non-villainous character Reg the Club Bouncer in No Weenies Allowed.

In 2003, Wilson appeared on the screen in a mockumentary movie called Trial and Error: The Making of Sequestered. Wilson has often lent his voice to animated productions such as Batman: The Animated Series (1993), The New Batman Adventures (1998), Max Steel (2000), Disney's Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003), and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). As well as the animated roles, he has continued to voice characters in computer and video games. He had supporting roles in the film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector and the TV drama Ghost Whisperer.

In 2004, Wilson played the role of Noah Curry in the Pasadena Playhouse production of the musical 110 in the Shade, also starring Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley. In 2005, Wilson released his comedy album, Tom Wilson Is Funny!.

In 2007, Wilson appeared in the episode "Whatever It Takes" of the drama series House M.D. as Lou, the father of Dr. House's patient.

In 2008, Wilson appeared in the episode "The Baby in the Bough" of another Fox drama, Bones. He played Chip Barnett, owner of a tire recycling plant.

Wilson appeared in an episode of the ABC drama Boston Legal (Season 4, Episode 7), "Attack of the Xenophobes", as a former police officer who is charged with murder.

Wilson performed "Sleigh Ride" with Relient K on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, playing acoustic guitar. The members of Relient K are fans of Wilson and invited him to perform on the show with them.

In March 2009, he appeared as himself, busking, in Vidiotic, a comedy pilot on the British channel BBC Three.

He has hosted a podcast, Big Pop Fun, on the Nerdist Network starting in November 2011. The podcast features Tom sharing stories of his career, as well as informal chats with show business friends including Samm Levine, Blake Clark, Steve Oedekerk, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and more.

He also provided additional voices for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Timon & Pumbaa, The Pink Panther, Boris and Natasha: The Movie, Mad, Disney's Teacher's Pet, Family Guy, Marmaduke and Disney's 101 Dalmatians: The Series.

He also voiced Electro in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Rok-Ko: The Earth Elemental in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Bucket in Dragons: Riders of Berk and Crewman Rick Biessman in Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force.

He also played Coach Fitzgerald in The Ranch.

He is a contributor to The Bob & Tom Show and is part of their comedy tour.

Wilson is an Irish American.

Wilson is a painter. Many of his paintings focus on classic children's toys. In 2006, he was selected to join the California Featured Artist Series at Disneyland.

Wilson practices Catholicism, and released a Contemporary Christian album in 2000 called In the Name of the Father.

With the rise in popularity of the Back to the Future series, many thomas f wilson paintings began to ask him questions about his experiences making the films. Wilson found the repetitive nature of the questions to be so amusing and annoying that he wrote a song about them titled "Biff's Question Song" which he now features regularly in his stand-up routine.

Thomas F. Wilson is a talented American actor, comedian, voice-over artist, podcaster, and painter. He is known for his role as Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen in Back To The Future trilogy. His other notable roles include The Heat, The Informant!, Andersonville, Let’s Get Harry, April Fool’s Day, and Freaks and Geeks. His stand-up comedy acts such as Tom Wilson Live and Tom Wilson is Funny, have been released publically. Also, his paintings have been featured on Fox News, The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, and The Artist’s Studio.

Sun Sign

Aries

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Education

Thomas F. Wilson attended the Radnor High School in Radnor, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1977. Later, he joined Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and studied international politics.

He also took acting lessons at The Philadelphia Company, The People’s Light and Theatre Company, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Thomas also studied painting at the Art Academy of Los Angeles, the California Art Institute.

Manager

Thomas F. Wilson is managed by –

• Alex Murray and Jerilyn Novia, Managers, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Beverly Hills, California, United States
• Steve Muller, Theatrical Representative, Innovative Artists, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Sandie Schnarr, Voice Over Representative, AVO Talent Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States

Girlfriend / Spouse

Thomas F. Wilson has dated –

1. Caroline Wilson – Thomas has been in a relationship with Caroline Wilson. The couple tied the knot on July 6, 1985. They are blessed with 4 children – Anna May Wilson, Emily Wilson, Gracie Wilson, and Tommy Wilson.

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Tall height
• Long chin
• Luscious thick hair

Brand Endorsements

Thomas F. Wilson has done endorsement work for brands like Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Religion

Catholicism

Best Known For

His numerous voice-over work and for portraying the role of Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen in the Back to the Future (1985, 1989, and 1990) trilogy and the character of Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC’s Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)

First Film

In 1985, he made his theatrical film debut in the action drama film Ninja Turf as Member of Spike’s Gang.

In 2004, he made his theatrical film debut as a voice actor by lending his voice for the character of Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1, Victor in the animated adventure film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

First TV Show

In 1984, he made his first TV show appearance on the crime-drama series Knight Rider as Chip.

In 1991, he made his TV show debut as a voice-over artist on the animated adventure series Back to the Future as Biff H. Tannen / Gen. Beauregard Tannen.

Thomas F. Wilson Favorite Things

• Music – Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings and thomas f wilson paintings from ‘s Born to Run album
• Films – Field of Dreams (1989), Ninja Turf (1985)
• TV Show – Blossom (1990-1995)
• Authors – Mark Salzman, Stephen Ambrose, and Ethan Canin

Source –

Thomas F. Wilson Facts

1. He grew up in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
2. He had an active school life and was a part of the dramatic art group, president of the debate team, played tuba in the high school band, and played the drum in the marching band.
3. Thomas got his real break on stage as a comedian in New York.
4. He has worked onstage as an improv artist and stand-up comedian at many clubs including Catch A Rising Star and Improv.
5. After he moved to Los Angeles, he performed regularly in The Comedy Store show and appeared on The Tonight Show with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, Late Night with, and The Meltdown on Comedy Central.
6. He drew his character of bully Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future (1985) trilogy, from his own experience of being bullied as a child.
7. Thomas’s team has received many of Tom Wilson’s, creator of the Ziggy comic strip, fanmails as they share the same name.
8. He had once shared rooms with notable comedians Sam Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay.
9. Thomas is known for painting portraits of classic children’s toys.
10. In 2006, he was chosen to join the “California Featured Artists Series” at Disneyland.
11. The biggest influencers on his career have been the advent of “Talkies” and his parents and high school theatre teacher.
12. In November 2011, he began hosting a podcast show Big Pop Fun, on the Nerdist Network.
13. Many of his artwork has become a collection of the San Jose Museum of Art, the California Museum of Photography, Disney, Mr. Judd Apatow, O Entertainment, and many more around the world.
14. Visit his official website @ www.tomwilsonusa.com.
15. Follow him on, and .

Featured Image by Thomas F. Wilson / Instagram

Actor and artist Tom Wilson joins Matt this week to discuss being present (but also past and future) in the Back to the Future Trilogy as Biff Tannen, among other members of the Tannen clan. Tom tells us about finding a creative way to approach being asked the same questions about the films, which includes creating a handy postcard to present to anyone on the street that asks him the same questions over and over. We also hear what it was like for him – as someone who was bullied – to play a bully himself, being paired off to rehearse his scenes with Crispin Glover, and what he believes to be the heart of all the movies. Plus, Tom talks about being on a debate team with David Brooks of the NY Times, the inspiration for his ‘Pop Fugue’ paintings, and various roles he’s played over the years including one of his earliest on The Facts of Life.

Los Angeles: On February 28th there will be a LIVE I Was There Too at The Regent Theater with legendary screenwriter Steven de Souza (Die Hard, Commando) along with a screening of The Running Man (celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary). Get tickets at http://www.theregenttheater.com

This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron (www.blueapron.com/IWasThereToo).

Biff’s Question Song