Crispin Glover
Biography
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future, Layne in River's Edge, unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed, the "Creepy Thin Man" in the big screen adaptation of Charlie's Angels and its sequel, Willard Stiles in the Willard remake, The Knave of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and as Phil in Hot Tub Time Machine.
In the late 1980s Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which issues his books and also serves as the production company of Glover's films, What Is It? and It is Fine. Everything is Fine! Glover tours with those films and plans to film more at the property he owns in the Czech Republic.
Acting (63 movies)
Back to the Future
1985
Dead Man
1995
Wild at Heart
1990
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
1993
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
My Tutor
1983
Beowulf
2007
Nurse Betty
2000
Willard
2003
Charlie's Angels
2000
Simon Says
2007
Drop Dead Sexy
2005
River's Edge
1986
Like Mike
2002
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010
Teachers
1984
Chasers
1994
Alice in Wonderland
2010
9
2009
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
The Donner Party
2009
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Epic Movie
2007
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
Open Season 2
2008
At Close Range
1986
The Wizard of Gore
2007
Rubin & Ed
1992
Beaver Trilogy
2000
The Best of Times
1981
Racing with the Moon
1984
Where the Heart Is
1990
Mr. Nice
2010
Fast Sofa
2001
Open Season 3
2010
Bartleby
2001
What Is It?
2005
Twister
1989
30 Door Key
1991
Little Noises
1992
Crime and Punishment
2002
The Orkly Kid
1985
Freaky Deaky
2012
The Bag Man
2014
Influence
2015
Mr. K
2025
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
1983
The Doors
1991
Aimy in a Cage
2015
High School U.S.A.
1983
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2019
A Blind Bargain
2025
The Con Is On
2018
Lucky Day
2019
Saat des Terrors
2018
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
2015
Smiley Face Killers
2020
Incident at Loch Ness
2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Back to the Future Part II
1989
The Third Parent
2026
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance
2025
Directing (3 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| What Is It? | 2005 | Writer |
| What Is It? | 2005 | Producer |
| It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. | 2007 | Producer |
| No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance | 2025 | Writer |
| No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance | 2025 | Producer |