Thomas F. Wilson

1959 (67) • Acting

Born: 4/15/1959 (67) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for: Acting

Thomas F. Wilson

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.

Known For

Back to the Future

83%

Biff Tannen

1985

Back to the Future Part II

78%

Biff Tannen / Griff

1989

Back to the Future Part III

75%

Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen

1990

House

86%

Lou

2004

Family Guy

74%

First Step (voice)

1999

Two and a Half Men

74%

Mike

2003

Bones

82%

Chip Barnett

2005

SpongeBob SquarePants

77%

Tattletale Strangler (voice) / Flats the Flounder (voice) / Marty / Herb Star (voice) / Cecil (voice) / Reg (voice)

1999

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

68%

Coach Tuna (voice)

2025

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

60%

Cecil / Various Incidental Characters (voice)

2025

Humbly Super Famous

Self

2024

Humbly Super Famous

Writer

2024

Humbly Super Famous

Director

2024

Humbly Super Famous

Editor

2024

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special

71%

Cecil Star

2023

Spidey and His Amazing Friends

71%

William Baker / Sandman (voice)

2021

The Patrick Star Show

59%

Cecil Star (voice)

2021

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

68%

Self

2018

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

75%

Major Messy / Camoflush (voice)

2018

Mosaic

65%

Cliff Jones

2018

The Mayor

61%

Governor Fillucci

2017

The Ranch

74%

Coach Fitzgerald

2016

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

72%

Henry 'Hank' Heywood

2016

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

43%

Banana (voice)

2015

Dragons: Race to the Edge

84%

Bucket (voice)

2015

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

61%

Angry Customer #1 (voice)

2015

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

59%

Mr. Bigley / Ginormous (voice)

2013

The Heat

66%

Captain Woods

2013

Epic

66%

Finn (voice)

2013

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

80%

Andrew 'Drew' Stone

2013

Voice Over

Crandall

2012

DreamWorks Dragons

78%

Bucket (voice)

2012

Franklin & Bash

73%

Spiritual Adviser

2011

Workaholics

74%

Barnes

2011

Rio

68%

Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice)

2011

Harry's Law

75%

Allan Meade

2011