Home

Crispin Glover

Known for acting · Born 20 April 1964 · 62 · New York City, New York, USA

87 credits

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.

Sign in to add favoritesIMDb profile ↗

Known for

Back to the Future

1985

Alice in Wonderland

2010

Dead Man

1995

9

2009

Willard

2003

Epic Movie

2007

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

2019

River's Edge

1986

American Gods

2017

Lucky Day

2019

The Bag Man

2014

Simon Says

2007

Acting (84)

2027The Third ParentTommy TaffyFilm
2025Mr. KMr. KFilm
2025No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a DistanceBrutus Muldoon (1888) / Chronos Muldoon (1918) / Damocles Muldoon (1948)Film
2025A Blind BargainDr. GruberFilm
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesRichard Upton PickmanSeries
2021Smiley Face KillersHooded FigureFilm
2021Red Bird LaneJonahFilm
2019We Have Always Lived in the CastleUncle Julian BlackwoodFilm
2019Lucky DayLucFilm
2018The Con Is OnGabriel AndersonFilm
2018Saat des TerrorsJames Logan DavisFilm
2018By the Rivers of BabylonWilliamFilm
2018Back to the Future: The Hill Valley ChroniclesGeorge McFly · 11 episodesSeries
2017American GodsMr. World · 9 episodesSeries
2015Texas RisingMosley Baker · 5 episodesSeries
2015Aimy in a CageClaude BohringerFilm
2015Beaver Trilogy Part IVSelf (archive footage)Film
2015InfluenceDr Manfred AbuseFilm
2014The Bag ManNedFilm
2012Freaky DeakyWoody RicksFilm
2010Alice in WonderlandIlosovic Stayne / Knave of HeartsFilm
2010Hot Tub Time MachinePhilFilm
2010Open Season 3Fifi (voice)Film
2010Mr. NiceErnie CombsFilm
20099#6 (voice)Film
2009The Donner PartyWilliam FosterFilm
2008Open Season 2Fifi (voice)Film
2008Freezer Burn: The Invasion of LaxdaleViergachtFilm
2007BeowulfGrendel (Voice)Film
2007Epic MovieWillyFilm
2007Simon SaysSimon / StanleyFilm
2007The Wizard of GoreMontag the MagnificentFilm
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelfSeries
2005Drop Dead SexyEddieFilm
2005What Is It?Dueling Demi-God Auteur / The Young Man's Inner Psyche and IdFilm
2004Incident at Loch NessSelf - Party GuestFilm
2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at HeartFilm
2003Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleThin ManFilm
2003WillardWillard StilesFilm
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SelfSeries
2003The Year of the RatFilm
2002Like MikeStan BittlemanFilm
2002Crime and PunishmentRodion RaskolnikovFilm
2001BartlebyBartlebyFilm
2001Fast SofaJules LangdonFilm
2001Andy Warhol: The Complete PictureSelfFilm
2000Charlie's AngelsThin ManFilm
2000Nurse BettyRoyFilm
2000Beaver TrilogyLarry HuffFilm
1997EP DailySeries
1996The People vs. Larry FlyntArloFilm
1995Dead ManTrain FiremanFilm
1994ChasersHoward FinsterFilm
1994Even Cowgirls Get the BluesHoward BarthFilm
1993What's Eating Gilbert GrapeBobby McBurneyFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Hotel RoomDanny · 3 episodesSeries
1992Rubin & EdRubin FarrFilm
1992Little NoisesJoey KrempleFilm
1991The DoorsAndy WarholFilm
199130 Door KeyMiętusFilm
1990Wild at HeartDellFilm
1990Where the Heart IsLionelFilm
1989Back to the Future Part IIGeorge McFly (archive footage)Film
1989TwisterHowdyFilm
1986River's EdgeLayneFilm
1986At Close RangeLucasFilm
1985Back to the FutureGeorge McFlyFilm
1985The Orkly KidLarryFilm
1984Friday the 13th: The Final ChapterJimmy MortimerFilm
1984Racing with the MoonGatsby BoyFilm
1984TeachersDannyFilm
1984High School U.S.A.Bo MiddletonFilm
1983My TutorJackFilm
1983High School U.S.A.Archie FeldFilm
1983The Kid with the 200 I.Q.New StudentFilm
1982Family TiesDoug · 2 episodesSeries
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1981The Best of TimesCrispinFilm
1979The Facts of LifeSeries
1974Happy DaysSeries
—A Hero's Journey: The Making of BeowulfGrendelFilm
—SkinemaxFilm
—Death of a BrewerFilm

Directing (3)

2025No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a DistanceDirector, Writer, Producer, EditorFilm
2007It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.Director, Producer, Music Supervisor, EditorFilm
2005What Is It?Director, Writer, Producer, Additional Photography, Editor, Music SupervisorFilm