Acting
Crispin Glover
EN, DE, PL cinema · 72 credits
Born
20 April 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Crispin Hellion Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen such as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), Layne in River's Edge (1986), Rubin Farr in Rubin and Ed (1991), the "Thin Man" in the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie's Angels and its 2003 sequel, Bittleman in Like Mike (2002), Willard Stiles in the 2003 Willard remake, Grendel in Beowulf (2007), The Knave of Hearts in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), and as Phil in Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). He has collaborated with filmmakers such as David Lynch, John Boorman, Jerzy Skolimowski, Oliver Stone, Gus Van Sant, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, and Miloš Forman. In the late 1980s Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which issues his books and also serves as the production company of his self-produced art films, What Is It? (2005), It is Fine. Everything is Fine! (2007), and No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance (2025). Glover tours with these films around the world and is currently in production on his fourth feature, filmed on sound stages at the property he owns in the Czech Republic.
Known for
Filmography
The Third Parent
as Tommy Taffy
Mr. K
as Mr. K
A Blind Bargain
as Dr. Gruber
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance
as Brutus Muldoon (1888) / Chronos Muldoon (1918) / Damocles Muldoon (1948), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Smiley Face Killers
as Hooded Figure
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
as Uncle Julian Blackwood
Lucky Day
as Luc
The Con Is On
as Gabriel Anderson
Saat des Terrors
as James Logan Davis
Influence
as Dr Manfred Abuse
Aimy in a Cage
as Claude Bohringer
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
as Self (archive footage)
The Bag Man
as Ned
Freaky Deaky
as Woody Ricks
Alice in Wonderland
as Ilosovic Stayne / Knave of Hearts
Mr. Nice
as Ernie Combs
Open Season 3
as Fifi (voice)
9
as #6 (voice)
The Donner Party
as William Foster
Open Season 2
as Fifi (voice)
Beowulf
as Grendel (Voice)
Simon Says
as Simon / Stanley
Epic Movie
as Willy
The Wizard of Gore
as Montag the Magnificent
It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.
Director, Editor, Producer, Music Supervisor
Drop Dead Sexy
as Eddie
What Is It?
as Dueling Demi-God Auteur / The Young Man's Inner Psyche and Id, Writer, Producer, Director, Editor, Music Supervisor, Additional Photography
Incident at Loch Ness
as Self - Party Guest
Willard
as Willard Stiles
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Thin Man
Like Mike
as Stan Bittleman
Crime and Punishment
as Rodion Raskolnikov
Fast Sofa
as Jules Langdon
Bartleby
as Bartleby
Nurse Betty
as Roy
Charlie's Angels
as Thin Man
Beaver Trilogy
as Larry Huff
Dead Man
as Train Fireman
Chasers
as Howard Finster
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Howard Barth
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Bobby McBurney
Rubin & Ed
as Rubin Farr
Little Noises
as Joey Kremple
30 Door Key
as Miętus
The Doors
as Andy Warhol
Wild at Heart
as Dell
Where the Heart Is
as Lionel
Twister
as Howdy
Back to the Future Part II
as George McFly (archive footage)
River's Edge
as Layne
At Close Range
as Lucas
Back to the Future
as George McFly
The Orkly Kid
as Larry
Teachers
as Danny
Racing with the Moon
as Gatsby Boy
High School U.S.A.
as Bo Middleton
My Tutor
as Jack
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as New Student
High School U.S.A.
as Archie Feld
The Best of Times
as Crispin