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Crispin Glover
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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 Jaโฆ
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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 Miloลก 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Crispin Glover's Filmography
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The Third Parent
as Tommy Taffy
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance
as Brutus Muldoon (1888) / Chronos Muldoon (1918) / Damocles Muldoon (1948)
A Blind Bargain
as Dr. Gruber
Mr. K
as Mr. K
Smiley Face Killers
as Hooded Figure
No Poster
Red Bird Lane
as Jonah
Lucky Day
as Luc
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
as Uncle Julian Blackwood
Saat des Terrors
as James Logan Davis
By the Rivers of Babylon
as William
The Con Is On
as Gabriel Anderson
Aimy in a Cage
as Claude Bohringer
Beaver Trilogy Part IV
as Self (archive footage)
Influence
as Dr Manfred Abuse
The Bag Man
as Ned
Freaky Deaky
as Woody Ricks
Open Season 3
as Fifi (voice)
Mr. Nice
as Ernie Combs
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Phil
Alice in Wonderland
as Ilosovic Stayne / Knave of Hearts
The Donner Party
as William Foster
9
as #6 (voice)
Open Season 2
as Fifi (voice)
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
as Viergacht
Beowulf
as Grendel (Voice)
Simon Says
as Simon / Stanley
The Wizard of Gore
as Montag the Magnificent
Epic Movie
as Willy
Drop Dead Sexy
as Eddie
What Is It?
as Dueling Demi-God Auteur / The Young Man's Inner Psyche and Id
Incident at Loch Ness
as Self - Party Guest
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
The Year of the Rat
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Thin Man
Willard
as Willard Stiles
Like Mike
as Stan Bittleman
Crime and Punishment
as Rodion Raskolnikov
Fast Sofa
as Jules Langdon
Bartleby
as Bartleby
No Poster
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
Charlie's Angels
as Thin Man
Nurse Betty
as Roy
Beaver Trilogy
as Larry Huff
The People vs. Larry Flynt
as Arlo
Dead Man
as Train Fireman
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Howard Barth
Chasers
as Howard Finster
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
as Bobby McBurney
Rubin & Ed
as Rubin Farr
Little Noises
as Joey Kremple
30 Door Key
as Miฤtus
The Doors
as Andy Warhol
Wild at Heart
as Dell
Where the Heart Is
as Lionel
Back to the Future Part II
as George McFly (archive footage)
Twister
as Howdy
River's Edge
as Layne
At Close Range
as Lucas
The Orkly Kid
as Larry
Back to the Future
as George McFly
Teachers
as Danny
High School U.S.A.
as Bo Middleton
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
as Jimmy
Racing with the Moon
as Gatsby Boy
High School U.S.A.
as Archie Feld
My Tutor
as Jack
The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
as New Student
The Best of Times
as Crispin
No Poster
Death of a Brewer
No Poster
Skinemax
No Poster
A Hero's Journey: The Making of Beowulf
as Grendel