Thomas F. Wilson
| Thomas F. Wilson | |
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Wilson at Helium Comedy Club in
Portland, Oregon on July 16, 2011 |
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| Born |
Thomas Francis Wilson, Jr. April 15, 1959 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Other names | Tom Wilson |
| Occupation | Actor, stand-up comedian, voice actor, writer, musician, painter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Thomas (m. 1985) |
| Children | 4 |
Thomas Francis "Tom" Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist, comedian, and podcaster. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is also known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy, and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks.
Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Wayne, Pennsylvania. While attending Radnor High School, he was involved in dramatic arts; was president of the debate team, where his partner was future New York Times columnist David Brooks; and played tuba in the high school band and was drum major of his marching band. He studied international politics at Arizona State University.
Wilson attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. While in New York, he got his first "real" stage experience as a comedian.
In the early 1980s, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to further pursue his career. He shared an apartment with fellow aspiring comedians Andrew Dice Clay and Yakov Smirnoff, and later joked that he "taught them both about America."
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