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- 1964-04-20
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- Open Season 2
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Acting · New York City, New York, USA
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,…
Known for
- The Third Parent — Tommy Taffy2027
- Mr. K — Mr. K2025
- A Blind Bargain — Dr. Gruber2025
- No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance — Brutus Muldoon (1888) / Chronos Muldoon (1918) / Damocles Muldoon (1948)2025
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Richard Upton Pickman2022
- Smiley Face Killers — Hooded Figure2021
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle — Uncle Julian Blackwood2019
- Lucky Day — Luc2019
- The Con Is On — Gabriel Anderson2018
- Saat des Terrors — James Logan Davis2018
via TMDB
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- 6,020
- Total plays
- 109,954
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In 1989, during a hiatus from films, Glover released an album called "The Big Problem ≠ the Solution. The Solution = Let It Be " through Restless Records, produced by Barnes & Barnes (of "Fish Heads" fame). The album features original songs like "Clowny Clown Clown", warped covers of Lee Hazlewood's "These Boots Are Made for Walking'" and Charles Manson's "Never Say 'Never' to Always" (sung in falsetto), and readings from his art books Rat Catching and Oak Mot (Glover modified old books with exp
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?
· 1996 · cited 13,931x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,035x
- Dissociable Intrinsic Connectivity Networks for Salience Processing and Executive Control
· 2007 · cited 6,486x
- THE PREPARATION OF 131I-LABELLED HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE OF HIGH SPECIFIC RADIOACTIVITY
· 1963 · cited 5,927x
- 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities
· 2011 · cited 5,377x
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Key facts
- Born
- Crispin Hellion Glover , ( 1964-04-20 ) April 20, 1964 (age 62) , New York City , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Father
- Bruce Glover
- Website
- crispinglover .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 20 April 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Glover
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Father
- Bruce Glover
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
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Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and artist. He is known for portraying eccentric character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), which he followed by playing one of the leading roles in River's Edge (1986). Through the 1990s, Glover garnered attention for portraying smaller roles in films such as Wild at Heart (1990), The Doors (1991), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and Dead Man (1995).
Starting with his role as the Thin Man in Charlie's Angels (2000), he began to star in more mainstream films. These films include a reprisal of the Thin Man in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Willard (2003), Beowulf (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). From 2017 to 2021, he starred as Mr. World in the Starz television series American Gods.
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