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Also known as Crispin Hellion Glover

American actor

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Crispin Glover is an American film director, poet, film producer, and singer. Born on April 20, 1964, in New York City, he is the son of Bruce Glover. Glover began his professional work period in 1977 and was educated at Beverly Hills High School. He speaks, writes, and signs in English. His lifestyle includes veganism, and he performs as a vocalist.

In the music industry, Glover is associated with genres such as art rock, classic pop and rock, deep purple family, progressive rock, and symphonic prog. His musical output has been tagged with descriptors including Avant-Garde, spoken word, experimental, and male vocalists. While some sources list his country as the United Kingdom, his citizenship is recorded as the United States. He has an official website and maintains a presence on social media platforms.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Open Season 2

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Film & TV

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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1964
art rockclassic pop and rockdeep purple familyprogressive rocksymphonic prog

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6,020
Total plays
109,954

Tags

Avant-Gardespoken wordexperimentalmale vocalistsgeorge Mcfly

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

via Last.fm · Crispin Hellion Glover

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

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crispin Glover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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