# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-f-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:54:46.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-f-wilson"
name: "Thomas F. Wilson"
slug: "thomas-f-wilson"
description: "Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, podcaster, and YouTuber. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen, and Buford \"Mad Dog\" Tannen in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990). He played coach Ben Fredricks in the comedy series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and voices various characters, mainly villains, like The Tattletale Strangler on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (2001–present). He also voices Cecil Star, the father of Patrick Star, in the SpongeBob spinoff The Patrick Star Show."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Wilson_photo_by_Josh_Alder.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1959-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  248
  category: 109
totalFollowers: 57800
platforms:
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    handle:    "TomWilsonUSA"
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    handle:    "tomwilsonusa"
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    handle:    "@tomwilson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill