Great Scott! It's Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and the Rest of the 'Back to the Future' Cast
Great Scott! Somehow, we’ve traveled back to 1985 and have no choice but to hop in our DeLoreans and catch up with the cast of Back to The Future. But be careful not to mess with the space-time continuum: Doc warned us it could have catastrophic results!
Michael J. Fox
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CHARACTER PLAYED: Marty McFly
BEST KNOWN FOR: Family Ties (1982 to 1989), The Frighteners (1999), Spin City (1996 to 2001), Stuart Little (1999), The Good Wife (2010 to 2016), The Michael J. Fox (2013 to 2014) and The Good Wife (2010 to 2016).
PERSONAL: Fox has been married to Tracy Pollan since 1988. They have four children together.
THOUGHTS ON BACK TO THE FUTURE: In 2023, Fox revealed that “I hadn’t seen it in its entirety until a couple of years ago. It was Christmas. We were decorating the tree… I went to go get something from the kitchen, and I was gone for quite a while. Tracy came and found me, and I was watching TV. I said, ‘Look, Back To The Future’s on TV! You know what, I’m really good in this!’”
FUN FACT: Mark Campbell did all of Fox's singing.
Christopher Lloyd
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CHARACTER PLAYED: Dr. Emmett Brown
BEST KNOWN FOR: Taxi (1978 to 1983), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Deadly Games (1995 to 1997), Stacked (2005 to 2006), Granite Flats (2014 to 2015) and Tooned Out (2023 to 2024).
PERSONAL: Lloyd has been married five times and has one child.
THOUGHTS ON BACK TO THE FUTURE: "I didn't have to struggle to get there with Michael. There was never any conflict. It just fit. And it's never stopped. I feel like we could go and do it again after all these years and not have to think about the relationship between Marty and Doc."
FUN FACT: Lloyd based his performance on Albert Einstein and Leopold Stokowski.
Lea Thompson
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CHARACTER PLAYED: Lorraine Baines/McFly
BEST KNOWN FOR: The Little Rascals (1994), Caroline in the City (1995 to 1999), For the People (2002 to 2003), Switched at Birth (2011 to 2017), Little Women (2018) and The Spencer Sisters (2023).
PERSONAL: Thompson has been married to Howard Deutch since 1989. They have two children together.
THOUGHTS ON BACK TO THE FUTURE: “It was a great part. I loved it. Lorraine was an insane character and I’m really happy to be known for a great film and an insane part. It’s a total blessing. I could be known for a horrible slasher movie, so to be known for this, which is inexplicably going from generation to generation, and people still love it so much, I don’t have any problem with it.”
FUN FACT: Thompson kept the dress she wore during the Enchantment Under The Sea dance
Crispin Glover
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CHARACTER PLAYED: George McFly
BEST KNOWN FOR: My Tutor (1983), River’s Edge (1986), Twister (1989), Dead Man (1995), Willard (2003), What is it? (2005), The Wizard of Gore (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) and American Gods (2017 to 2021).
PERSONAL: Glover was born in Brooklyn, New York.
FUN FACT: Shortly after the film's release, Glover claimed to have only seen it once.
Thomas F. Wilson
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CHARACTER PLAYED: Biff Tannen
BEST KNOWN FOR: High Strung (1992), Wing Commander Academy (1996), Gargoyles (1995 to 1997), Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006), Rio (2011), Dreamwork Dragons (2012 t0 2013), Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2015 to 2017) and The Patrick Star Show (2021 to 2024).
PERSONAL: Wilson has been married to his wife, Caroline, since 1985. They have four children.
THOUGHTS ON BACK TO THE FUTURE: “The role was for a bully. I'd never played a bully before. I didn't want to play the role of a bully. I've been pushed around by bullies my whole life."
FUN FACT: Wilson got married three days after the Back to The Future premiere
Claudia Wells
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CHARACTER PLAYED: Marty’s girlfriend Jennifer Parker
BEST KNOWN FOR: Anatomy of an Illness (1984), Off the Rack (1984 to 1985), Fast Time (1986), Still Waters Burn (2008) and Bottle Monster (2020).
PERSONAL: Wells has one child.
FUN FACT: Wells did not reprise her role for the second or third movies.
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