Crispin Glover
Crispin Glover has been a working actor for nearly three decades.
His film credits as an actor include Jonathan Parker's Bartleby and Glen Morgan's Willard—he played the title character in both. Other credits include McG's Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty, Milos Forman's The People vs. Larry Flynt, Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, Lasse Hallström's What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Gus Van Sant's Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Oliver Stone's The Doors as Andy Warhol, David Lynch's Wild at Heart, John Boorman's Where the Heart Is, Tim Hunter's River's Edge, James Foley's At Close Range, Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future, and Richard Benjamin's Racing with the Moon. Glover portrayed Grendel in Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf and provided the voice of 6 in 9, which was produced by Tim Burton.
His feature film directorial debut was What Is It?, which he also wrote and produced. He appeared in the film alongside a cast that consisted mostly of actors with Down's Syndrome. Subsequently, he directed and produced the sequel It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine! Glover continues to tour the world with his films and performs a live show before them titled Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show. This live show is described thusly: Crispin Hellion Glover performs a one-hour dramatic narration of eight different books that are profusely illustrated. More information about his personal films and shows can be found on CrispinGlover.com.
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Selected Filmography
What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
9 |
Drunk History Vol. 1 |
Back to the Future |
Friday the 13th Part |
Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy |
Back to the Future Part II |
Like Mike |
River's Edge |
Hot Tub Time Machine |
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