Wilson appeared in the 1994 comedy Camp Nowhere, which starred Christopher Lloyd, and later had a recurring role in the 1999 NBC comedy Freaks and Geeks. Actors get to do twins or they get to age, but they never get to do it all in one movie." Referring to his dual role in Part II, Wilson mused, "At the end of the day, which normally went about 18 or 19 hours I was completely wasted, and I'm not sure I could ever do it again. And as I got older, the circle of people who pummeled me kept widening." There was a whole gang of people in school who liked to punch me in the back of the head. I had asthma, was on the debating team, and played the tuba in the school band. Although I love these movies, it is strange to play a bully because those childhood memories really stick with you. It was so real that I stopped the scene to ask him if he was OK. I was doing my lines, and I looked up and Crispin was giving me this pained and frightened look. In fact, back in junior high school in Philadelphia, when he was a skinny, shy and sickly youngster, he was a convenient and frequent target of the school bullies." Wilson told an interviewer that "It was even bad during auditions when I had to read a scene with Crispin Glover. An article in the Orange County Register in 1989 noted that "espite his bulky 6-feet-2-inch frame, he never was and never could be a bully. Although Wilson is described as a nice guy in person, he was bullied as a child, and drew upon those experiences in developing the character. Standing at 6'3", Wilson guested on episodes of the television shows Knight Rider and The Facts of Life before landing the role of Biff for Back to the Future. ![]() Basically, without me there wouldn't be biscuits at Kentucky Fried Chicken. ![]() He says that his start in acting was "I was featured in the commercial that introduced biscuits at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thomas Wilson became a stand-up comedian and moved to Los Angeles.
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