Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American
film actor and director, musician, and self-published author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen, such as
George McFly in
Back to the Future, Layne in
River's Edge, the undertaker in
What's Eating Gilbert Grape, the "Creepy Thin Man" in the big screen adaptation of
Charlie's Angels and Willard Stiles in
Willard. In the early 2000s, Glover started his own production company,
Volcanic Eruptions, which issues his books and also serves as the production company of Glover's films,
What Is It? and
It is Fine. Everything is Fine!.
Early life
Glover was born in New York City, and moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of five.
He was named after the
Saint Crispin's Day speech from
William Shakespeare's play
Henry V, which his parents enjoyed.
[Interview] "Hellion," his real middle name, had earlier been used as a false middle name by his father, who did not like his own real middle name, Herbert.
His mother, Marie Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey Bloom (
née Koerber),
was an actress and dancer who retired upon his birth. His father is
Bruce Glover, also an actor. As a child, Glover attended
The Mirman School for the academically gifted. He then attended both
Venice High and
Beverly Hills High School and graduated in 1982.
