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My Take
Crispin Glover is my favorite kind of artist: the one who treats fame as raw material rather than a destination. After Back to the Future made his face iconic, he could have coasted on quirky character roles forever; instead he became a director, poet, and touring showman of his own deeply strange books and films. That refusal to be convenient costs careers, but it earns something rarer — total authorship. Every Glover appearance, however brief, carries the charge of someone who answers only to his own imagination. I find that integrity unsettling and inspiring in equal measure, exactly as he intends.
Overview
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and artist. He is known for portraying eccentric character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in Back to the Future (1985), which he followed by playing one of the leading roles in River's Edge (1986).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Crispin Glover
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスピン・グローヴァー
- Reading
- くりすぴん・ぐろーゔぁー
- Born
- April 20, 1964 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / poet / film producer / singer / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Beverly Hills High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.