‘Back to the Future’ Star Reveals The One Thing He Won’t Do for Fans Anymore
- - ‘Back to the Future’ Star Reveals The One Thing He Won’t Do for Fans Anymore
Nicole MooreJanuary 21, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Actor and comedian Thomas "Tom" Wilson, who famously played bully Biff Tannen inBack to the Future, is getting candid about his experience with fans of the hit 1985 film.
During an appearance on the January 20 episode of actor Michael Rosenbaum's podcast, Inside of You, Wilson said that fans have often asked him to repeat his character's famous insult or act violently in pictures. He said, however, that he began refusing said requests after the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future in 2010. He explained that he was beginning to feel as though fans weren't viewing him as a person.
"At the 25 years I said, 'You know I think I've been generous with this. But after 25 years I'm not going to knock people on the head and I'm not going to call anyone a buttthead anymore,'" said the actor in the interview. "And I'm going to have a season of my life where I just do that where if you want to take a picture with me, I'm not beating you up. We just both look nice and we smile and those kinds of things. But yes, everyone wants me to call them a buttthead. Everyone wants me to knock them on the head. Everyone wants me to push their nephew around."
He also suggested he's not as often approached by fans as of late. Wilson said that he believes that younger generations aren't as familiar with Back to the Future and its two sequels, 1989's Back to the Future Part II and 1990's Back to the Future Part III.
"I get recognized a lot, but I think less now than even 10 years ago. Now I'm sliding by because a lot of kids haven't seen it. A lot of young people haven't seen it. So that's fine. I mean that's you know now we're talking about a movie from a long long time ago," said the 66-year-old actor while speaking to Rosenbaum.
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