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'''Biff Tannen''' is a fictional character in the [[Back to the Future trilogy|''Back to the Future'' trilogy]]. [[Thomas F. Wilson]] plays Biff in all three films as well as the [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] ride, and voiced the character in the [[Back to the Future: The Animated Series|animated series]]. Aidan Cutler played him in the original West End production of the first film's [[Back to the Future: The Musical|stage musical adaptation]], and Nathaniel Hackmann plays him in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://ew.com/theater/back-to-the-future-the-musical-broadway-cast-reveal/ | title=See the full cast for Broadway's 'Back to the Future: The Musical' | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> Biff is the main antagonist of the [[Back to the Future|first]] and [[Back to the Future Part II|second]] films, while his great-grandfather, [[Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]] (also played by Wilson), is the main [[antagonist]] of the [[Back to the Future Part III|third]].
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'''Biff Tannen''' is a [[fictional character]], the main villain in the [[Back to the Future trilogy|''Back to the Future'' motion picture trilogy]], played in the three films and the ride, and voiced in the [[Back to the Future: the Animated Series|animated series]] by [[Thomas F. Wilson]].
 
Biff is portrayed as a hulking, belligerent, dim-witted bully who obtains what he wants by intimidating others into doing his work for him, or by cheating. He and his family members are shown to misuse [[idiom]]s in ways that make them appear foolish and comical, despite their intention to insult or intimidate. He frequently calls others "butthead".
Biff was born on [[March 26]], [[1937]] in [[Hill Valley]], [[California]]. He is the great-grandson of [[Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]] and the grandfather of [[Griff Tannen]]. He is not very bright and only got through [[high school]] by bullying [[George McFly]] to do his homework for him. Biff is feared by most of his schoolmates. He is less brave when he is without his gang ([[Other Characters in Back to the Future#Match, Skinhead, and 3-D|Match, Skinhead, and 3-D]]). He also has a crush on [[Lorraine Baines McFly|Lorraine Baines]] and constantly refers to her as "my girl." Lorraine does not return the sentiments.
 
== Role in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise ==
By 1985, Biff's marital status is unknown – no mention of a wife or children was ever made in the trilogy, although Biff has a grandson [[Griff Tannen|Griff]] by 2015, suggesting that Biff had at least one child by 1985. The animated series reveals that Biff has a son, Biff, Jr., (who, according to an early script for ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'', owns the [[Cafe 80's]]), although this is not taken as [[canon (fiction)|canon]] by many fans. A draft script reveals that his middle initial is "H" for "Howard", although his middle name was never mentioned in the trilogy. Also, a ''BTTF'' comic showed a "Mugsy Tannen" living in [[1920s]] [[Prohibition]]-era [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] as a gang boss, probably Mad Dog's son.
Biff was born in [[Hill Valley (Back to the Future)|Hill Valley]], [[California]] in 1937. He is the great-grandson of Old West outlaw [[Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]], son of gangster [[List of Back to the Future characters#Irving "Kid" Tannen|Irving "Kid" Tannen]] and grandfather of [[Griff Tannen]]. As a vigorously hotheaded teenager in 1955, Biff is known for bullying [[George McFly]] into doing his homework for him while he drinks and hangs out with his friends. Feared by most of his schoolmates, his only friends are his gang ([[List of Back to the Future characters#Match, Skinhead, and 3-D|Match, Skinhead, and 3-D]]). The one person at Hill Valley High School that Biff fears is [[List of Back to the Future characters#Gerald Strickland|Mr. Strickland]]. He lives with his grandmother, Gertrude Tannen (voiced by Wilson), at 1809 Mason Street and proudly owns a black 1946 [[Deluxe Ford|Ford Deluxe]] convertible. A running gag is his particular dislike for manure, displayed when he is shoved into large quantities of it at multiple points during the films.
 
In 1985, the still abusive adult Biff is George's supervisor at an unknown company who forces George to do his job for him until George's son, [[Marty McFly]], changes history through his interactions with his teenage father, giving him the confidence to defeat Biff in a fight to save [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine Baines]], his future wife and Marty's mother. Afterwards, the new 1985 Biff is a servile auto detailer.
Biff is noted for mangling [[simile|similes]]: for example, he says "make like a tree and ''get out of here''" instead of "make like a tree and ''[[leaf|leave]]''" on more than one occasion. He also once says "That's about as funny as a screen door on a ''battleship''" instead of ''submarine''. In ''[[Back to the Future: The Ride]]'', he says "Have a nice trip, see you next ''winter''" instead of ''fall''. He is also known for calling people "butthead". When someone says something foolish, he knocks on their head with his fist (or a fist-shaped cane in his old age) saying "Hello? Hello? Anybody home?" His attitude is to do something rather than think things over, and he has no problems with using his fists to get what he wants. Biff will try and get out of paying for things if he has to and is looking for a nice easy life where everyone else will do things for him. He also likes cars and ends up with a career waxing and cleaning them with his auto-detailing business. Biff is still a bully, but can be nice and/or charming when he needs to be, usually to get out of trouble.
 
In ''[[Back to the Future: Part II]]'', an aged and physically decrepit Biff steals Emmett "Doc" Brown's time machine in 2015 and travels back to 1955 to give his teenage self a sports almanac chronicling victories from 1950-2000, then heads home to 2015, hoping to gain a happier life as a result of his actions. Consequently, on his 21st birthday in 1958, Biff's younger self wagers money on a horse race listed in the almanac with the victorious steed's name revealed, winning his first million dollars and giving himself prestige and increasingly arrogant confidence. Despite his progressively gaining vast wealth and power through this "fixed" sports-event betting, Biff is still unable to convince Lorraine to marry him; as before, she marries George and starts a family with him. At last, Biff resorts to murdering George in 1973, and uses his money and political influence to cover up any evidence. Without George's supporting her and her family financially, Lorraine reluctantly accepts the well-to-do Biff as her new husband, thus creating a dystopian alternate 1985. The petulant and arrogantly tempestuous Biff never feels content in the marriage since he treats Lorraine as a prize to be won and possessed, and often lashes out verbally and physically; in a deleted scene, Lorraine eventually gets so fed up with Biff's overbearing hostility and abuse, along with finding out that Biff murdered George, that she shoots him dead some time in the late 1990s. This incident explains why the elderly Biff's actions have no visible effect on the Hill Valley of the future and, after returning to 2015, he clutches his chest in pain, sinks to the pavement, and fades from existence. Marty returns to 1955, carefully avoiding disturbing the events from his previous visit, and battles against the teenage Biff, ultimately recovering the almanac and undoing Biff's alternate timeline by burning it.
==Pre-''Back to the Future''==
Although we have some vague details of Biff's life before [[1955]], exact details are not known. What is known is that he has been living with his grandma, Gertrude Tannen, at 1809 Mason Street for some time by November 1955. The whereabouts of his parents are not known, although some theories suggest that one or both of them might be dead or in prison. The absence of his parents may attribute to his negative attitude and hostile demeanor. He also had to repeat a year of school (explaining why, despite being a year older than George and Lorraine, he is in the same [[grade (education)|grade]] as them), although it is not known exactly when he was "kept behind" – this was probably some years prior to 1955, as Biff appears to have been bullying George for some time before this date.
 
=== Biff's relationships ===
In several draft scripts of the films, he was born on Elm Street, and he was a fantastic asset to the high school football team, which is given as the reason why he was kept to do his senior year twice.
In 1955, Biff covets [[Lorraine Baines]], who does not return the sentiments. In the original 1985, Biff's marital status is unknown as no mention of a wife is ever made in the trilogy.
 
The alternate 1985 reveals that Lorraine, widowed after the murder of George, ended up marrying Biff in 1973. In a video clip after their wedding, Biff is asked, "How does it feel?", to which he replies, "Third time's the charm", implying that he had two previous wives in this continuity.
==''Back to the Future''==
[[Image:Biff_1955.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Biff, age 18, in 1955]]
In the original timeline, Biff started bullying George McFly when they were kids and never stopped. Over the next 30 years, Biff would continue to bully and intimidate George, as they both ended up working for the same company where Biff became George's supervisor (due to George doing all Biff's work for him to get promoted). Biff's crush on Lorraine never died either, although Lorraine had married George and presumably Biff had married as well.
 
=== Tannen Family ===
However, things changed when the events of the [[Back to the Future|first movie]] begin to unfold. The McFlys' youngest son, [[Marty McFly]], accidentally traveled back through time to [[1955]], interfering with his parents' first meeting. Marty, using the anachronistic name "[[Calvin Klein]]," also managed to get on the wrong side of Biff by standing up to him, something which Biff was not used to. Marty was also indirectly responsible for causing Biff to crash his car into a manure truck, and this led to Biff finding Marty and Lorraine on the night of the school dance ([[November 12]], 1955). Biff's gang trapped Marty in the trunk of another car, and Biff tried to get his way with Lorraine. George came along, as part of the plan he and Marty had made where George would find Marty "parking" with Lorraine, but soon realized that the pretend rescue was now a real one. For the first time, George stood up to Biff to stop him from raping Lorraine. He responded by attempting to break George's arm. Lorraine, trying to pull Biff away from George, was knocked to the ground. This enraged George, who subsequently knocked out Biff with one punch.
Throughout the ''Back to the Future'' franchise, Tannen is shown to have various ancestors or descendants in various timeline who share Biff's character traits, and in the films, are also played by Thomas F. Wilson.
 
==== Ancestors ====
This punch led to a much more confident George, and Biff no longer had a victim to pick on. He may have found someone else to bully, but some theories suggest that as the supposed weakest kid in school had successfully stood up to and punched Biff, nobody else would let him bully them anymore. Since Biff no longer had George to do his work for him, he now had to do things for himself. He started up his auto-detailing business, which he owns and runs himself, and by 1985 it seems to be quite popular. The McFlys are among his most loyal customers, and Biff's subservient attitude is demonstrated by addressing George as "Mr. McFly". George seems amused at Biff's efforts to get away with as little work as possible, though he and Lorraine privately credit him with unwittingly helping them get together, and they appear to have become friends, or are at least on amicable terms. Biff is nice to his customers to their faces, but can still be mean if he has to be.
''[[Back to the Future Part III]]'' shows Biff's great-grandfather, Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen, was a vicious [[outlaw]] in the [[American_frontier|Wild West]] of 1885, Hill Valley. After Doc Brown is accidentally sent back in time to 1885, he was shot in the back by Buford Tannen on September 7, 1885 over a matter of $80 (the combined cost of a poorly-shoed horse and a bottle of whiskey that was broken when it threw off Tannen). However, after Marty (using the alias "[[Clint Eastwood]]") travels back to 1885 to prevent this, he impulsively accepts Tannen's challenge of a duel; although Marty is briefly destined to die at Tannen's hands, he ends up defeating him in hand-to-hand combat.
 
''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]'' shows Biff's father, Irving "Kid" Tannen (voiced by Owen Thomas), as a gangster and bootlegger during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] in 1931. After Doc Brown (under the alias of "[[Carl Sagan]]") is falsely arrested for burning down a [[speakeasy]] controlled by Tannen, Tannen had Doc murdered on June 13, 1931. After Marty travels back to 1931 to save him, he unintentionally leads Tannen to killing Arthur 'Artie' McFly, his grandfather, after helping to serve him a subpoena to testify against Kid Tannen. After saving Artie, Doc and Marty accidentally prevent Tannen's arrest on August 25, 1931, leading the Tannens (including two previously non-existent brothers to Biff, Cliff and Riff) to control Hill Valley and become the fifth-most-dangerous crime family in California by 1986. After Doc and Marty ensure Kid's arrest by turning his moll Trixie Trotter (who turned out to be Marty's grandmother Sylvia) against him, their involvement accidentally led Hill Valley to become a totalitarian society, controlled by Edna Strickland and that timeline's version of Emmett Brown. After Marty once again travels back to 1931 to repair the timeline, he unintentionally leads Edna (who is revealed to be the speakeasy arsonist) into a loving relationship with Kid after the former is arrested. In dialogue, it was revealed that Biff was conceived after Kid managed to escape prison for three hours in 1936.
==''Back to the Future Part II''==
[[Image:Biff_2015.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Biff, age 78, in 2015]]
At the start of the [[Back to the Future Part II|second film]], Marty, Doc, and Marty's girlfriend [[Jennifer Parker]] travelled forward in time from [[1985]] to [[2015]] – unaware that their departure had been witnessed by Biff. Over the next 30 years, he remembers seeing the flying DeLorean taking off.
 
==== Biff's children ====
Biff, seemingly bitter and resentful at this point in his life, is still waxing cars by [[2015]], at the age of 78, and is pushed around by his grandson Griff. Despite being over the age of retirement, Biff does not appear to have retired – he may just be doing his grandson a favor by waxing his car, or he may have hit on hard times and been forced to continue working. Biff still seems to like bullying people, including Marty (who he thinks is Marty's future son, Marty, Jr.), and the handle on his walking cane is in the shape of a closed fist – although he remains cautious and apprehensive around George McFly. Biff's crush on Lorraine still lingers as indicated with his line, "Hey kid. Say hello to your grandma for me".
By 2015, Biff has a teenage grandson, Griff, suggesting that Biff had at least one child by 1985. The animated series reveals that Biff has a son, Biff Jr, while [[Back to the Future: The Game|the 2011 video game]] alludes to him having a daughter, Tiff.
 
== Character creation ==
On [[October 21]], 2015, Biff saw the time machine from 1985 in the street and realized that Doc Brown had invented a time machine. He picked up a sports [[almanac]] that Doc had thrown in the trash and stole the DeLorean while Doc and Marty were rescuing Jennifer from her future home. Biff headed back to November 12, 1955, with the almanac to give to his younger self. However, upon returning to 2015 Biff became the victim of a time paradox: his giving the almanac to his younger self had changed the timeline, resulting in his nonexistence. A deleted scene shows him slumped behind a garbage bin fading into nothingness as the DeLorean flies away. The finished film still shows him writhing in pain, which has been explained by various sources by saying that he had a heart attack, or noting that he appears to accidentally jab himself in the chest with his broken-off cane as he steps out of the DeLorean. The top part of Biff's cane remained in the DeLorean after he accidentally broke it when returning, and Doc showed it to Marty as an indication that old Biff was there.
The character is named for studio executive [[Ned Tanen]] following an incident years earlier where Tanen reacted aggressively to a script being [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] by the film's writers [[Bob Gale]] and [[Robert Zemeckis]]. Tanen accused the two of attempting to produce an antisemitic work with their 1978 film, ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]''.<ref>[[Ian Freer|Freer, Ian]]. "The making of Back to the Future", ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'', January 2003.</ref><ref>"Q&A with Director Robert Zemeckis & Producer Bob Gale", "Back to the Future" DVD, Bonus Materials</ref> Drafts of ''Back to the Future'' show the character with the middle initial of "H", but this detail was omitted in further revisions.
 
As the October 2015 date featured in the films approached, media outlets began noting the similarities between the alternate 1985 version of the character and [[Donald Trump]], who at the time ''Part II'' was produced had just purchased the [[Plaza Hotel]] in New York City and, by 2015, was in the midst of an [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|ultimately successful run]] for [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/23/back-to-the-future-writer-bad-guy-biff-was-based-on-donald-trump |title=Back to the Future writer: bad guy Biff was based on Donald Trump |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=July 19, 2022}}</ref> When the comparison was brought to Gale's attention in an interview, he said, "Yeah. That's what we were thinking about".<ref name=":0" /> Both ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' note the similarities of Biff's casino penthouse to [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino]];<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Stuart|first=Tessa|date=October 21, 2015|title='Back to the Future' Writer: Biff Is Donald Trump|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330073615/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-is-donald-trump-190408/|archive-date=March 30, 2019|access-date=April 27, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> additionally, ''The Beast'' points out that in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'':<blockquote>Biff uses the profits from his 27-story casino... to help shake up the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], before eventually assuming political power himself, helping transform [[Hill Valley (Back to the Future)|Hill Valley, California]], into a lawless, dystopian wasteland, where hooliganism reigns, dissent is quashed, and wherein Biff encourages every citizen to call him "America's greatest living folk hero".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Ben|date=October 21, 2015|title='Back to the Future' Writer: Biff Tannen Is Based on Donald Trump|language=en|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump|url-status=live|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508080427/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump|archive-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref></blockquote>
[[Image:Biff_1985-A.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Biff, age 48, in the Alternate 1985]]
Young Biff used the sports almanac to bet on the results of sporting events, since he now knew the results. In [[1958]], age 21, Biff soon became very rich and powerful, spending his money on women and cars. He also started up his toxic waste company, Biffco, soon becoming one of the richest and most powerful men in America. Biff built a casino hotel in Hill Valley (at least 27 stories high), named "''Biff's Pleasure Palace''", on the site of the former Courthouse, upon legalized gambling in [[1979]]. He also helped [[Richard Nixon]] remain [[President of the United States]] until at least [[1983]] (while seeking a fifth consecutive term). Biff's effects on history affected the whole world – in this version of history, the [[Vietnam War]] was also still ongoing by May 1983. Though he was recognized as one of America's heroes, his enormous casino hotel, complete authority over the local law enforcement, and money driven power, drove Hill Valley into a breeding ground for [[crime]], [[Political corruption|corruption]], and [[gang warfare]].
 
The fact checking website [[Snopes]], however, doubts this claim, noting that neither Gale nor Zemeckis mentioned anything about Trump being the inspiration for the character until after comparisons began appearing in social media, and saying that it "appeared to be retrofitted to 2015's current events, not prescience on the part of the filmmakers".<ref name="Snopes">{{cite web |last1=LaCapria |first1=Kim |title=Back to the Future Rumors and Predictions |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/back-to-the-future-predictions/ |website=Snopes |publisher=Snopes Media Group Inc |access-date=3 June 2021 |date=22 October 2015}}</ref>
Despite all this, Biff did not have the girl he wanted. In this version of history, he was married at least three times, presumably the first wife was the woman he would have married in the normal timeline and the mother of his child(ren). On [[March 15]], [[1973]], Biff shot and [[murder|murdered]] George McFly, though Lorraine is unaware of this. He married her not long afterwards, possibly by offering financial support to the young widow and her 3 children, but the money and power had gone to his head, and he treated her horribly, and among other things, forced her to get [[breast implants]]. This went on until [[1996]] when Lorraine finally shot Biff—this was never implied in the finished film, but [[Robert Zemeckis]] and [[Bob Gale]] have suggested the "Lorraine shot Biff" theory as an explanation for Biff's fading away in the afore-mentioned deleted scene. There is another possibility; having created an alternate timeline by giving his younger self the almanac, the old Biff from 2015 no longer exists, now that 2015 will become part of the [[1985A]] timeline.
 
== References ==
This version of reality was erased when Marty and Doc went back to 1955 and got the almanac from Biff before he could use it, causing Biff to crash into the very same manure truck a second time. The timeline went back to how it was at the end of the first film, where Biff was running his auto-detailing business.
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== External links ==
==''Back to the Future Part III''==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171115190842/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0001836/ Biff Tannen] on [[IMDb]]
Although [[Thomas F. Wilson]] still remained as one of the main actors in the [[Back to the Future Part III|final installment]], his character, Biff, only appeared at the end of the film, once Marty had again returned to 1985, and was back to working as an auto-detailer, waxing Marty's [[Toyota]] truck for him once more. This film dealt with his great-grandfather, Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (also played by Wilson).
 
==''{{Back to the Future: The Ride''==}}
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Biff has a major role in the ''Back to the Future'' ride film. The ride reveals that in [[1991]], Doc established the Institute of Future Technology (IFT). On [[May 2]], [[1991]], (also the day the ride opened), time travel volunteers from the IFT went back to 1955 to make sure that the timeline was back to normal following the events of the films. In 1955, 18 year-old Biff stowed away in the time machine, and, once in 1991, caused havok in the institute before stealing the time machine and blasting through time. Doc, with the help of the audience, followed Biff through time in the new 8-seater DeLorean. Biff visited [[October 25]], [[2015]] (almost the 30th anniversary of the first time travel experiment), the Ice Age, and the Late Cretaceous period, where he nearly perishes in what he dubs a "lava-fall" before being bumped in the back by the eight-passenger DeLorean at 88 MPH and heading back to 1991. Biff was then taken back to 1955, where he belonged, by Doc.
 
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The ride is not taken as [[canon (fiction)|canon]] by many fans, so Biff's adventures above are often ignored.
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==''Back to the Future: The Animated Series''==
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Biff was the present day villain of the series, although most episodes featured one of his numerous ancestors or descendants instead, so frequently that Marty once rhetorically questioned if there was a "Biff" in every time and place they visited. The series established that Biff has a son, Biff, Jr., who is about 8 years old by 1991. No mention of a wife is made, and it appears that Biff is a single father. (It should be noted that in an early drafted script for ''Part II'', Biff, Jr. was to be the owner of the 80's café in 2015.) In the episode, ''The Money Tree'', he is shown driving a tow truck, which means in the 6 years between the movies and the series, he still has his automotive detailing business. (He drove a "Biff's"-branded tow truck in 1985 in the movies).
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The series has a few episodes centered around Biff. It revealed that in [[1967]] he saw the Comet Kablooey and thought it was an alien ship, and that in [[1992]] he tried claiming Jennifer Parker's grandparents' ranch after finding a deed saying the Tannen family owned it. However, Marty, [[Jules Brown|Jules]], and [[Verne Brown|Verne]] went back to [[1875]] to make sure that the Tannens never got the deed.
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One episode in the second season which took place in 1944 introduced a military character named Frank Tannen who lived in Hill Valley and was in the [[United States Army]].
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The first season of the cartoon featured a segment after the [[end credits]] in which Biff would break the [[fourth wall]] and tell the audience a joke which related to the theme of the episode.
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==Trivia==
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*[[J.J. Cohen]] who later played one of Biff's gang was considered to play Biff but did not appear physically imposing next to [[Eric Stoltz]], who was originally cast as Marty. He did appear more imposing next to the shorter [[Michael J. Fox]] who had been the first choice to play Marty and who would later replace Stoltz in the role. On the DVD commentary for the first film, producer [[Bob Gale]] noted that Cohen may very well have won the role had Fox been cast from the beginning.
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* Actor [[Thomas F. Wilson]] (now going by [http://www.tomwilsonusa.com/ Tom Wilson]) has transitioned into a career as a comic and musician and has recorded a song called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y "Biff's Question Song"].
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