31 Facts About Crispin Glover

Crispin Hellion Glover was born on April 20,1964 and is an American actor, filmmaker and artist.

Crispin Glover moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age of five.

Crispin Glover is the son of actor Bruce Glover and actress and dancer Marion Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey, who retired upon his birth.

Crispin Glover was named after the Saint Crispin's Day speech from William Shakespeare's play Henry V, which his parents enjoyed.

Crispin Glover's father is of English, Czech, and Swedish descent, while his mother has Czech and German ancestry.

Crispin Glover then attended both Venice High for 10th and 11th grades, and Beverly Hills High School for 12th grade; he graduated in 1982.

Crispin Glover began acting professionally at the age of 13, his first role being Friedrich von Trapp in a theatre production of The Sound of Music at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with Florence Henderson.

Crispin Glover appeared in several sitcoms as a teenager, including Happy Days and Family Ties.

Crispin Glover appeared in a main role alongside Nicolas Cage in a television pilot titled The Best Of Times which aired on ABC, but was never picked up by the network.

Crispin Glover then worked with director Trent Harris on the third chapter of the Beaver Trilogy, entitled The Orkly Kid.

Crispin Glover's character was the father of Marty McFly, despite being three years younger than Michael J Fox in real life.

Crispin Glover became the first actor to portray Andy Warhol in a widely released film, Oliver Stone's The Doors.

The character initially been written as a speaking role, but Crispin Glover, noting that the lines as written were exposition, convinced the producers to eliminate the lines to create a precise image for the character.

Crispin Glover would go on to portray the titular character in Willard, his first time portraying the protagonist in a studio-funded film.

Crispin Glover appeared Beowulf, as the creature Grendel, playing the part through performance capture technology.

Crispin Glover portrayed his first series regular role on television as Mr World in American Gods, while continuing to still act in films like We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Roger Avery's Lucky Day.

Crispin Glover reunited with River's Edge director Tim Hunter on the Bret Easton Ellis-scripted slasher film Smiley Face Killers, as the main antagonist.

Crispin Glover has completed shooting his third feature film as a director, which he developed as a vehicle for his father Bruce Crispin Glover and himself to act together.

Crispin Glover shot the film on his property in the Czech Republic.

Crispin Glover rearranges text, blacks out certain standing passages, and adds his own prose into the margins and elsewhere, thus creating an entirely new story.

Crispin Glover wrote a short essay for Adam Parfrey's book Apocalypse Culture II in 2000.

Crispin Glover directed a music video for "Clowny Clown Clown".

Crispin Glover recorded a version of the Michael Jackson song "Ben" to coincide with the release of his 2003 film Willard; the song had been written for the sequel to the original 1971 version of the film.

Crispin Glover has residences in Los Angeles, New York City, and the Czech Republic.

Crispin Glover's residence Zamek Konarovice, 45 minutes east of Prague by train, is a 17th-century 20-acre chateau that is recognized as historically significant by the Czech government.

Crispin Glover is single, and has no children, citing his busy career as one of the reasons for which he feels unfit to be a father, as he feels that a father should be there for his children.

From 2001 to 2003, Crispin Glover dated Alexa Lauren, a Penthouse magazine 'Pet of the Month' for September 1999.

Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman on July 28,1987, to promote River's Edge.

Crispin Glover has refused to go into detail about the reasons for his behavior on the show, other than to mention that he was flattered that fans are still speculating on the performance decades later.

In Back to the Future Part II, Zemeckis reused brief footage of Crispin Glover that had been filmed for the first film.

Crispin Glover was billed as "George McFly in footage from Back to the Future" in the closing credits.