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The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Eighties movie star unrecognizable 40 years after hit movie – can you guess who he is?
AN EIGHTIES movie star left film-fans doing a double take after stepping out with his bike in Los Angeles. The 61-year-old screen star, born in New York, followed in the acting footsteps of his father Bruce - who 6 A Hollywood screen star looked almost unrecognisable as he stepped out in Los Angeles Credit: 6 He dressed in all-black as he wheeled his bike to a garden center Credit: 6 Crispin Glover found movie fame in Back To The Future Credit: Alamy 6 Crispin, 61, dressed in all black for his outing Credit: While Bruce portrayed the assassin Mr Wint in James Bond flick Diamonds Are Forever and featured in the Hollywood classic Chinatown , his son Crispin Glover is famed for his role in the hit franchise Back to the Future. Crispin, who played George McFly, was seen attempting to go incognito in a black bucket hat. He paired the headgear with a jean jacket, trousers and sneakers in the same color. He kept his head down as he headed out of a tree-covered alleyway. The screen star then carried his bike as he made his way to his start point. ON SCREEN Back To The Future followed teenager Marty Mcfly, played by Michael J Fox, as he is sent back in time to 1955 by his scientist friend Doc Brown, portrayed by Christopher Lloyd. Marty must ensure that his teenage parents fall in love and return to his own time to save Doc Brown's life. It was an instant box-office hit and the movie became the highest grossing film of 1985. Most read in Entertainment Despite the film's massive success, Crispin's career took an unexpected turn when he did not return for the sequels due to a dispute with the producers over salary and creative differences. Since then, he has carved out a name for himself in Hollywood featuring in indie films such as Rivers Edge and Willard. Emotional moment Michael J. Fox receives standing ovation at Baftas as Parkinson's sufferer star presents Best Film gong In 2022 the movie star bagged a role on Netflix's hit series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. SAD LOSS Crispin announced his father's passing in a post on Instagram on May 30. The distraught son simply said: "Bruce Herbert Glover. May 2, 1932 - March 12, 2025." He also shared a touching photo of himself as a child, his father, and his mother. Crispin Glover Career CRISPIN Glover is known for his Back To The Future role - yet has he starred in anything else? Crispin Glover is famed for his role in the hit franchise Back to the Future, where he played George McFly. Despite the film's massive success, Crispin's career took an unexpected turn when he did not return for the sequels due to a dispute with the producers over salary and creative differences. Since then, he has carved out a name for himself in Hollywood featuring in indie films such as Rivers Edge and Willard. He starred in celeb-packed movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1994 In 2022 the movie star bagged a role on Netflix's hit series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. It is not yet clear why the 92-year-old died. The hard-man character actor also starred in other well-known flicks in the 1960s and 1970s like Hard Times and Bless the Beasts and Children. He was married twice and had two other children beyond Crispin. 6 Crispin played George McFly in the iconic Back To The Future flick Credit: Alamy 6 Crispin's actor father Bruce Glover sadly passed last month Credit: Getty
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Back to the Future star, 61, looks unrecognizable on rare public outing... can you guess who he is?
This reclusive actor who starred in a legendary 80s movie was spotted on a rare public outing in Los Angeles recently. The 61-year-old was dressed in all-black attire for his outing, concealing his identity beneath dark sunglasses and a bucket hat - 40 years after his starring role in Back To The Future. The character actor was worlds away from Hollywood as he was snapped visiting a local garden center on his low-key bike ride. His film roles also include turns in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Hot Tub Time Machine and Wild At Heart So can you guess who he is? From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop It's Crispin Glover! The 6ft1 star's breakout role was as Michael J. Fox's onscreen awkward father George McFly in Robert Zemeckis' 1985 cinematic classic Back to the Future, which amassed $388.8M at the box office. Crispin hated the ending when the McFlys became rich and after he turned down writer-producer Bob Gale's $125K offer to reprise his role in Part II, he was replaced with stand-in Jeffrey Weissman wearing a prosthetic mask of his face. Glover sued over the use of his likeness without permission and reportedly scored a $760K settlement, which inspired the Screen Actors Guild to put rules in place preventing the use of AI and prosthetics to recreate an absent actor. Younger generations might better remember the Big Slide Show star's silent role as henchman The Thin Man in McG's 2000 big-screen remake of the TV show Charlie's Angels and its 2003 sequel Full Throttle. Crispin memorably appeared in Tim Hunter's 1987 crime drama River's Edge, David Lynch's surrealist 1990 drama Wild at Heart, Miloš Forman's 1996 patriot comedy The People vs. Larry Flynt, and Oliver Stone's 1991 drama The Doors. Glover appeared in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Alice in Wonderland, Hot Tub Time Machine, Willard, and he took on his first small-screen role in Starz fantasy American Gods from 2017-2021. In 2005, the 15-time published author stepped behind the camera to direct What Is It? and the 2007 sequel It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine, two surreal films populated entirely by actors with Down's Syndrome. Audiences can next catch Crispin as the disturbing Tommy Taffy in David Michaels' sci-fi horror thriller The Third Parent - hitting US theaters October 31 - alongside Rob Lowe and Roselyn Sanchez. Glover was dressed in all-black attire for his outing, concealing his identity beneath dark sunglasses and a bucket hat Crispin was seen visiting a garden center on his bike ride The Beverly Hills High School grad rarely goes on talk shows following his erratic 1987 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman where he donned a wig and nearly kicked the host in the face with his platform boots The 6ft1in star hated the ending when the McFlys became rich and after he turned down writer-producer Bob Gale's $125K offer to reprise his role in Part II, he was replaced with stand-in Jeffrey Weissman (R) wearing a prosthetic mask of his face The Bleecker Street flick is based on the popular viral 'creepypasta' series from writer Elias Witherow. Glover will also play the titular traveling magician in Tallulah H. Schwab's surrealist mystery drama Mr. K, which Doppelgänger Releasing will screen in US theaters later this year. His other upcoming projects include Adam Sigal's softcore porn industry comedy Skinemax, Paul Bunnell's reimagining of 1922 Lon Chaney film A Blind Bargain, and Albert Sandoval's thriller By the Rivers of Babylon. The Beverly Hills High School grad rarely goes on talk shows following his erratic 1987 appearance on Late Night with David Letterman where he donned a wig and nearly kicked the host in the face with his platform boots. Crispin proved it was all for performance art when he reprised the same erratic 'character' called Rubin Farr in Trent Harris' 1991 buddy comedy Rubin & Ed. Glover is a life-long bachelor who's never had children, and he only ever publicly dated Penthouse model Alexa Lauren from 2001-2003. Bruce was best known for playing Bond villain Mr. Wint in Guy Hamilton's 1971 spy flick Diamonds Are Forever (pictured) as well as Duffy in Roman Polanski's 1974 ne-noir mystery Chinatown On March 12, Crispin suffered the loss of his father Bruce Glover who passed away, at age 92, from natural causes. Bruce was best known for playing Bond villain Mr. Wint in Guy Hamilton's 1971 spy flick Diamonds Are Forever as well as Duffy in Roman Polanski's 1974 ne-noir mystery Chinatown. Glover - who rarely posts on social media - shared seven Instagram snaps as a tribute to his late father.
