‘Back to the Future’: Why Biff Actor Thomas F. Wilson Refuses to Call Fans ‘Butthead’

Michelle Stein January 26, 2026, 10:36 am

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BACK TO THE FUTURE, Thomas F. Wilson, 1985, ©Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

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Back to the Future star Thomas F. Wilson recently opened up about why he refuses to call fans “butthead” 40 years after the 1985 film premiered.

In a January appearance on the Inside of You podcast, hosted by Michael Rosenbaum, Wilson, 66, confessed that he had changed his approach when interacting with fans. The actor who played Biff Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy explained that he stopped saying his character’s catchphrase in 2010, around the 25th anniversary of the first film.

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