Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying

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characters on screen, such as

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in ''

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'' (1985), Layne in ''

River's Edge ''River's Edge'' is a 1986 American crime drama film directed by Tim Hunter, written by Neal Jimenez, and starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch, Daniel Roebuck and Dennis Hopper. It follows a group of teenagers in a Norther ...

'' (1986),

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in ''

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'' (1991), Bobby McBurney in ''

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'' (1993), the Thin Man in ''

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'' (2000) and '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), Willard Stiles in '' Willard'' (2003),

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in ''

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'' (2007), The Knave of Hearts in ''

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'' (2010), Phil in ''

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'' (2010), and Mr. World in the

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television series ''

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'' (2017–2021). In the late 1980s, Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which publishes his books and also serves as the production company for his films, such as ''

What Is It? ''What Is It?'' is a 2005 American surrealist film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Crispin Glover and starring Glover, Fairuza Balk, and Steven C. Stewart. Background ''What Is It?'' is the first entry in a planned trilogy directe ...

'' (2005) and '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007).

Early life

Glover is an only child, born in New York City. He moved to

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with his family at the age of five. He is the son of actor

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and actress and dancer Marion Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey, who retired upon his birth. He was named after the Saint Crispin's Day speech from

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's play ''

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'', which his parents enjoyed.Interview
"Hellion", his real middle name, had earlier been used as a false middle name by his father, who did not like his own real Germanic middle name,

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. Glover's father is of English, Czech, and Swedish descent, while his mother has Czech (area surrounding

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) and

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ancestry. As a child, Glover attended the

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for 12th grade; he graduated in 1982.

Career

Acting

Glover began acting professionally at the age of 13. He appeared in several sitcoms as a teenager, including ''

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'' and ''

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.'' His first film role was in ''

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'' (1983), which subsequently led to roles in ''

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'' and '' Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' (both 1984). He then worked with director

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on the third chapter of

the Beaver Trilogy ''The Beaver Trilogy'' (2001) is a documentary film directed by Trent Harris, featuring Richard LaVon Griffiths (also known as "The Beaver Kid" and "Groovin' Gary"), Sean Penn, Crispin Glover and co-starring Courtney Gains and Elizabeth Daily. D ...

, entitled ''

The Orkly Kid ''The Beaver Trilogy'' (2001) is a documentary film directed by Trent Harris, featuring Richard LaVon Griffiths (also known as "The Beaver Kid" and "Groovin' Gary"), Sean Penn, Crispin Glover and co-starring Courtney Gains and Elizabeth Daily. D ...

''. In this short film, he portrayed a small-town man who organizes a local talent show to showcase his obsession with

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, much to the embarrassment of the local community. At the climax of the film, Glover does his rendition, in full drag, of Newton-John's "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" from her 1979 album ''

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''. His

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was as George McFly in

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's ''

'', an international box-office success in 1985; his character was the father of

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, despite being three years younger than

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in real life. Glover and the producers could not agree on suitable terms for him to appear in the sequels, so the role was greatly reduced and recast. Crispin Glover cropped 2010

He has continued to play exceedingly eccentric types, including playing

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's ''The Doors'' in 1991, as well as the title characters in ''

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'' (2001) and '' Willard'' (2003). He received mainstream attention as the Thin Man in the ''

'' films; the character had initially been cast as a speaking role, but Glover, noting that the lines as written were

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, convinced the producers to eliminate the lines to create a precise image for the character. Glover was a co-interlocutor with

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and

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for the special feature commentary for the DVD of

's '' Even Dwarfs Started Small''Review of Even Dwarves Started Small.
Retrieved September 23, 2007 and '' Fata Morgana''.Reflection on Fata Morgana & Lessons of Darkness.
Retrieved September 23, 2007 Glover appeared in the 2007 film ''

'' as the monster

, playing the part through

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technology. The film was Glover's first collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis since the original ''Back to the Future'' film. He voiced the character "6" in the film '' 9''. Glover played Ilosovic Stayne/the Knave of Hearts in

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's ''

''. He played the one-armed bellman in ''

'', and the unwitting employee of

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's character in ''

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''.

Fake Shemp Lawsuit

In ''

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'', Zemeckis reused brief footage of Glover that had been filmed for the first film. Glover was billed as "George McFly in footage from ''Back to the Future''" in the closing credits. The older footage was combined with new footage of actor

Jeffrey Weissman Jeffrey Weissman (born October 2, 1958) is an American actor. He has appeared in dozens of motion pictures and TV shows, most notably as George McFly in ''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''III'' and as Teddy Conway in ''Pale Rider.'' He has guest ...

wearing a false chin, nose and cheekbones, and various obfuscating methods – in the background, wearing sunglasses, rear shot, upside down – to play George McFly. Because these methods suggested that Glover himself had performed for the film, he successfully sued the producers on the grounds that they had used his likeness without permission, as well as not having paid him for the reuse of the footage from the original film. He was awarded a reported $760,000, and as a result of this suit, clauses in the

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collective bargaining agreements now state that producers and actors are not allowed to use such methods to reproduce the likeness of other actors, what is known as a

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Music

In 1989, during a hiatus from films, Glover released an album titled '' The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution, The Solution Equals Let It Be'' through

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, produced by

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. The album features original songs such as "Clowny Clown Clown", odd versions of

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's "

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", and

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's "I'll Never Say Never to Always" (sung in

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), and readings from his art books ''

Rat Catching ''Rat Catching'' () is a book by actor and filmmaker Crispin Glover. The book is a form of collage, reworked from ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'' by Henry C. Barkley, an 1896 book now in the public domain. Pictures from the book, as well ...

'' and ''Oak Mot''. Sample pages from these books are featured in the album's liner notes. Glover recorded a version of the

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song "

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" to coincide with the release of his 2003 film '' Willard''; the song had been written for the

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to the original 1971 version of the film. In the music video for the song, he sings to a rat named Ben. Several songs using Glover's name as the title have been recorded by various artists, including

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

/gothic rock band

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, Chicago

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musician

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, and a New Jersey-based band called Children in Adult Jails.

Books

Glover, himself, reports to have written between 15 and 20 books. ''Oak-Mot'' and ''Rat Catching'' are featured prominently during his ''Big Slide Show'' presentation, and are presented as visual art as much as written art. He constructs the books by reusing old novels and other publications that have fallen into the public domain due to their age (for example, ''Rat Catching'' was constructed from an 1896 book ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'', and ''Oak-Mot'' was constructed from an 1868 novel of the same title). He rearranges text, blacks out certain standing passages, and adds his own prose (and sometimes images) into the margins and elsewhere, thus creating an entirely new story. Five of his books have been published so far, through his publishing company, Volcanic Eruptions. Other known titles include ''The Backward Swing'' and ''A New World''. * ''Billow and the Rock'' (1983) * ''

'' (1988) * ''Oak-Mot'' (1989) * ''Concrete Inspection'' (1990) * ''What it is, and How it is Done'' (1992) * ''Round My House'' (2016) * The publishing years listed above may not represent first-edition publication dates, but subsequent available editions.

Directing

Glover made his directorial debut with 2005's ''

'', a

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film featuring a cast of actors with

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. It premiered at the 2005

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. With a budget of only $150,000, it took almost a decade to complete, and was originally intended to be a short film. Most of the primary footage was shot in 12 days, stretched over a two-and-a-half-year period. Production was mostly funded by Glover's roles in ''Willard'' and the ''Charlie's Angels'' films. Glover's second film, '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'', was written by Utah writer and actor Steven C. Stewart. Stewart was born with severe

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and had been confined to a nursing home for about 10 years. The film is a fantastical psychosexual retelling of life from Stewart's point of view. It premiered at the 2007

. Glover has completed shooting his third feature film as a director, which he developed as a vehicle for his father Bruce Glover and himself to act together. This film is not part three of the ''It?'' trilogy. Glover was recognized for his directorial work in 2013 when the

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in New York City staged the series ''It Is Crispin Hellion Glover''. The program consisted of screenings of all of his directorial work, live performances, and speaking engagements. He lists

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and

as influences on his film-making.

Personal life

Glover has residences in

and the

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. His residence Zámek

Konárovice Konárovice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology Konárovice was formerly called Koňařovice. The name was derived from ''koňař'' ("hor ...

, 45 minutes east of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

by train, is a 17th-century chateau that is recognized as historically significant by the

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. The property requires constant upkeep and restoration; according to Glover, "

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is a lifetime project that will be in continuous flux and repair for hundreds of years from now, as it has been the hundreds of years before I 'owned' it." Glover is not married, nor does he have 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, Glover dated Alexa Lauren, a ''

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'' magazine '

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' for September 1999.

''Late Night'' appearance

Glover appeared on ''

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'' on July 28, 1987, to promote ''

''. To the surprise of

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and the audience, Glover appeared wearing platform shoes and a wig. During the interview, Glover behaved erratically and nearly kicked Letterman in the face, causing Letterman to walk off the set. Four years later, the film '' Rubin & Ed'' premiered, in which Glover has a starring role as titular character Rubin Farr. After the release of ''Rubin & Ed'', some speculated that Glover was acting in-character as Rubin Farr during his appearance on ''Late Night''. 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."Crispin Glover on David Letterman," interviewed by Frank Hyoguchi.
Retrieved December 24, 2009.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music video

References

External links

* * *

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