Q:Facts:   - years active: 1977 -- present    - caption: glover at the 2012 tribeca film festival .    - parents: bruce glover      - birth date: 20 april 1964    - name: crispin glover    - image: crispin glover 2012 shankbone.jpg    - birth place: new york city , new york , united states    - occupation: actor publisher , author , director , screenwriter , recording artist ,   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of crispin glover .
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crispin hellion glover -lrb- born april 20 , 1964 -rrb- is an american actor , director , screenwriter , recording artist , publisher , and author .glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as george mcfly in `` back to the future '' , layne in `` river 's edge '' , unfriendly recluse rubin farr in `` rubin and ed '' , andy warhol in `` the doors '' , the `` thin man '' in the film adaptation of `` charlie 's angels '' and , willard stiles in the `` willard '' remake , the knave of hearts in `` alice in wonderland '' , phil in `` hot tub time machine '' , and a willy wonka parody in `` epic movie '' .he is also the voice of fifi in the `` open season '' franchise and appeared in the screen adaption of the elmore leonard novel `` freaky deaky '' .he played a german-speaking clairvoyant during world war i in the polish-language film `` hiszpanka '' and an unwitting employee in service of robert de niro 's character in `` the bag man '' .in the late 1980s , glover started his company , volcanic eruptions , which publishes his books and also serves as the production company for glover 's films , `` what is it ? ''and `` it is fine .everything is fine ! ''glover tours with his movies and is currently supervising the building of sets for his next productions at property he owns in the czech republic .glover was recognized for his directorial work in 2013 when the museum of arts and design 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 .