Where Are They Now? — Everyone Behind ‘Back To The Future Part II’
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Though the original
Back to the Future is widely considered to be the better film, there is a lingering fascination with its ambitious and somewhat corny sequel that has only grown as we inched closer and closer to the “future” of 2015 that the now 25-year-old film portrays.
Remarkably, some of the technological advances that were forecast in the film
have come to be — like Skype, flat screen TVs, tablets, and flying cars — but overall there is little resemblance between the here and now and
Back to the Future 2′s version of the future. In a lot of ways, that sucks, but for the cast of the film that is good news because some of those folks looked like a wreck in the future.
How do they look now? Scroll down to gawk and read about what Biff, George McFly #2, and the rest have been up to.
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox)
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The Michael J. Fox show was a prodigious failure for NBC and Fox, but his appearances on
The Good Wife persist and he’s always a welcome presence on television. Amazingly, Fox hasn’t had a major role in a movie since 1996′s
Mars Attacks and
The Frighteners.
Doctor Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd)
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Christopher Lloyd has filmed two primetime guest spots and a cameo in the amount of time that it took for you to read this sentence. Some of his recent highlights include an appearance in the
Clue themed episode of
Psych and a cameo as Doc Brown in
A Million Ways to Die in the West.
Lorraine (Lea Thompson)
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Lea Thompson could have coasted after the glory that was
Caroline in the City (not a joke) but instead she stayed hungry and kept on keeping on. Recently she starred in
Left Behind as Nic Cage’s wife and spent some time on
Dancing With the Stars. If Marvel grows a pair and gives a
Howard the Duck reboot the greenlight, Thompson better have a role.
Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue)
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Elisabeth Shue has also known the hard and bumpy path that comes from loving a Nic Cage character thanks to her Oscar nominated turn in
Leaving Las Vegas. The second of the two actresses to play Marty’s girlfriend Jennifer (
technically, it’s three if you count Melora Hardin), Shue has continued to work steadily since the dawn of the 90s and the end of her time as a blockbuster lucky charm. She’s presently co-starring on the OG
CSI as Julie Finlay.
Biff/Griff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson)
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Wilson has embraced the dark art of stand-up comedy while still taking on the occasional supporting role. His last big live screen role was in
The Heat. He’s also done voice work on
SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Strickland (James Tolkan)
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James Tolkan appeared as Judge Fiddler opposite Al Pacino’s hair in HBO’s
Phil Spector movie in 2013.
