Characters
21 entries in the Back to the Future compendium.
Biff TannenA dim-witted bully who tries to rewrite history with an almanac.Marty McFlyA high school student who accidentally becomes a time traveler and alters history after traveling back to…Lorraine McFlyMarty's mother, who as a teenager in 1955 becomes infatuated with her own future son.Maggie McFlyThe cautious Irish matriarch of the McFly family line.EinsteinThe faithful sheep dog who travels through time with the Brown family and remains a constant friend to Marty…SkinheadJoey "Skinhead", played by Jeffrey Jay Cohen, is one of the three boys in Biff Tannen's 1955 gang.George McFlyFrom bullied weakling to successful author.Emmett BrownA mad scientist who proved that destiny isn't written until you make it so.Griff TannenThe future looks bright for bullies, until history catches up.Buford TannenThe original Mad Dog whose legacy of bullying echoes through three generations.MatchA member of Biff Tannen's gang at Hill Valley High in 1955, played by Billy Zane.Clara ClaytonThe 1885 schoolteacher Doc Brown saves from the ravine and falls in love with.Douglas J. NeedlesThe ultimate provocateur, Needles wields a single word—'chicken'—to shatter pride and steer lives toward…Biff Tannen Sr.Biff Tannen Sr. serves as the primary antagonist throughout the Back to the Future franchise, acting as the…Marvin BerryChuck Berry's cousin who witnessed a sound from the future live on stage.Buford 'Mad Dog' TannenA Hill Valley outlaw from the 1880s who harasses Seamus McFly and embodies the Tannen legacy of aggression.Marshal StricklandAncestor of Principal Strickland serving as the 1885 Marshal of Hill Valley.LouThe cafe owner who served coffee to the past and present of Hill Valley.Minor characters in Back to the Future filmsMinor characters from the Back to the Future films.Verne BrownSon of Doc Brown, named after Jules Verne.Dave McFlyThe eldest McFly child, whose life shifts from fast-food worker to white-collar worker or alcoholic gambling…
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