Jeffrey Weissman Biography

Fast Facts

• Has helped raise money for such charities as the American Heart Association, Mother's Touch, City of Hope, the National Brain Tumor Foundation and the Make a Wish Foundation
• After being invited to take the place of an actor who fell ill in a school play, he decided to devote the rest of his life to acting
• Best known for playing George McFly in "Back to the Future Part II" and "Back to the Future Part III․"
• Served as the artistic director of the improvisational comedy troupe, the Flying Penguins
• Joined the Fool's Guild in 1984 and was elected King of Fools in 1997
• Exercised his singing abilities when he joined the Briton Ensemble, which performs madrigal concerts
• A Joker collector, he collects playing cards featuring the traditional harlequin