Lea Thompson

Lea Katherine Thompson (born 31 May 1961 in Rochester, Minnesota, USA) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–90). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), SpaceCamp (1986), Howard the Duck (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Dennis the Menace (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). She played the title character in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City (1995-99).

I met Lea at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on 18 March 2023.

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Claudia Wells

Claudia Grace Wells (born in 5 July 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is an American actress and businesswoman, best known for her role as Jennifer Parker in the film Back to the Future (1985).

I met Claudia at Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen on 13 March 2022.

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James Tolkan

James Stewart Tolkan (born 20 June 1931 in Calumet, Michigan, USA; died 26 March 2026 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA) was an American actor. I knew him best for his roles as Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990), Stinger in Top Gun (1986), Detective Lubic in Masters of the Universe (1987) and Numbers in Dick Tracy (1990).

I purchased Mr Tolkan's autograph on a Masters of the Universe 8x10 from RACC Trusted Seller #108 Ilya Zeta in December 2021. I finally got to meet him on 8 October 2022 at Comic Con Scotland where he signed my Top Gun soundtrack record sleeve and a Back to the Future 8x10. Two months later I purchased a Top Gun 8x10 from Celebrity Ink Autographs (RACC Trusted Seller #184).

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Record sleeve also signed by Michael Ironside

Mr Tolkan signing my Back to the Future
photo at Comic Con Scotland

Back to the Future panel with Claudia Wells at Comic Con Scotland

J.J. Cohen

Jeffrey Jay Cohen (born 22 June 1965) is an American actor who has appeared in film and on television. Cohen's first feature film was in the 1984 film Paradise Motel. It was not until 1985, he would get his big role in the film Back to the Future as Skinhead, a member of Biff Tannen's gang. In 1989, he reprised his role in Back to the Future Part II and one year later, he appeared in Back to the Future Part III as a member of Needles's gang.

Cohen's other film roles include the 1985 film Secret Admirer. He starred in the 1986 drama film Fire with Fire. Cohen's other big role was in the 1987 action film The Principal as White Zac. He also appeared in the Robert Englund directed horror film 976-EVIL (1988). His most recent film is 2000's Almost Famous.

Cohen has appeared in television series, including V: The Series, Baywatch, Amazing Stories, Pacific Blue and Providence.

I met J.J. at Collectormania London in November 2010.

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Donald Fullilove

Donald "Don" Fullilove (born 16 May 1958 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American film and voice actor who has had a role in numerous projects over the course of his forty-year plus career in both films and television. He portrayed Hill Valley Mayor Goldie Wilson in the first Back to the Future movie and his grandson hovermobile salesman Goldie Wilson III in Back to the Future Part II. More recently he has had a role as Nurse George, a character in Pixar's Up. He also provided the voice of Michael Jackson as a child voice actor in the animated ABC-TV Saturday Morning series The Jackson 5ive (1971–73). He also appeared in Partysaurus Rex, a Toy Story short film. He also currently has a recurring role as Reginald in American Dad!.

I met Donald at Collectormania London in November 2010.

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