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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 22, 1938
Place of Birth:
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
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Christopher Lloyd
Biography
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990) and Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards.
Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning Drama Desk and Obie awards for his work. He made his cinematic debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and went on to star as Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Professor Plum in Clue (1985), Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), Switchblade Sam in Dennis the Menace (1993), Mr. Goodman in Piranha 3D (2010), Bill Crowley in I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) and David Mansell in Nobody (2021).
He earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance as Alistair Dimple in Road to Avonlea (1992), and won an Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Twenty Bucks (1993). He has done extensive voice work, including Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990), Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia (1997), the Hacker in the PBS Kids series Cyberchase (2002–present), which earned him Daytime Emmy nominations, and the Woodsman in the Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney | Self - Willy Loman, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT, 2010 (Pre-Tape Segment) |
| 2024 | Knuckles | Chief Pachacamac (voice) |
| 2021 | Expedition: Back To The Future | Self |
| 2021 | The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek | Self |
| 2021 | Hacks | Larry Arbuckle |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | Commissioner Helgait |
| 2018 | A.P. Bio | Melvin |
| 2018 | The Conners | Lou Vitore |
| 2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self |
| 2018 | A Million Little Things | Christopher Lloyd |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | The Missionary |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | The Missionary (uncredited) |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary |
| 2014 | Buenas noches | Self |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | The Woodsman (voice) |
| 2014 | The Real History of Science Fiction | Himself |
| 2013 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Principal McTavish |
| 2011 | The Witches of Oz | The Wizard of Oz |
| 2010 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Grandpa Walt Montgomery |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Dennis Powers |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self |
| 2009 | Meteor | Prof. Daniel Lehman |
| 2009 | Knights of Bloodsteel | Tesselink |
| 2008 | Fringe | Roscoe Joyce |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2007 | Chuck | Dr. Leo Dreyfus |
| 2007 | The Big Bang Theory | Theodore |
| 2007 | Head Case | Self |
| 2006 | Psych | Martin Kahn |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | |
| 2005 | Stacked | Harold March |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self |
| 2004 | I Dream | Professor Toone |
| 2004 | Clubhouse | Lou Russo |
| 2003 | Tremors | Dr. Cletus Poffenberger |
| 2003 | NCIS | Joseph Smith |
| 2002 | Cyberchase | Hacker (voice) |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Carmine |
| 2000 | Ed | Burt Kiffle |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Walter |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Professor Lawrence Lessig |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Smitty (voice) |
| 1996 | Spin City | Owen Kingston |
| 1996 | Spin City | Owen Kingston (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Deadly Games | Sebastian Jackal |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels | Continental Op |
| 1991 | Back to the Future | Emmett Brown |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice) |
| 1985 | Street Hawk | Anthony Corrido |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Professor B.O.Beanes |
| 1982 | Cheers | Phillip Semenko |
| 1981 | Best of the West | The Calico Kid |
| 1980 | Semi-Tough | |
| 1978 | The Word | Hans Bogardus |
| 1978 | Taxi | Reverend Jim Ignatowski |
| 1978 | Taxi | Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Arnold Scully |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Vincent Carew |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer (uncredited) |