Christopher Lloyd
Known for Acting · 238 credits
- Born
- 1938-10-22 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- Chris Lloyd · Christopher Allen 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).
Known For
TV Shows (64)
NCIS
2003
as Joseph Smith
The Simpsons
1989
as Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Carmine
The Mandalorian
2019
as Commissioner Helgait
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Psych
2006
as Martin Kahn
King of the Hill
1997
as Smitty (voice)
Fringe
2008
as Roscoe Joyce
The West Wing
1999
as Professor Lawrence Lessig
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Walter
Cheers
1982
as Phillip Semenko
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Theodore
Hacks
2021
as Larry Arbuckle
Wednesday
2022
as Professor Orloff
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
Numb3rs
2005
as Ross Moore
Chuck
2007
as Dr. Leo Dreyfus
Barney Miller
1975
as Arnold Scully / Vincent Carew
Spin City
1996
as Owen Kingston / Owen Kingston (archive footage)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer (uncredited)
Taxi
1978
as Reverend Jim Ignatowski / Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
as Grandpa Walt Montgomery
A Million Little Things
2018
as Christopher Lloyd
Raising Hope
2010
as Dennis Powers
12 Monkeys
2015
as The Missionary / The Missionary (uncredited) / Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
Stars in the House
2020
as Self
The Conners
2018
as Lou Vitore
Amazing Stories
1985
as Professor B.O.Beanes
Masters of Horror
2005
Ed
2000
as Burt Kiffle
Cyberchase
2002
as Hacker (voice)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
A.P. Bio
2018
as Melvin
Fallen Angels
1993
as Continental Op
Knuckles
2024
as Chief Pachacamac (voice)
Over the Garden Wall
2014
as The Woodsman (voice)
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
as Self - Willy Loman, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT, 2010 (Pre-Tape Segment)
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Head Case
2007
as Self
Tremors
2003
as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
as Principal McTavish
Street Hawk
1985
as Anthony Corrido
Happy's Place
2024
as Clive
Stacked
2005
as Harold March
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Back to the Future
1991
as Emmett Brown
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Self
Deadly Games
1995
as Sebastian Jackal
Clubhouse
2004
as Lou Russo
Meteor
2009
as Prof. Daniel Lehman
The Word
1978
as Hans Bogardus
Hulk Hogan: Real American
2026
as Self
Best of the West
1981
as The Calico Kid
The Witches of Oz
2011
as The Wizard of Oz
The Adams Chronicles
1976
as Tsar Alexandre I
Knights of Bloodsteel
2009
as Tesselink
Buenas noches
2014
as Self
I Dream
2004
as Professor Toone
Movies (174)
Back to the Future
1985
as Emmett Brown
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Max Taber
Nobody
2021
as David Mansell
Nobody 2
2025
as David Mansell
Back to the Future Part II
1989
as Doctor Emmett Brown
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Kroenig
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Doctor Emmett Brown
Clue
1985
as Professor Plum
Anastasia
1997
as Rasputin (voice)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
as Judge Doom
Piranha 3D
2010
as Mr. Goodman
The Addams Family
1991
as Uncle Fester
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Switchblade Sam
Addams Family Values
1993
as Uncle Fester
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
as Doc Brown
Interstate 60
2002
as Ray
Going in Style
2017
as Milton Kupchak
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984
as John Bigboote
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
as Merlock (voice)
Piranha 3DD
2012
as Mr. Goodman
The Pagemaster
1994
as Mr. Dewey
Man on the Moon
1999
as Self (uncredited)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
as Cmdr. Kruge
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Pieces
Angels in the Outfield
1994
as Al the Angel
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
as The Salesman
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as White Knight
Amazing Stories
1986
as R. Beanes
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
Wit
2001
as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Self Reliance
2024
as Dennis Walcott
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
as Hovis (voice)
My Favorite Martian
1999
as Uncle Martin
Baby Geniuses
1999
as Heep
Camp Nowhere
1994
as Dennis Van Welker
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Emmett Brown
Goin' South
1978
as Towfield
Mr. Mom
1983
as Larry
Arthur Hailey's Detective
2005
as Anderson in Launderette
Santa Buddies
2009
as Stan Cruge
Suburban Commando
1991
as Charlie Wilcox
Cold Moon
2016
as James Redfield
Jack and the Beanstalk
2009
as Headmaster
Eight Men Out
1988
as Bill Burns
The Movers
as Henry Solomon
Twenty Bucks
1993
as Jimmy
Magic
2010
as Magic (voice)
Boundaries
2018
as Stanley
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016
as Doc Brown
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
as Self
Guns & Moses
2025
as Sol Fassbinder
Muse
2017
as Rauschen
The Onion Field
1979
as Jailhouse Lawyer
Radioland Murders
1994
as Zoltan
The Dream Team
1989
as Henry Sikorsky
Fly Me to the Moon
2008
as Amos (voice)
Hey Arnold! The Movie
2002
as Coroner (voice)
Next Stop, Christmas
2021
as Ticket Agent/Conductor
InSight
2011
as Shep
Back in Time
2015
as Self
Foodfight!
2012
as Mr. Clipboard (voice)
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
Track 29
1988
as Henry Henry
Dorothy and the Witches of Oz
2012
as The Wizard Of Oz
Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011
as Dr. George
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
The Tender Bar
2021
as Grandpa Maguire
Zodiac
2014
as Harry Setag
Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps
2024
as The Alchemist
Last Call
2012
as Pete
Quicksilver Highway
1997
as Aaron Quicksilver
The Big Time
2002
as Doc Powers
Queen Bees
2021
as Arthur Lane
Why Me?
1990
as Bruno Daley
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2012
as Lero Sombrero
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979
as Bill Carver
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019
as Self
The Real Blonde
1998
as Ernst
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Capt. Schultz
Senior Moment
2021
as Sal Spinelli
I Am Not a Serial Killer
2016
as Mr. Crowley
88
2015
as Cyrus
Dead Before Dawn
2012
as Horus Galloway
Just in Time for Christmas
2015
as Grandpa Bob
Looking Back to the Future
2009
as Self
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
2023
as Dr. Harry Price
Valerie on the Stairs
2006
as Everett Neely
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
as Self
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Frank Iarossi
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012
as Grandpa Jack
Flakes
2007
as Willie
The Ransom of Red Chief
1998
as Sam Howard
Untitled Lani Pixels Project
as Grandpa (voice)
Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2009
as Self
The Right to Remain Silent
1996
as Johnny Benjamin
The Sound
2017
as Clinton Jones
Joy of Sex
1984
as Coach Hindenberg
Miracles
1986
as Harry
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
2014
as Mayor Akerman
The Lady in Red
1979
as Frognose
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005
as Mr. Chauncey
The Boat Builder
2015
as Abner
Schizoid
1980
as Gilbert
Call of the Wild
2009
as 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
Adventures of Serial Buddies
2011
as Dr. Von Gearheart
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
2005
as Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
2014
as Grandpa Jack
A Very Sunny Christmas
2009
as Santa Claus John #2 (uncredited)
The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
as Judge Thatcher (voice)
The Chateau Meroux
2011
as Nathan
Tankhouse
2022
as Buford
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Bruce
Rent-a-Kid
1995
as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
The Fantastic Seven
1979
as Skip Hartman
Snowmen
2010
as The Caretaker
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
1984
as Woody
On the Edge
2001
as Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
Camp Hideout
2023
as Falco
Chasing Destiny
2001
as Jet James
Angels in the Endzone
1997
as Al
About Christopher Lloyd
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 Cucko… With 238 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Christopher Lloyd has appeared in 174 films and 64 TV shows.
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Most Popular Christopher Lloyd Movies
- Back to the Future (1985) — as Emmett Brown
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) — as Max Taber
- Nobody (2021) — as David Mansell
- Nobody 2 (2025) — as David Mansell
- Back to the Future Part II (1989) — as Doctor Emmett Brown
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