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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Lloyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Nobody 2 as David Mansell
- 2025 · Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Willy Loman, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT, 2010 (Pre-Tape Segment)
- 2024 · Knuckles as Chief Pachacamac (voice)
- 2024 · Self Reliance as Dennis Walcott
- 2023 · Camp Hideout as Falco
- 2023 · Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose as Dr. Harry Price
- 2021 · The Tender Bar as Grandpa Maguire
- 2021 · The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2021 · Hacks as Larry Arbuckle
- 2021 · Nobody as David Mansell
- 2021 · Expedition: Back To The Future as Self
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Commissioner Helgait
- 2018 · The Conners as Lou Vitore
- 2018 · A Million Little Things as Christopher Lloyd
- 2018 · Boundaries as Stanley
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2018 · A.P. Bio as Melvin
- 2017 · Muse as Bernard Rauschen
- 2017 · Going in Style as Milton Kupchak
- 2016 · I Am Not a Serial Killer as Mr. Crowley
- 2015 · Back in Time as Self
- 2015 · 88 as Cyrus
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as The Missionary
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as The Missionary (uncredited)
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary
- 2014 · Over the Garden Wall as The Woodsman (voice)
- 2014 · Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Kroenig
- 2014 · Zodiac as Harry Setag
- 2014 · A Million Ways to Die in the West as Doc Brown
- 2014 · The Real History of Science Fiction as Himself
- 2014 · Buenas noches as Self
- 2013 · The Michael J. Fox Show as Principal McTavish
- 2012 · Dead Before Dawn as Horus Galloway
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Clipboard (voice)
- 2012 · Piranha 3DD as Mr. Goodman
- 2011 · Love, Wedding, Marriage as Dr. George
- 2011 · The Witches of Oz as The Wizard of Oz
- 2010 · R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Grandpa Walt Montgomery
- 2010 · Raising Hope as Dennis Powers
- 2010 · Piranha 3D as Mr. Goodman
- 2009 · Jack and the Beanstalk as Headmaster
- 2009 · Santa Buddies as Stan Cruge
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Meteor as Prof. Daniel Lehman
- 2009 · Knights of Bloodsteel as Tesselink
- 2008 · The Tale of Despereaux as Hovis (voice)
- 2008 · Fringe as Roscoe Joyce
- 2008 · Fly Me to the Moon as Amos (voice)
- 2007 · The Big Bang Theory as Theodore
- 2007 · Chuck as Dr. Leo Dreyfus
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Head Case as Self
- 2006 · Psych as Martin Kahn
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Stacked as Harold March
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2004 · Clubhouse as Lou Russo
- 2004 · I Dream as Professor Toone
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2003 · NCIS as Joseph Smith
- 2003 · Tremors as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
- 2002 · Hey Arnold! The Movie as Coroner (voice)
- 2002 · Interstate 60 as Ray
- 2002 · Cyberchase as Hacker (voice)
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmine
- 2001 · Wit as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
- 2000 · Ed as Burt Kiffle
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Walter
- 1999 · Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
- 1999 · The West Wing as Professor Lawrence Lessig
- 1999 · Baby Geniuses as Heep
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as White Knight
- 1999 · My Favorite Martian as Uncle Martin
- 1997 · Anastasia as Rasputin (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Smitty (voice)
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston (archive footage)
- 1995 · Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Pieces
- 1995 · Deadly Games as Sebastian Jackal
- 1994 · The Pagemaster as Mr. Dewey
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Zoltan
- 1994 · Camp Nowhere as Dennis Van Welker
- 1994 · Angels in the Outfield as Al the Angel
- 1993 · Addams Family Values as Uncle Fester
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Continental Op
- 1993 · Dennis the Menace as Switchblade Sam
- 1991 · The Addams Family as Uncle Fester
- 1991 · Suburban Commando as Charlie Wilcox
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Emmett Brown
- 1990 · DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp as Merlock (voice)
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Doctor Emmett Brown
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
- 1989 · Back to the Future Part II as Doctor Emmett Brown
- 1989 · The Dream Team as Henry Sikorsky
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Bill Burns
- 1988 · Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Judge Doom
- 1986 · Amazing Stories as R. Beanes
- 1985 · Clue as Professor Plum
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Professor B.O.Beanes
- 1985 · Back to the Future as Emmett Brown
- 1985 · Street Hawk as Anthony Corrido
- 1984 · The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Bigboote
- 1984 · Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Cmdr. Kruge
- 1983 · To Be or Not to Be as Capt. Schultz
- 1983 · Mr. Mom as Larry
- 1982 · Cheers as Phillip Semenko
- 1981 · Best of the West as The Calico Kid
- 1981 · The Postman Always Rings Twice as The Salesman
- 1980 · Semi-Tough as
- 1978 · The Word as Hans Bogardus
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim Ignatowski
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
- 1975 · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Max Taber
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Arnold Scully
- 1975 · Barney Miller as Vincent Carew
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer (uncredited)
- Future · Untitled Lani Pixels Project as Grandpa (voice)
- 2024 · Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps as The Alchemist
- 2024 · Guns & Moses as Sol Fassbinder
- 2022 · Spirit Halloween: The Movie as Alex Windsor
- 2022 · Tankhouse as Buford
- 2021 · Next Stop, Christmas as Ticket Agent/Conductor
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Arthur Lane
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Sal Spinelli
- 2017 · The Sound as Clinton Jones
- 2016 · Cold Moon as James Redfield
- 2016 · For the Love of Spock as Commander Kruge (archive footage)
- 2016 · 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2016 · Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Doc Brown
- 2015 · Just in Time for Christmas as Grandpa Bob
- 2015 · The Boat Builder as Abner
- 2015 · Doc Brown Saves the World as Emmett Brown
- 2015 · Back To the Present: The Special as
- 2014 · Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys as Mayor Akerman
- 2012 · Excuse Me for Living as Lars
- 2012 · The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure as Lero Sombrero
- 2012 · The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy as Grandpa Jack
- 2012 · Last Call as Pete
- 2012 · Freedom Force as Professor (voice)
- 2011 · InSight as Shep
- 2011 · The Chateau Meroux as Nathan
- 2009 · Call of the Wild as 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
- 2009 · Looking Back to the Future as Self
- 2007 · Flakes as Willie
- 2006 · Valerie on the Stairs as Everett Neely
- 2006 · A Perfect Day as Michael
- 2005 · Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
- 2005 · Bad Girls from Valley High as Mr. Chauncey
- 2002 · The Big Time as Doc Powers
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Bruce
- 2001 · When Good Ghouls Go Bad as Uncle Fred Walker
- 2001 · On the Edge as Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
- 1998 · The Real Blonde as Ernst
- 1997 · Angels in the Endzone as Al
- 1997 · Quicksilver Highway as Aaron Quicksilver
- 1996 · The Right to Remain Silent as Johnny Benjamin
- 1995 · Rent-a-Kid as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
- 1994 · The Making of 'The Pagemaster' as Mr. Dewey - Host
- 1993 · Twenty Bucks as Jimmy
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Dr. Emmett L. Brown
- 1990 · Why Me? as Bruno Daley
- 1988 · Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- 1988 · Track 29 as Henry Henry
- 1987 · Walk Like a Man as Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Coach Hindenberg
- 1983 · September Gun as Jack Brian
- 1982 · National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
- 1981 · The Legend of the Lone Ranger as Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
- 1980 · Schizoid as Gilbert
- 1980 · The Black Marble as Arnold's Collector
- 1979 · The Onion Field as Jailhouse Lawyer
- 1979 · The Lady in Red as Frognose
- 1979 · Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Bill Carver
- 1978 · Goin' South as Towfield
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Jesse James (uncredited)
- Future · Amazing Stories: The Movie I as Professor (archive footage)
- 2022 · Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2019 · The Haunted Swordsman as The Black Monk
- 2019 · That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
- 2019 · Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson as Self
- 2018 · ReRUN as George Benson (old)
- 2018 · Making a Killing as Lloyd Mickey
- 2015 · Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute as Self
- 2014 · The One I Wrote for You as Pop
- 2014 · Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson as Grandpa Jack
- 2013 · Sid the Science Kid: The Movie as Dr. Bonabodon (voice)
- 2012 · Anything but Christmas as Harry
- 2012 · Cadaver as Cadaver
- 2012 · The Narrative of Victor Karloch as Victor Karloch
- 2012 · Say It Ain't Solo as Himself
- 2012 · Dorothy and the Witches of Oz as The Wizard Of Oz
- 2011 · Adventures of Serial Buddies as Dr. Von Gearheart
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
- 2010 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Magic as Magic (voice)
- 2010 · Snowmen as The Caretaker
- 2009 · A Very Sunny Christmas as Santa Claus John #2 (uncredited)
- 2009 · The Macabre World of Lavender Williams as Lester (voice)
- 2009 · Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Self
- 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Pellinore
- 2006 · Looking Back at the Future as Himself
- 2005 · Arthur Hailey's Detective as Anderson in Launderette
- 2004 · Admissions as Steward Worthy
- 2004 · Car Crash: The Delorean Story as Himself
- 2003 · Merry Christmas Space Case as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Haunted Lighthouse 4-D as Cap'n Jack
- 2001 · Kids World as Leo
- 2001 · Chasing Destiny as Jet James
- 2001 · Space Case as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Convergence as Morley Allen
- 1997 · Dinner at Fred's as Dad
- 1992 · Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Frank Iarossi - Exxon
- Future · The Movers as
- 1999 · The Emperor's Treasure as Lord Imaru (voice)
- 1999 · It Came From the Sky as Jarvis Moody
- 1998 · The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Judge Thatcher (voice)
- 1998 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam Howard
- 1997 · Completely Cuckoo as Self
- 1997 · Changing Habits as Theo Teagarden
- 1996 · Cadillac Ranch as Wood Grimes
- 1995 · Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie as Ed Jarvis
- 1994 · In Search of Dr. Seuss as Mr. Hunch
- 1992 · T Bone N Weasel as Weasel
- 1991 · Back to the Future: The Ride as Doctor Emmet Brown
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Dr. Emmett Brown (archive footage)
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Jim Martin
- 1986 · Miracles as Harry
- 1984 · The Cowboy and the Ballerina as
- 1984 · Street Hawk: The Movie as Anthony Corrido
- 1982 · Money on the Side as Sergeant Stampone
- 1980 · Pilgrim, Farewell as Paul
- 1979 · The Fantastic Seven as Skip Hartman
- 1978 · Lacy and the Mississippi Queen as Jennings
- 1977 · Three Warriors as
- Future · Meteor as Prof. Daniel Lehman