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
- 2024 · Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps as The Alchemist
- 2023 · Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose as Dr. Harry Price
- 2022 · Spirit Halloween: The Movie as Alex Windsor
- 2022 · Tankhouse as Buford
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Arthur Lane
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Sal Spinelli
- 2019 · The Haunted Swordsman as The Black Monk
- 2018 · Making a Killing as Lloyd Mickey
- 2017 · The Sound as Clinton Jones
- 2016 · Cold Moon as James Redfield
- 2016 · 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2015 · Back To the Present: The Special as
- 2014 · The One I Wrote for You as Pop
- 2014 · Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson as Grandpa Jack
- 2012 · Anything but Christmas as Harry
- 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 · Dorothy and the Witches of Oz as The Wizard Of Oz
- 2012 · Freedom Force as Professor (voice)
- 2011 · InSight as Shep
- 2011 · The Chateau Meroux as Nathan
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
- 2010 · Snowmen as The Caretaker
- 2009 · A Very Sunny Christmas as Santa Claus John #2 (uncredited)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Looking Back to the Future as Self
- 2007 · Flakes as Willie
- 2006 · A Perfect Day as Michael
- 2005 · Bad Girls from Valley High as Mr. Chauncey
- 2005 · Arthur Hailey's Detective as Anderson in Launderette
- 2004 · I Dream as Professor Toone
- 2001 · When Good Ghouls Go Bad as Uncle Fred Walker
- 2001 · On the Edge as Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
- 1999 · It Came From the Sky as Jarvis Moody
- 1998 · The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Judge Thatcher (voice)
- 1998 · The Real Blonde as Ernst
- 1998 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam Howard
- 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
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Zoltan
- 1993 · Twenty Bucks as Jimmy
- 1990 · The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy as Dr. Emmett Brown (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Dr. Emmett L. Brown
- 1990 · Why Me? as Bruno Daley
- 1988 · Track 29 as Henry Henry
- 1987 · Walk Like a Man as Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
- 1986 · Amazing Stories as R. Beanes
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Coach Hindenberg
- 1982 · National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
- 1980 · Schizoid as Gilbert
- 1980 · The Black Marble as Arnold's Collector
- 1979 · The Lady in Red as Frognose
- 1979 · Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Bill Carver
- Future · Untitled Lani Pixels Project as Grandpa (voice)
- 2024 · Guns & Moses as Sol Fassbinder
- 2024 · Knuckles as Chief Pachacamac (voice)
- 2024 · Self Reliance as Dennis Walcott
- 2023 · Camp Hideout as Falco
- 2022 · Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Tender Bar as Grandpa Maguire
- 2021 · Next Stop, Christmas as Ticket Agent/Conductor
- 2021 · The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2021 · King Lear as King Lear
- 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
- 2019 · That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
- 2019 · Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson as Self
- 2018 · The Conners as Lou Vitore
- 2018 · A Million Little Things as Christopher Lloyd
- 2018 · ReRUN as George Benson (old)
- 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 · For the Love of Spock as Commander Kruge (archive footage)
- 2016 · I Am Not a Serial Killer as Mr. Crowley
- 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 · Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute as Self
- 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 · Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys as Mayor Akerman
- 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
- 2013 · Sid the Science Kid: The Movie as Dr. Bonabodon (voice)
- 2012 · Cadaver as Cadaver
- 2012 · Dead Before Dawn as Horus Galloway
- 2012 · The Narrative of Victor Karloch as Victor Karloch
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Clipboard (voice)
- 2012 · Piranha 3DD as Mr. Goodman
- 2012 · Say It Ain't Solo as Himself
- 2011 · Adventures of Serial Buddies as Dr. Von Gearheart
- 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 · Tales from the Future as Self
- 2010 · Piranha 3D as Mr. Goodman
- 2010 · Magic as Magic (voice)
- 2009 · Jack and the Beanstalk as Headmaster
- 2009 · Santa Buddies as Stan Cruge
- 2009 · Meteor as Prof. Daniel Lehman
- 2009 · Call of the Wild as 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
- 2009 · The Macabre World of Lavender Williams as Lester (voice)
- 2009 · Knights of Bloodsteel as Tesselink
- 2009 · Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as Self
- 2008 · The Tale of Despereaux as Hovis (voice)
- 2008 · Fringe as Roscoe Joyce
- 2008 · Fly Me to the Moon as Amos (voice)
- 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Pellinore
- 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 · Valerie on the Stairs as Everett Neely
- 2006 · Psych as Martin Kahn
- 2006 · Looking Back at the Future as Himself
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
- 2005 · Stacked as Harold March
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2004 · Admissions as Steward Worthy
- 2004 · Clubhouse as Lou Russo
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2004 · Car Crash: The Delorean Story as Himself
- 2003 · Merry Christmas Space Case as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · NCIS as Joseph Smith
- 2003 · Tremors as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
- 2003 · Haunted Lighthouse 4-D as Cap'n Jack
- 2002 · The Big Time as Doc Powers
- 2002 · Hey Arnold! The Movie as Coroner (voice)
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Bruce
- 2002 · Interstate 60 as Ray
- 2002 · Cyberchase as Hacker (voice)
- 2001 · Kids World as Leo
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmine
- 2001 · Chasing Destiny as Jet James
- 2001 · Wit as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
- 2001 · Space Case as Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Ed as Burt Kiffle
- 2000 · Convergence as Morley Allen
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as Walter
- 1999 · Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
- 1999 · The West Wing as Professor Lawrence Lessig
- 1999 · The Emperor's Treasure as Lord Imaru (voice)
- 1999 · Baby Geniuses as Heep
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as White Knight
- 1999 · My Favorite Martian as Uncle Martin
- 1997 · Completely Cuckoo as Self
- 1997 · Anastasia as Rasputin (voice)
- 1997 · Dinner at Fred's as Dad
- 1997 · Changing Habits as Theo Teagarden
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Smitty (voice)
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston (archive footage)
- 1996 · Cadillac Ranch as Wood Grimes
- 1995 · Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Pieces
- 1995 · Deadly Games as Sebastian Jackal
- 1995 · Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie as Ed Jarvis
- 1994 · The Pagemaster as Mr. Dewey
- 1994 · In Search of Dr. Seuss as Mr. Hunch
- 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
- 1992 · T Bone N Weasel as Weasel
- 1992 · Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Frank Iarossi - Exxon
- 1991 · The Addams Family as Uncle Fester
- 1991 · Suburban Commando as Charlie Wilcox
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Emmett Brown
- 1991 · Back to the Future: The Ride as Doctor Emmet 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
- Future · Amazing Stories: The Movie I as Professor (archive footage)
- 1988 · Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- 1988 · Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Judge Doom
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Jim Martin
- 1986 · Miracles as Harry
- 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 Cowboy and the Ballerina as
- 1984 · The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Bigboote
- 1984 · Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Cmdr. Kruge
- 1984 · Street Hawk: The Movie as Anthony Corrido
- 1983 · To Be or Not to Be as Capt. Schultz
- 1983 · September Gun as Jack Brian
- 1983 · Mr. Mom as Larry
- 1982 · Cheers as Phillip Semenko
- 1982 · Money on the Side as Sergeant Stampone
- 1981 · Best of the West as The Calico Kid
- 1981 · The Legend of the Lone Ranger as Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
- 1981 · The Postman Always Rings Twice as The Salesman
- Future · Meteor as Prof. Daniel Lehman
- 1980 · Pilgrim, Farewell as Paul
- 1980 · Semi-Tough as
- 1979 · The Onion Field as Jailhouse Lawyer
- 1979 · The Fantastic Seven as Skip Hartman
- 1978 · The Word as Hans Bogardus
- 1978 · Goin' South as Towfield
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim Ignatowski
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
- 1977 · Three Warriors as
- Future · The Movers as
- 1978 · Lacy and the Mississippi Queen as Jennings
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Jesse James (uncredited)
- 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)