Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd 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
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 · Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose as Dr. Harry Price
- 2022 · Wednesday as Professor Orloff
- 2021 · Next Stop, Christmas as Ticket Agent/Conductor
- 2021 · The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2021 · Queen Bees as Arthur Lane
- 2021 · Hacks as Larry Arbuckle
- 2021 · Nobody as David Mansell
- 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 · A.P. Bio as Melvin
- 2017 · Muse as Bernard Rauschen
- 2017 · The Sound as Clinton Jones
- 2017 · Going in Style as Milton Kupchak
- 2016 · I Am Not a Serial Killer as Mr. Crowley
- 2016 · Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Doc Brown
- 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
- 2013 · The Michael J. Fox Show as Principal McTavish
- 2012 · The Narrative of Victor Karloch as Victor Karloch
- 2012 · The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure as Lero Sombrero
- 2012 · Piranha 3DD as Mr. Goodman
- 2012 · The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy as Grandpa Jack
- 2011 · The Chateau Meroux as Nathan
- 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
- 2008 · The Tale of Despereaux as Hovis (voice)
- 2008 · Fringe as Roscoe Joyce
- 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 Ross Moore
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self
- 2003 · NCIS as Joseph Smith
- 2003 · Tremors as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · The Big Time as Doc Powers
- 2002 · Interstate 60 as Ray
- 2002 · Cyberchase as Hacker (voice)
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmine
- 2001 · Chasing Destiny as Jet James
- 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 · Angels in the Endzone as Al
- 1997 · Quicksilver Highway as Aaron Quicksilver
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Smitty (voice)
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston
- 1996 · Spin City as Owen Kingston (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Right to Remain Silent as Johnny Benjamin
- 1995 · Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Pieces
- 1994 · The Pagemaster as Mr. Dewey
- 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
- 1990 · DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp as Merlock (voice)
- 1990 · Back to the Future Part III as Doctor Emmett Brown
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Dr. Emmett L. Brown
- 1990 · Why Me? as Bruno Daley
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
- 1989 · Back to the Future Part II as Doctor Emmett Brown
- 1988 · Eight Men Out as Bill Burns
- 1988 · Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Judge Doom
- 1988 · Track 29 as Henry Henry
- 1987 · Walk Like a Man as Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
- 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 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 · September Gun as Jack Brian
- 1982 · Cheers as Phillip Semenko
- 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
- 1980 · Schizoid as Gilbert
- 1980 · The Black Marble as Arnold's Collector
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim Ignatowski
- 1978 · Taxi as Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
- 1977 · Three Warriors as Steve Chaffey
- 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
- Future · The Movers as
- 2025 · Guns & Moses as Sol Fassbinder
- 2024 · Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps as The Alchemist
- 2023 · Camp Hideout as Falco
- 2022 · Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Spirit Halloween: The Movie as Alex Windsor
- 2022 · Tankhouse as Buford
- 2021 · The Tender Bar as Grandpa Maguire
- 2021 · King Lear as King Lear
- 2021 · Senior Moment as Sal Spinelli
- 2021 · Expedition: Back To The Future as Self
- 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
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2018 · One by One as Harvey
- 2016 · Cold Moon as James Redfield
- 2016 · 50 Years of Star Trek as Self
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2015 · Just in Time for Christmas as Grandpa Bob
- 2015 · The Boat Builder as Abner
- 2015 · Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute as Self
- 2015 · Doc Brown Saves the World as Emmett Brown
- 2015 · Back in Time 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
- 2014 · Buenas noches as Self
- 2013 · Sid the Science Kid: The Movie as Dr. Bonabodon (voice)
- 2012 · Anything but Christmas as Harry
- 2012 · Cadaver as Cadaver
- 2012 · Excuse Me for Living as Lars
- 2012 · Dead Before Dawn as Horus Galloway
- 2012 · Foodfight! as Mr. Clipboard (voice)
- 2012 · Last Call as Pete
- 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 · InSight as Shep
- 2011 · Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as
- 2011 · Love, Wedding, Marriage as Dr. George
- 2011 · The Witches of Oz as The Wizard of Oz
- 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 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 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
- 2009 · Looking Back to the Future as Self
- 2008 · Fly Me to the Moon as Amos (voice)
- 2008 · Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center as King Pellinore
- 2007 · Flakes as Willie
- 2006 · Valerie on the Stairs as Everett Neely
- 2006 · A Perfect Day as Michael
- 2006 · Looking Back at the Future as Himself
- 2005 · Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
- 2005 · Bad Girls from Valley High as Mr. Chauncey
- 2005 · Arthur Hailey's Detective as Anderson in Launderette
- 2004 · Admissions as Steward Worthy
- 2004 · Clubhouse as Lou Russo
- 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
- 2002 · Hey Arnold! The Movie as Coroner (voice)
- 2002 · Wish You Were Dead as Bruce
- 2001 · Kids World as Leo
- 2001 · When Good Ghouls Go Bad as Uncle Fred Walker
- 2001 · On the Edge as Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
- 2000 · Convergence as Morley Allen
- 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 Real Blonde as Ernst
- 1998 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam Howard
- 1997 · Dinner at Fred's as Dad
- 1997 · Changing Habits as Theo Teagarden
- 1995 · Deadly Games as Sebastian Jackal
- 1995 · Rent-a-Kid as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
- 1994 · The Making of 'The Pagemaster' as Mr. Dewey - Host
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Zoltan
- 1994 · Camp Nowhere as Dennis Van Welker
- 1992 · Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Frank Iarossi - Exxon
- 1991 · Suburban Commando as Charlie Wilcox
- 1991 · Back to the Future as Emmett Brown
- 1989 · The Dream Team as Henry Sikorsky
- 1986 · Amazing Stories as R. Beanes
- 1983 · Mr. Mom as Larry
- 1982 · Money on the Side as Sergeant Stampone
- 1982 · National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
- 1980 · Pilgrim, Farewell as Paul
- 1979 · The Onion Field as Jailhouse Lawyer
- 1979 · The Lady in Red as Frognose
- 1979 · The Fantastic Seven as Skip Hartman
- 1978 · The Word as Hans Bogardus
- 1978 · Goin' South as Towfield
- Future · Untitled Lani Pixels Project as Grandpa (voice)
- 2004 · I Dream as Professor Toone
- 2001 · Space Case as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Completely Cuckoo as Self
- 1996 · Cadillac Ranch as Wood Grimes
- 1995 · Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie as Ed Jarvis
- 1994 · In Search of Dr. Seuss as Mr. Hunch
- 1993 · Twenty Bucks as Jimmy
- 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)
- 1988 · Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Jim Martin
- 1984 · The Cowboy and the Ballerina as Woody
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Coach Hindenberg
- 1984 · Street Hawk: The Movie as Anthony Corrido
- 1980 · Semi-Tough as
- 1979 · Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as Bill Carver
- 1978 · Lacy and the Mississippi Queen as Jennings
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Jesse James (uncredited)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer (uncredited)
- Future · Amazing Stories: The Movie I as Professor (archive footage)