Christopher Lloyd profile
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Christopher Lloyd

22nd October 1938 Stamford, Connecticut, USA Acting

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).

174 Movies 64 TV Shows 238 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Nobody poster
Nobody 18th March 2021 as David Mansell
ReRUN poster
ReRUN 9th September 2018 as George Benson (old)
Muse poster
Muse 9th November 2017 as Rauschen
88 poster
88 5th August 2015 as Cyrus
Zodiac poster
Zodiac 16th August 2014 as Harry Setag
Magic poster
Magic 1st May 2010 as Magic (voice)
Snowmen poster
Snowmen 24th April 2010 as The Caretaker
Flakes poster
Flakes 19th December 2007 as Willie
On the Edge poster
On the Edge 28th June 2001 as Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
Wit poster
Wit 9th February 2001 as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Anastasia poster
Anastasia 20th November 1997 as Rasputin (voice)
Rent-a-Kid poster
Rent-a-Kid 1st January 1995 as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
Why Me? poster
Why Me? 8th February 1990 as Bruno Daley
Clue poster
Clue 13th December 1985 as Professor Plum
Knuckles poster
Knuckles 26th April 2024 as Chief Pachacamac (voice)
Wednesday poster
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 as Professor Orloff
Hacks poster
Hacks 13th May 2021 as Larry Arbuckle
12 Monkeys poster
12 Monkeys 16th January 2015 as Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary
Meteor poster
Meteor 12th July 2009 as Prof. Daniel Lehman
Fringe poster
Fringe 9th September 2008 as Roscoe Joyce
Chuck poster
Chuck 24th September 2007 as Dr. Leo Dreyfus
Psych poster
Psych 7th July 2006 as Martin Kahn
Stacked poster
Stacked 13th April 2005 as Harold March
Numb3rs poster
Numb3rs 23rd January 2005 as Ross Moore
I Dream poster
I Dream 22nd September 2004 as Professor Toone
NCIS poster
NCIS 23rd September 2003 as Joseph Smith
Tremors poster
Tremors 28th March 2003 as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
Ed poster
Ed 8th October 2000 as Burt Kiffle
Spin City poster
Spin City 17th September 1996 as Owen Kingston (archive footage)
The Simpsons poster
The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
Cheers poster
Cheers 30th September 1982 as Phillip Semenko
The Word poster
The Word 12th November 1978 as Hans Bogardus
Taxi poster
Taxi 12th September 1978 as Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Performer (uncredited)