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).

Filmography

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• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Willy Loman, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT, 2010 (Pre-Tape Segment)
• 2025Guns & Moses — Sol Fassbinder
• 2025Nobody 2 — David Mansell
• Happy's Place — Clive
• Knuckles — Chief Pachacamac (voice)
• 2024Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps — The Alchemist
• 2024Self Reliance — Dennis Walcott
• 2023Camp Hideout — Falco
• 2023Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose — Dr. Harry Price
• 2022Spirit Halloween: The Movie — Alex Windsor
• 2022Tankhouse — Buford
• Wednesday — Professor Orloff
• Hacks — Larry Arbuckle
• 2021King Lear — King Lear
• 2021Next Stop, Christmas — Ticket Agent/Conductor
• 2021Nobody — David Mansell
• 2021Queen Bees — Arthur Lane
• 2021Senior Moment — Sal Spinelli
• 2021The Tender Bar — Grandpa Maguire
• 2019The Haunted Swordsman — The Black Monk
• The Mandalorian — Commissioner Helgait
• 2019Wildchat
• A Million Little Things — Christopher Lloyd
• A.P. Bio — Melvin
• Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles — Dr. Emmet Brown
• 2018Boundaries — Stanley
• 2018Making a Killing — Lloyd Mickey
• 2018One by One — Harvey
• 2018ReRUN — George Benson (old)
• The Conners — Lou Vitore
• 2017Going in Style — Milton Kupchak
• 2017Muse — Rauschen
• 2017The Cyberchase Movie — The Hacker (voice)
• 2017The Sound — Clinton Jones
• 2016Cold Moon — James Redfield
• 2016Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie — Doc Brown
• 2016I Am Not a Serial Killer — Mr. Crowley
• 12 Monkeys — The Missionary, The Missionary (uncredited), Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary
• 201588 — Cyrus
• 2015Back To the Present: The Special
• 2015Doc Brown Saves the World — Emmett Brown
• 2015Just in Time for Christmas — Grandpa Bob
• 2015The Boat Builder — Abner
• 2014A Million Ways to Die in the West — Doc Brown
• 2014Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys — Mayor Akerman
• Over the Garden Wall — The Woodsman (voice)
• 2014Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson — Grandpa Jack
• 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For — Kroenig
• 2014The One I Wrote for You — Pop
• 2014Zodiac — Harry Setag
• 2013Sid the Science Kid: The Movie — Dr. Bonabodon (voice)
• The Michael J. Fox Show — Principal McTavish
• 2012Anything but Christmas — Harry
• 2012Cadaver — Cadaver
• 2012Dead Before Dawn — Horus Galloway
• 2012Dorothy and the Witches of Oz — The Wizard Of Oz
• 2012Excuse Me for Living — Lars
• 2012Foodfight! — Mr. Clipboard (voice)
• 2012Last Call — Pete
• 2012Piranha 3DD — Mr. Goodman
• 2012The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy — Grandpa Jack
• 2012The Narrative of Victor Karloch — Victor Karloch
• 2012The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure — Lero Sombrero
• 2011Adventures of Serial Buddies — Dr. Von Gearheart
• 2011InSight — Shep
• 2011Love, Wedding, Marriage — Dr. George
• 2011The Chateau Meroux — Nathan
• The Witches of Oz — The Wizard of Oz
• 2010Magic — Magic (voice)
• 2010Piranha 3D — Mr. Goodman
• R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour — Grandpa Walt Montgomery
• Raising Hope — Dennis Powers
• 2010Snowmen — The Caretaker
• 2009A Very Sunny Christmas — Santa Claus John #2 (uncredited)
• 2009Call of the Wild — 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
• 2009Jack and the Beanstalk — Headmaster
• 2009Knights of Bloodsteel — Tesselink
• Knights of Bloodsteel — Tesselink
• 2009Looking Back to the Future — Self, Thanks
• Meteor — Prof. Daniel Lehman
• 2009Santa Buddies — Stan Cruge
• 2009The Macabre World of Lavender Williams — Lester (voice)
• 2008Camelot: Live from Lincoln Center — King Pellinore
• 2008Fly Me to the Moon — Amos (voice)
• Fringe — Roscoe Joyce
• 2008The Tale of Despereaux — Hovis (voice)
• Chuck — Dr. Leo Dreyfus
• 2007Flakes — Willie
• The Big Bang Theory — Theodore
• 2006A Perfect Day — Michael
• Psych — Martin Kahn
• 2006Valerie on the Stairs — Everett Neely
• 2005Arthur Hailey's Detective — Anderson in Launderette
• 2005Bad Girls from Valley High — Mr. Chauncey
• 2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie — Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
• Masters of Horror
• Numb3rs — Ross Moore
• Stacked — Harold March
• 2004Admissions — Steward Worthy
• Clubhouse — Lou Russo
• I Dream — Professor Toone
• 2003Haunted Lighthouse 4-D — Cap'n Jack
• 2003Merry Christmas Space Case — Narrator (voice)
• NCIS — Joseph Smith
• Tremors — Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
• Cyberchase — Hacker (voice)
• 2002Hey Arnold! The Movie — Coroner (voice)
• 2002Interstate 60 — Ray
• 2002The Big Time — Doc Powers
• 2002Wish You Were Dead — Bruce
• 2001Chasing Destiny — Jet James
• 2001Kids World — Leo
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Carmine
• 2001On the Edge — Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
• 2001Space Case — Narrator (voice)
• 2001When Good Ghouls Go Bad — Uncle Fred Walker
• 2001Wit — Dr. Harvey Kelekian
• 2000Convergence — Morley Allen
• Ed — Burt Kiffle
• Malcolm in the Middle — Walter
• 1999Alice in Wonderland — White Knight
• 1999Baby Geniuses — Heep
• 1999It Came from the Sky — Jarvis Moody
• 1999My Favorite Martian — Uncle Martin
• 1999The Emperor's Treasure — Lord Imaru (voice)
• The West Wing — Professor Lawrence Lessig
• 1998The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Judge Thatcher (voice)
• 1998The Ransom of Red Chief — Sam Howard
• 1998The Real Blonde — Ernst
• 1997Anastasia — Rasputin (voice)
• 1997Angels in the Endzone — Al
• 1997Changing Habits — Theo Teagarden
• 1997Dinner at Fred's — Dad
• King of the Hill — Smitty (voice)
• 1997Quicksilver Highway — Aaron Quicksilver
• 1996Cadillac Ranch — Wood Grimes
• Spin City — Owen Kingston
• 1996The Right to Remain Silent — Johnny Benjamin
• Deadly Games — Sebastian Jackal
• 1995Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie — Ed Jarvis
• 1995Rent-a-Kid — Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
• 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead — Pieces
• 1994Angels in the Outfield — Al the Angel
• 1994Camp Nowhere — Dennis Van Welker
• 1994In Search of Dr. Seuss — Mr. Hunch
• 1994Radioland Murders — Zoltan
• 1994The Making of 'The Pagemaster' — Mr. Dewey - Host
• 1994The Pagemaster — The Pagemaster (voice) / Mr. Dewey
• 1993Addams Family Values — Uncle Fester
• 1993Dennis the Menace — Switchblade Sam
• Fallen Angels — Continental Op
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Jimmy
• 1992Back to the Future: The Ride — Christopher Lloyd
• 1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster — Frank Iarossi
• 1992T Bone N Weasel — Weasel
• Back to the Future — Emmett Brown
• 1991Suburban Commando — Charlie Wilcox
• 1991The Addams Family — Uncle Fester
• 1990Back to the Future Part III — Doctor Emmett Brown
• 1990DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp — Merlock (voice)
• 1990The Earth Day Special — Emmett Brown
• 1990The Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy — Dr. Emmett Brown (archive footage)
• 1990Why Me? — Bruno Daley
• 1989Back to the Future Part II — Doctor Emmett Brown
• 1989The Dream Team — Henry Sikorsky
• The Simpsons — Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
• 1988Eight Men Out — Bill Burns
• 1988Track 29 — Henry Henry
• 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Judge Doom
• 1987Legend of the White Horse — Jim Martin
• 1987Walk Like a Man — Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
• 1986Amazing Stories — R. Beanes
• 1986Miracles — Harry
• Amazing Stories — Professor B.O.Beanes
• 1985Back to the Future — Emmett Brown
• 1985Clue — Professor Plum
• Street Hawk — Anthony Corrido
• 1984Joy of Sex — Coach Hindenberg
• 1984Star Trek III: The Search for Spock — Cmdr. Kruge
• 1984Street Hawk: The Movie — Anthony Corrido
• 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension — John Bigboote
• 1984The Cowboy and the Ballerina — Woody
• 1983Mr. Mom — Larry
• 1983September Gun — Jack Brian
• 1983To Be or Not to Be — Capt. Schultz
• American Playhouse — Paul
• Cheers — Phillip Semenko
• 1982Money on the Side — Sergeant Stampone
• 1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness — Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
• 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger — Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
• 1981The Postman Always Rings Twice — The Salesman
• 1980Pilgrim, Farewell — Paul
• 1980Schizoid — Gilbert
• Semi-Tough — Frank Mullens
• 1980The Black Marble — Arnold's Collector
• 1979Butch and Sundance: The Early Days — Bill Carver
• 1979The Fantastic Seven — Skip Hartman
• 1979The Lady in Red — Frognose
• 1979The Onion Field — Jailhouse Lawyer
• 1978Goin' South — Towfield
• 1978Lacy and the Mississippi Queen — Jennings
• Taxi — Reverend Jim Ignatowski, Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
• The Word — Hans Bogardus
• 1977Another Man, Another Chance — Jesse James (uncredited)
• 1977Three Warriors — Steve Chaffey
• The Adams Chronicles — Tsar Alexandre I
• Barney Miller — Arnold Scully, Vincent Carew
• 1975One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Max Taber
• Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection
• The Movers — Henry Solomon
• Untitled Lani Pixels Project — Grandpa (voice)

Appearances as themselves (30)

• Hulk Hogan: Real American — Self
• 2022Who Done It: The Clue Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• Expedition: Back To The Future — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2019Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson — Self
• 2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• 201650 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2016Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows — Self
• 2015Back in Time — Self
• 2015Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute — Self
• Buenas noches — Self
• The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
• 2012Say It Ain't Solo — Self
• 2011Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Self
• 2010Tales from the Future — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• 2009Making of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Self
• Head Case — Self
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• 2006Looking Back at the Future — Himself
• 2004Car Crash: The Delorean Story — Himself
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 1999Man on the Moon — Self (uncredited)
• 1997Completely Cuckoo — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Tony Awards — Self - Performer (uncredited)