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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.

Aliases
  • Christopher Allen Lloyd
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Filmography

50 Years of Star Trek

2016
as himself

88

2015
as Cyrus

A Perfect Day

2006
as Michael

Addams Family Values

1993
as Uncle Fester Addams

Admissions

2004
as Stewart Worthy

Adventures of Serial Buddies

2011
as Dr. Von Gearheart

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as White Knight

Anastasia

1997
as Rasputin (voice)

Angels in the Endzone

1997
as Al the Boss Angel

Angels in the Outfield

1994
as Al the Boss Angel

Another Man, Another Chance

1977
as Jesse James

Baby Geniuses

1999
as Heep

Back To the Present: The Special

2015

Back in Time

2015
as Himself

Back to the Future

1991
as Dr. Emmett L. Brown

Back to the Future

1985
as Dr. Emmett Brown

Back to the Future Part II

1989
as Dr. Emmett Brown

Back to the Future Part III

1990
as Dr. Emmett Brown

Back to the Future: The Hill Valley Chronicles

2018
as Dr. Emmett Brown

Bad Girls from Valley High

2005
as Mr. Chauncey

Best of the West

1981
as The Calico Kid

Blood Lake

2014
as Mayor Akerman

Boundaries

2018
as Stanley

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

1979
as Bill Tod Carver

Cadaver

2012
as Cadaver

Call of the Wild

2009
as 'Grandpa' Bill Hale

Camp Hideout

2023

Camp Nowhere

1994
as Dennis Van Welker

Changing Habits

1997
as Theo Teagarden

Chasing Destiny

2001
as Jet James

Clubhouse

2004

Clue

1985
as Professor Plum

Cold Moon

2016
as James Redfield

Completely Cuckoo

1997
as Himself

Convergence

2000
as Morley Allen

Crackanory

2013
as Storyteller

Cyberchase

2002
as Hacker

Dead Before Dawn 3D

2012
as Horus Galloway

Deadly Games

1995
as Jordan Kenneth Lloyd

Delhi Safari

2012
as Pigeon (voice: English version)

Dennis the Menace

1993
as Switchblade Sam

Dinner at Fred's

1999
as Dad

Doc Brown Saves the World

2015
as Emmett Brown

Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie

2016
as Doc Brown

DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

1990
as Merlock

Eight Men Out

1988
as 'Sleepy' Bill Burns

Excuse Me for Living

2012
as Lars

Expedition: Back to the Future

2021
as Christopher Lloyd / Doc

Fly Me to the Moon

2008
as Amos (voice)

Foodfight!

2012
as Mr. Clipboard

Freedom Force

2012
as Professor (voice)

Goin' South

1978
as Deputy Towfield

Going in Style

2017
as Milton Kupchak

Haunted Lighthouse

2003
as Cap'n Jack

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie

2005
as Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)

Hey Arnold! The Movie

2002
as Coroner

I Am Not a Serial Killer

2016
as Crowley

I Dream

2004
as Professor Toone

In Search of Dr. Seuss

1994
as Mr. Hunch

InSight

2011
as Shep

Interstate 60

2002
as Ray

It Came From the Sky

1999
as Jarvis Moody

Jack and the Beanstalk

2009
as Headmaster

Joy of Sex

1984
as Coach Hindenberg

Just in Time for Christmas

2015
as Grandpa Bob

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute

2015

Kingdom Hearts Timeline

2018
as Master Xehanort (KH III Re Mind - Onward)

Last Call

2012
as Pete

Legend of the White Horse

1987
as Jim Martin

Looking Back at the Future

2006
as Himself

Love, Wedding, Marriage

2011
as Dr. George

Making a Killing

2018
as Lloyd Mickey

Malcolm in the Middle

2000
as Walter

Man & Witch

as The alchemist

Man on the Moon

1999
as Christopher Lloyd - 'Taxi' Actor

Meteor: Path to Destruction

2009
as Dr. Lehman

Miracles

1986
as Harry

Mr. Mom

1983
as Larry

Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie

1995
as Ed Jarvis

Muse

2017
as Bernard Rauschen

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

2016

My Favorite Martian

1999
as Oncle Martin (le Martien)

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982
as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")

Next Stop, Christmas

2021
as Ticket Agent/Conductor

Nobody

2021
as David Mansell

On The Edge

2001

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975
as Taber

Over the Garden Wall

2014
as The Woodsman

Piranha 3D

2010
as Henry Goodman

Piranha 3DD

2012
as Mr. Goodman

Quicksilver Highway

1997
as Aaron Quicksilver

Radioland Murders

1994
as Zoltan

Rent-a-Kid

1995
as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey

Santa Buddies

2009
as Stan Cruge

Schizoid

1980
as Gilbert

Scrat's Treasure Hunt

2010
as Rasputin (voice)

Self Reliance

2024

Senior Moment

2021
as Sal Spinelli

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014
as Kroenig

Snowmen

2010
as The Caretaker

Spirit Halloween

2022
as Alex Windsor

Stacked

2005
as Harold

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984
as Cmdr. Kruge

Suburban Commando

1991
as Charlie Wilcox

Tales from the Future

2010
as Himself

Taxi

1978
as Reverend Jim Ignatowski

The Addams Family

1991
as Uncle Fester

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984
as John Bigboote

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy

2016
as Grandpa Jack

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1998
as Judge Thatcher (voice)

The Black Marble

1980
as Arnold's Collector

The Chateau Meroux

2011
as Nathan

The Dream Team

1989
as Henry Sikorsky

The Earth Day Special

1990

The Lady in Red

1979
as "Frognose" Balducci

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981
as Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish

The Onion Field

1979
as Jailhouse lawyer

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

2012
as Lero Sombrero

The Pagemaster

1994
as Mr. Dewey

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981
as Salesman

The Ransom of Red Chief

1998
as Sam Howard

The Real Blonde

1998
as Ernst

The Right to Remain Silent

1996
as Johnny Benjamin

The Sound

2017
as Clinton Jones

The Tale of Despereaux

2008
as Hovis (voice)

The Tender Bar

2021
as Grandpa Maguire

The Witches of Oz

2011
as The Wizard of Oz

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995
as Pieces

To Be or Not to Be

1983
as Capt. Schultz

Track 29

1988
as Henry Henry

Twenty Bucks

1993
as Jimmy

Untitled Lani Pixels Project

as Grandpa (voice)

Valerie on the Stairs

2006
as Everett Neely

Walk Like a Man

1987
as Reggie Shand / Henry Shand

When Good Ghouls Go Bad

2001
as Uncle Fred Walker

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1988
as Judge Doom

Why Me?

1990
as Bruno Daley

Wish You Were Dead

2002
as Bruce

Wit

2001
as Dr. Harvey Kelekian

Zodiac

2014
as Harry Setag

Writer

Episode Modern Family
Coal Digger 		2009
Episode Modern Family
Manny Get Your Gun 		2010
Episode Modern Family
Party Crasher 		2013
Episode Modern Family
Pilot 		2009
Episode Modern Family
The Feud 		2014
Episode Modern Family
Up All Night 		2010

Creator

Episode Modern Family
Pilot 		2009

Producer

Episode Modern Family
Pilot 		2009

Guest Star

Episode 12 Monkeys
After 		2018
Episode Spin City
Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day 		1999
Episode Head Case
Best Laid Plans 		2008
Episode King of the Hill
Care-Takin' Care of Business 		2005
Episode The Mandalorian
Chapter 22: Guns for Hire 		2023
Episode Chuck
Chuck Versus the Tooth 		2010
Episode Granite Flats
Cor Unum, Corambis 		2014
Episode Raising Hope
Credit Where Credit Is Due 		2013
Episode Screen One
Disaster at Valdez 		1992
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Family Reunion 		2002
Episode Fallen Angels
Fly Paper 		1995
Episode BBC Documentaries
Gardener Provocateur: Tribute to Christopher Lloyd 		2007
Episode Amazing Stories (1985)
Go to the Head of the Class 		1986
Episode R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series
Grampires (Part 1) 		2012
Episode R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series
Grampires (Part 2) 		2012
Episode Numb3rs
Graphic 		2007
Episode Big City Greens
Green Christmas 		2019
Episode The Michael J. Fox Show
Health 		2014
Episode Cheers
I'll Be Seeing You (1) 		1984
Episode Cheers
I'll Be Seeing You (2) 		1984
Episode Reunited Apart
It's Time to go Back to the Future! 		2020
Episode Hallmark Countdown to Christmas
Just In Time For Christmas 		2015
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Just in Time for Christmas 		2015
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Michael J. Fox, Bernie Sanders, Big Grams 		2015
Episode The Simpsons
My Fare Lady 		2015
Episode 12 Monkeys
Nature 		2017
Episode Roseanne
No Country for Old Women 		2018
Episode Today
October 21, 2015 		2015
Episode Barney Miller
Open House 		1979
Episode Taxi
Paper Marriage 		1978
Episode Street Hawk
Pilot 		1985
Episode The Tick (2001)
Pilot 		2001
Episode Granite Flats
Project Madman 		2014
Episode Granite Flats
Put Away Childish Things 		2014
Episode Malcolm in the Middle
Quarantunes Reunion 		2020
Episode Spin City
That's Entertainment 		1999
Episode The Conners
The Best Laid Plans, a Contrabassoon and a Sinking Feeling 		2022
Episode Fringe
The Firefly 		2011
Episode Knuckles
The Flames of Disaster 		2024
Episode Ed
The Movie 		2003
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Property Division Collision 		2016
Episode Granite Flats
The Stories We Tell 		2014
Episode The West Wing
The Wake Up Call 		2005
Episode Knuckles
The Warrior 		2024
Episode Crackanory
The Zombie That Roared / DI Sat Nav 		2015
Episode James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Time Travel 		2018
Episode Masters of Horror
Valerie on the Stairs 		2006
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Vanishing Act 		2008
Episode Prop Culture
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 		2020
Episode American Idol
Who Is Eliminated From The Top 6 		2005