• Date of Birth: October 22, 1938
  • Place of Birth: Stamford, Connecticut, USA

Christopher Lloyd Biography


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Replace this image with an actor photoChristopher Lloyd mini-bio: Lloyd's first major motion picture role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. However, he may be most remembered for his roles as Reverend Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the TV sitcom Taxi, and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of movies.

Lloyd also played notable roles as Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea, the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.

Lloyd also appeared as the lead character in the computer game Toonstruck. He performs the voice of The Hacker on the children's math mystery cartoon Cyberchase (January 2002-present) on PBS Kids GO!. In 1999, Lloyd starred in the movie It Came From the Sky with Yasmine Bleeth. On one episode of Malcolm in the Middle, he plays Malcolm's paternal grandfather. He portrayed the Constitutionalist Lawrence Lessig (who in real life is twenty-three years younger than Lloyd) in an episode of the sixth season of the West Wing.

Many of Lloyd's roles seem to lean toward comic relief, whether as hyper characters like Reverend Jim or Doc Brown, or as uptight conservatives such as in The Dream Team and Mr. Mom. Lloyd has showed considerable range as a dramatic actor, however, in movies such as Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as a leprous projectionist, and Wit.

Lloyd rarely appears in public or gives interviews (he gave a rare interview on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Family Films in 2005). Some of his best friends, co-stars and fans who meet him describe him as a very shy and quiet man. Lloyd's most recent role was on the Fox sitcom Stacked, opposite Pamela Anderson; however, it was cancelled during the second season.

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Comments


  • xobabygreekox
    I just watched a movie with him in it, then I was like ehh I know this guy, he reminds me of the guy in the Adams family but skinny and tall... but it's HIM haha. Great actor. Hes first motion picture is beautiful.
    posted 53 days ago
  • Homerisagod
    this guy is a genius!
    posted 390 days ago
  • zarazasc
    I love Christopher Lloyd in Back to the futur.
    posted 723 days ago
  • link47
    ohh my god he was a legend in the back to the futur triligy i love all his movies
    posted 736 days ago
  • Twisted67
    SOO funny!!! im OBSESSED w/ the back to the future movies!!!
    posted 737 days ago
  • saltersheppard
    This man always gives a solid performance! Rarely have I ever felt let down by his acting. My favorite role of his was the Klingon commander in Star Treck 3: the Search for Spock.
    posted 740 days ago
  • bttf123marty
    Best known as...

    DOCTOR EMMETT BROWN!!! from back to the future!
    posted 782 days ago
  • joelover1956
    Chri brings back so many great memorys from my younger days when I see him.He was so great on taxi,I still watch taxi,and I love just as hard today.
    posted 782 days ago
  • tamirose7
    hey you forgot a movie.
    the one who flew over the cuckoos nest
    posted 814 days ago
  • garbagefanawesome
    He was also in the movie adaptation of the R.L. Stine book "When Good Ghouls Go Bad."
    posted 859 days ago

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