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Also known as Christopher Allen Lloyd, Christopher Alan Lloyd, Christopher A. Lloyd, Chris Lloyd

American actor (born 1938)

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Christopher Lloyd is an American actor who has worked in film, television, and on stage since 1961. Born Christopher Allen Lloyd in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1938, he is a United States citizen who speaks English. He received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. His residences have included Stamford, New York City, New Canada, and Montecito.

Lloyd has received several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He has also been nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.

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Stamford, Connecticut, USA

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…

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  • Happy's Place — Clive2024
  • Camp Hideout — Falco2023
  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose — Dr. Harry Price2023

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Encyclopedic overview

Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990) and "Reverend" 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 appear 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), and its sequel Nobody 2 (2025).

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