Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is best known for his role as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the *Back to the Future* trilogy (1985–1990) and as Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series *Taxi* (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards.

Lloyd gained public attention through his work in Northeastern theater during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning Drama Desk and Obie awards. He made his film debut in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975) and later appeared 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).

Lloyd received 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 also performed 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).