Christopher Lloyd
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Image:Back to the Future.jpg Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American character actor.
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 as the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of movies, where he starred with Michael J. Fox. Lloyd later reteamed with Fox, when he made a guest appearance on the sitcom Spin City.
Other notable roles for Lloyd were the Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Lloyd also appeared as the lead character in the computer game Toonstruck. He does the voice of The Hacker on the children's cartoon show Cyberchase on PBS. 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 Hal(Malcolm's Dad)'s father.
Lloyd rarely appears in public or gives interviews.
Lloyd currently appears in the role of a retired rocket scientist on the Fox sitcom Stacked, opposite Pamela Anderson Lee.
Filmography
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Taxi (1978)
- Mr. Mom (1983)
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Clue (1985)
- Walk Like a Man (1987)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- The Dream Team (1989)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
- Suburban Commando (1991)
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Dennis the Menace (1993)
- Addams Family Values (1993)
- Angels in the Outfield (1994)
- Camp Nowhere (1994)
- Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
- Quicksilver Highway (1997)
- Anastasia (1997)
- The Real Blonde (1997)
- My Favorite Martian (1999)
- Baby Geniuses (1999)
- Man on the Moon (1999)
- It Came From the Sky (1999)
- When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)
- I Dream (2004)
- Stacked (2005)
External links
- {{{2|{{{name|Christopher Lloyd}}}}}} at The Internet Movie Database
- All Movie Guide entry for Christopher Lloyd
- Another Unofficial Christopher Lloyd Web Site
Other uses
- The actor Lloyd is sometimes confused with another Christopher Lloyd, an American TV writer and the producer of the shows Frasier and Wings, among others. The producer Lloyd jokes that he gets a lot of the actor's fan mail.
- Christopher Lloyd is the birth name of rapper Lloyd Banks.
- Christopher Lloyd is the name of an author of gardening books.
- Sam Lloyd is the nephew of Christopher Lloyd.de:Christopher Lloyd
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