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Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Actor·b. 1938·Stamford, Connecticut, USA

21 horror credits

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 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 star 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).

He earned 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 done 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).

Actor21 films

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

Spirit Halloween: The Movie

Alex Windsor

2022
The Haunted Swordsman

The Haunted Swordsman

The Black Monk

2019
Muse

Muse

Rauschen

2017
The Sound

The Sound

Clinton Jones

2017
Cold Moon

Cold Moon

James Redfield

2016
I Am Not a Serial Killer

I Am Not a Serial Killer

Mr. Crowley

2016
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys

Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys

Mayor Akerman

2014
Dead Before Dawn

Dead Before Dawn

Horus Galloway

2012
The Narrative of Victor Karloch

The Narrative of Victor Karloch

Victor Karloch

2012
Piranha 3DD

Piranha 3DD

Mr. Goodman

2012 2.5
Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

Mr. Goodman

2010 3.0
Valerie on the Stairs

Valerie on the Stairs

Everett Neely

2006
When Good Ghouls Go Bad

When Good Ghouls Go Bad

Uncle Fred Walker

2001
Convergence

Convergence

Morley Allen

2000
Quicksilver Highway

Quicksilver Highway

Aaron Quicksilver

1997
The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster

Mr. Dewey

1994 2.5
Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values

Uncle Fester

1993 3.7
The Addams Family

The Addams Family

Uncle Fester

1991 3.3
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

R. Beanes

1986
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

John Bigboote

1984 4.0
Schizoid

Schizoid

Gilbert

1980