Early life

Lloyd was born in Stamford, Connecticut, on October 22, 1938, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth (née Lapham), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. He is the youngest of four girls and three boys, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyd's maternal grandfather, Lewis Henry Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, and Lloyd is also a descendant of Mayflower passengers, including John Howland. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Career

Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, and Hyannis, Massachusetts. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19—some at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner—and he recalled making his New York theater debut in Fernando Arrabal's play And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, saying, "I was a replacement and it was my first sort of job in New York." He made his Broadway debut in the short-lived Red, White and Maddox (1969), and went on to Off-Broadway roles in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kaspar, The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull, Total Eclipse, Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks, Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, The Father, King Lear, and Power Failure. He returned to Broadway for the musical Happy End. He performed in Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed at Yale Repertory Theater, and in Jay Broad's premiere of White Pelican at the P.A.F. Playhouse in Huntington Station, New York, on Long Island.

In 1977, he said of his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Meisner, "My work up to then had been very uneven. I would be good one night, dull the next. Meisner made me aware of how to be consistent in using the best that I have to offer. But I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage."

His first movie role was as a psychiatric patient in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He is perhaps best known for his roles as "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the TV sitcom Taxi, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of science-fiction films, for which he was nominated for a Saturn Award. In 1986, he played the reviled Professor B.O. Beanes in the television series Amazing Stories. Other roles include Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (on suggestion of fellow actor and friend Leonard Nimoy), Professor Plum in Clue, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series); the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit; a wacky sound-effects man named Zoltan in Radioland Murders; and Uncle Fester in the movie adaptations of The Addams Family.

Lloyd portrayed the star character in the point-and-click adventure game Toonstruck, released in November 1996. In 1999, he was reunited onscreen with Michael J. Fox in an episode of Spin City entitled "Back to the Future IV — Judgment Day", in which Lloyd plays Owen Kingston—the former mentor of Fox's character, Mike Flaherty's—who stops by City Hall to see him, only to proclaim himself God. That same year, Lloyd starred in the movie remake of the 1960s series My Favorite Martian. He starred in the television series Deadly Games in the mid-1990s, and was a regular in the TV series Stacked in the mid-2000s. In 2003 he guest starred in three of the 13 produced episodes of Tremors: The Series as the character Cletus Poffenburger. In November 2007, Lloyd was reunited onscreen with his former Taxi co-star Judd Hirsch in the season-four episode "Graphic" of the TV series Numb3rs. He played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 2008 production of A Christmas Carol at the Kodak Theatre with John Goodman and Jane Leeves. In 2009, he appeared in a comedic trailer for a faux horror film entitled Gobstopper, in which he played Willy Wonka as a horror-movie-style villain. In October 2009, he did a two-man show with comic performer Joe Gallois in several Midwest cities.

In the summer of 2010, he starred as Willy Loman in a Weston Playhouse production of Death of a Salesman. That September, he reprised his role as Doctor Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Game, an episodic adventure game series developed by Telltale Games. On January 21, 2011, he appeared in the episode "The Firefly" of the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe. That August, he reprised the role of Dr. Emmett Brown (from Back to the Future) as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino, an Argentine appliance company, and also as part of the Nike Company's "Back For the Future" campaign for the benefit of The Michael J. Fox Foundation. In 2012 and 2013, Lloyd reprised the role of Brown in two episodes of the stopmotion series Robot Chicken. He was a guest star on the 100th episode of the USA Network sitcom Psych as Martin Khan in 2013.

In May 2013, Lloyd appeared as the narrator and the character Azdak in the Bertold Brecht play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, produced by the Classic Stage Company in New York.

Personal life

Lloyd has been married four times, first to Catharine Dallas Dixon Boyd on June 6, 1959. The couple divorced in 1971 after 12 years of marriage. He next was married to actress Kay Tornborg, from 1974 to 1987. Lloyd's third marriage, to Carol Ann Vanek, lasted from the late 1980s to 1991. His fourth marriage, to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood, lasted from 1992 to 2005.

After his divorce from Wood, in Montecito, California, Lloyd bought a smaller house on March 23, 2007, and that May listed his 8.07-acre old estate for over $11 million; although the price was later dropped to $6.5 million. Wood and he had bought the house in 1997 for $1.6 million. This home, which was on the market at the time, was destroyed in the Tea Fire of November 2008 in Montecito, California.

Lloyd's philanthropist mother, Ruth Lapham Lloyd, died in 1984 at age 88. Her surviving children at the time aside from Christopher were Donald L. Mygatt, Antoinette L. Mygatt Lucas, Samuel Lloyd III, Ruth Lloyd Scott Ax, and Adele L. Kinney. Lloyd's nephew, Sam Lloyd, is best known for playing Ted Buckland, the lawyer on Scrubs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Max Taber
1977	Another Man, Another Chance	Jesse James	Uncredited
1978	Three Warriors	Steve Chaffey
	Goin' South	Deputy Towfield
1979	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	Bill Tod Carver
	The Lady in Red	Frognose
	The Onion Field	Jailhouse lawyer
1980	The Black Marble	Arnold's Collector
	Schizoid	Gilbert
1981	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Maj. Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish
	The Postman Always Rings Twice	The Salesman
	National Lampoon's Movie Madness	Samuel Starkman	Segment: "Municipalians"
1983	Mr. Mom	Larry
	To Be or Not to Be	S.S. Captain Schultz
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Klingon Commander Kruge
	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	John Bigbooté
	National Lampoon's Joy of Sex	Coach Hindenberg
1985	Back to the Future	Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
	Clue	Professor Plum
1986	Miracles	Harry
1987	Walk Like a Man	Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
	The Legend of the White Horse	Jim Marvin
1988	Track 29	Henry Henry
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Judge Doom
	Eight Men Out	Bill Burns
1989	The Dream Team	Henry Sikorsky
	Back to the Future Part II	Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
1990	Back to the Future Part III	Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
	Why Me?	Bruno Daley
	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Merlock (voice)
1991	Back to the Future: The Ride	Dr. Emmett Brown	Simulator ride
	Suburban Commando	Charlie Wilcox
	The Addams Family	Uncle Fester/Gordon Craven
1993	Twenty Bucks	Jimmy
	Dennis the Menace	Switchblade Sam
	Addams Family Values	Uncle Fester Addams
1994	Angels in the Outfield	Al "The Boss" Angel
	Camp Nowhere	Dennis Van Welker
	Radioland Murders	Zoltan
	The Pagemaster	Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
1995	Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie	Ed Jarvis	Short film
	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Pieces
1996	Cadillac Ranch	Wood Grimes
1997	Changing Habits	Theo Teagarden
	Anastasia	Grigori Rasputin (voice)
1998	The Real Blonde	Ernst
	The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Judge Thatcher (voice)	Direct-to-video
1999	My Favorite Martian	Uncle Martin
	Baby Geniuses	Heep
	Convergence	Morley Allen
	Man on the Moon	Himself	Cameo
	Dinner at Fred's	Dad
2001	Happy Birthday	Attorney Bum
	Kids World	Leo
2002	Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road	Ray
	Wish You Were Dead	Bruce
	Hey Arnold!: The Movie	Coroner (voice)
2003	Haunted Lighthouse	Cap'n Jack	Short film
2004	Admissions	Stewart Worthy
2005	Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie	Seymour S. Sassafrass (voice)	Direct-to-video
	Bad Girls from Valley High	Mr. Chauncey
	Enfants terribles	Reverend Burr
2007	Flakes	Willie B
2008	Fly Me to the Moon	Grandpa (voice)
	The Tale of Despereaux	Hovis (voice)
2009	Call of the Wild	'Grandpa' Bill Hale
	Santa Buddies	Stan Cruge	Direct-to-video
2010	Snowmen	The Caretaker
	Jack and the Beanstalk	Headmaster
	Piranha 3D	Mr. Goodman
2011	InSight	Shep
	Love, Wedding, Marriage	Dr. George
	Adventures of Serial Buddies	Dr. Von Gearheart
	Snowflake, the White Gorilla	Dr. Archibald Pepper (voice)	English dub
	The Chateau Meroux	Nathan
2012	Cadaver	Cadaver	Short film
	Foodfight!	Mr. Clipboard (voice)
	Piranha 3DD	Mr. Goodman
	Delhi Safari	Pigeon (voice)	English dub
	The Axe Boat	Tom Field	Short film
	The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure	Lero Sombrero
	Dead Before Dawn	Horus Galloway
	Excuse Me for Living	Lars
	The Narrative of Victor Karloch	Victor Karloch (voice)	Short film
	Sid the Science Kid: The Movie	Dr. Bonanodon (voice)
	Last Call	Pete
2013	Jungle Master	Dr. Wells (voice)
	Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy	Grandpa Jack
	The Coin	William	Short film
	Freedom Force	Professor (voice)
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Dr. Emmett Brown	Cameo
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Kroenig
	Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson	Grandpa Jack
	The One I Wrote for You	Pop
2015	88	Cyrus
	Doc Brown Saves the World	Dr. Emmett Brown	Short film
	The Boat Builder	Abner
	Lower Bay	Clinton Jones	Post-production
2016	Going in Style	Milton	Post-production
	I Am Not a Serial Killer	Crowley	Post-production
	Robert	Robert's great grandfather	Post-production
2017	Boundaries		Filming
TBA	Cold Moon	James Redfield	Post-production

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1976	The Adams Chronicles	Tsar Alexandre	Episode: "Chapter VIII: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State"
1978	Lacy and the Mississippi Queen	Jennings	Television film
	The Word	Hans Bogardus	Television miniseries
1978-1979	Barney Miller	Arnold Scully / Vincent Carew	2 episodes
1978-1983	Taxi	Reverend Jim Ignatowski	84 episodes
1979	The Fantastic Seven	Skip Hartman	Television film
1982	Best of the West	The Calico Kid	3 episodes
	American Playhouse	Paul	Episode: "Pilgrim, Farewell"
	Money on the Side	Sergeant Stampone	Television film
1983	September Gun	Jack Brian	Television film
1984	Cheers	Philip Semenko	2 episodes
	Old Friends	Jerry Forbes	Television film
	The Cowboy and the Ballerina	Woody	Television film
1985	Street Hawk	Anthony Corrido	Episode: "Pilot"
1986	Amazing Stories	Professor B.O. Beanes	Episode: "Go to the Head of the Class"
1987	Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius	Pat Hobby	Television film
1990	The Earth Day Special	Dr. Emmett Brown	Television special
1991-1992	Back to the Future: The Animated Series	Dr. Emmett Brown (Live action)	26 episodes
1992	T Bone 'N' Weasel	William "Weasel" Weasler	Television film
	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Frank Iarossi	Television film
	Road to Avonlea	Alistair Dimple	Episode: "Another Point of View"
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	Mr. Hunch	Television film
1995	Fallen Angels	The Continental Op	Episode: "Fly Paper"
	Rent-a-Kid	Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey	Television film
1995-1997	Deadly Games	Jordan Kenneth Lloyd/Sebastian Jackal	13 episodes
1996	The Right to Remain Silent	Johnny Benjamin	Television film
1997	Quicksilver Highway	Aaron Quicksilver	Television film
	Angels in the Endzone	Al "The Boss" Angel	Television film
1998	The Ransom of Red Chief	Sam Howard	Television film
1999	Spin City	Owen Kingston	Episode: "Back to the Future IV"
	Alice in Wonderland	The White Knight	Television film
	It Came from the Sky	Jarvis Moody	Television film
2001	The Tick	Mr. Fishladder	Uncredited Episode: "Pilot"
	Wit	Dr. Harvey Kelekian	Television film
	Chasing Destiny	Jet James	Television film
	When Good Ghouls Go Bad	Uncle Fred Walker	Television film
2002-present	Cyberchase	Hacker (voice)
2002	Malcolm in the Middle	Walter	Episode: "Family Reunion"
	The Big Time	Doc Powers	Television film
2003	Ed	Burt Kiffle	Episode: "The Move"
	Tremors	Dr. Cletus Poffenberger	3 episodes
2004	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Snail (voice)	Episode: "Dumb Luck"
	I Dream	Professor Toone	4 episodes
2004-2005	Clubhouse	Lou Russo	11 episodes
2005	The West Wing	Professor Lawrence Lessig	Episode: "The Wake Up Call"
	King of the Hill	Smitty (voice)	Episode: "Care-Takin' Care of Business"
	Detectives	Anderson in Launderette	Television film
2005-2006	Stacked	Harold March	19 episodes
2006	Masters of Horror	Everett Neely	Episode: "Valerie on the Stairs"
	A Perfect Day	Michael	Television film
2007	Numbers	Ross Moore	Episode: "Graphic"
2008	Live from Lincoln Center	King Pellinore	Episode: "Camelot"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Carmine	Episode: "Vanishing Act"
2009	Meteor	Professor Daniel Lehman	2 episodes
	Knights of Bloodsteel	Tesselink	2 episodes
2010	Chuck	Dr. Leo Dreyfus	Episode: "Chuck versus the Tooth"
2011	Fringe	Roscoe Joyce	Episode: "The Firefly"
	Family Practice	Robert Passion Foote	Television film
2011-2013	Robot Chicken	Dr. Emmett Brown/Early Hacker/Schlomo (voice)	2 episodes
2012	Dorothy and the Witches of Oz	Wizard of Oz	Television film
	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Grandpa	Episode: "Grampires: Part 1"
	Anything But Christmas	Harry	Television film
2013	Raising Hope	Dennis Powers	Episode: " Credit Where Credit Is Due"
	Psych	Martin Kahn	Episode: "100 Clues"
2014	The Michael J. Fox Show	Principal McTavish	Episode: "Health"
	Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys	Mayor Akerman	Television film
	Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse	Harry Setag	Television film
	Over the Garden Wall	The Woodsman (voice)	animated miniseries 10 episodes
2014-2015	Granite Flats	Professor Stanfield Hargraves	12 episodes
2015	The Simpsons	Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)	Episode: "My Fare Lady"
	Crackanory	Himself	Series 3 Episode 3

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1994	Rescue the Scientists	Lieutenant Jack Tempus
1996	Toonstruck	Drew Blanc
2004	Back to the Future Video Slots	Dr. Emmett Brown
2010-2011	Back to the Future: The Game	Dr. Emmett Brown
000000002015-09-27-00002015	Lego Dimensions	Dr. Emmett Brown
	King's Quest	Elderly King Graham

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Production / Role	Result
1972-73	Obie Award	One of 12 recipients for "distinguished performances"		Won
1973	Drama Desk Award	Best Performance	Kaspar
1982	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Taxi	Won
1983			Taxi
1986	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actor	Back to the Future	Nominated
1990		Best Supporting Actor	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1992	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Road to Avonlea	Won
1994	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Male	Twenty Bucks
2008	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Cyberchase	Nominated
2013	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Ensemble	The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
2015	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Cyberchase

[ Source: Wikipedia ]