Christopher Lloyd

Highest Rated: 97% Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Lowest Rated: 0% InSight (2011)

Birthday: Oct 22, 1938

Birthplace: Stamford, Connecticut, USA

A reclusive character actor with an elongated, skull-like face, manic eyes and flexible facial expressions, Christopher Lloyd is best known for portraying neurotic, psychotic, or eccentric characters. He worked in summer stock as a teenager, then moved to New York. After studying with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, he debuted on Broadway in Red, White and Maddox in 1969. Lloyd went on to much success on and off Broadway; for his work in the play Kaspar (1973) he won both the Obie Award and the Drama Desk Award. His screen debut came in the hugely successful One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), in which he played a mental patient. He went on to appear in a number of films, but first achieved national recognition for playing the eccentric, strung out, slightly crazy cab-driver "Reverend" Jim in the TV series Taxi from 1979-83; he won two Emmy Awards for his work. He extended his fame to international proportions by playing the well-meaning, wild-haired, mad scientist Doc Brown in Back to the Future (1985) and its two sequels; this very unusual character continued the trend in Lloyd's career of portraying off-the-wall nuts and misfits, a character type he took on in a number of other films in the '80s, including The Addams Family (1991), in which he played the crazed uncle Fester. His "straight" roles have been infrequent, but include Eight Men Out (1989).

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
18%	Senior Moment	Sal Spinelli	—	2021
No Score Yet	Making a Killing	Lloyd Mickey	—	2018
No Score Yet	Limites	Actor	—	2018
49%	Boundaries	Stanley	—	2018
No Score Yet	ReRun	George Benson	—	2018
70%	Cold Moon	James Redfield	—	2017
25%	The Sound	Clinton Jones	—	2017
47%	Going in Style	Milton	$45.1M	2017
13%	Muse (Musa)	Actor	—	2017
No Score Yet	The World's Greatest Kids' Films	Actor	—	2017
93%	I Am Not a Serial Killer	Crowley	—	2016
No Score Yet	Just in Time for Christmas	Grandpa Bob	—	2015
No Score Yet	Back In Time	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	88	Cyrus	—	2015
No Score Yet	The Boat Builder	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	The One I Wrote For You	Actor	$49.1k	2014
43%	Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For	Kroenig	$11.1M	2014
No Score Yet	Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse	Actor	—	2014
33%	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Doc Brown	$37.4M	2014
No Score Yet	Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys	Mayor	—	2014
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Pirate's Code	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Jungle Master	Actor	—	2014
No Score Yet	Dead Before Dawn 3D	Horus Galloway	—	2013
No Score Yet	Sid The Science Kid: The Movie	Dr. Bonanodon	—	2013
No Score Yet	Serial Buddies	Dr. Von Gearheart	—	2013
No Score Yet	Last Call	Pete	—	2013
No Score Yet	Action Pack: Clue Quote-along	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Adventures Of Serial Buddies	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Freedom Force	Actor	—	2013
20%	Delhi Safari	Air India (English version)	—	2012
No Score Yet	Anything But Christmas	Actor	—	2012
14%	Excuse Me for Living	Lars	—	2012
30%	The Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure	Lero Sombrero	$1.1M	2012
13%	Piranha 3DD	Mr. Goodman	$0.4M	2012
No Score Yet	Dorothy and the Witches of Oz	Wizard of Oz	—	2012
No Score Yet	Foodfight!	Mr. Clipboard	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure	Grandpa Jack	—	2012
No Score Yet	Duck Tales	Actor	—	2012
No Score Yet	The Chateau Meroux	Nathan	—	2012
67%	Snowmen	The Caretaker	—	2011
0%	InSight	Shep	$17.5k	2011
0%	Love Wedding Marriage	Dr. George	$1.9k	2011
No Score Yet	Enfants Terribles	Actor	—	2011
74%	Piranha 3-D	Mr. Goodman	$24.9M	2010
No Score Yet	Jack and the Beanstalk	Headmaster	—	2009
No Score Yet	Call of the Wild 3D	"Grandpa" Bill Hale	—	2009
20%	Santa Buddies	Stan Cruge	—	2009
No Score Yet	Meteor	Dr. Lehman	—	2009
No Score Yet	Knights of Bloodsteel	Tesselink	—	2009
57%	The Tale of Despereaux	Hovis	$50.9M	2008
20%	Fly Me to the Moon	Grandpa	$13.6M	2008
22%	Flakes	Willlie	—	2007
No Score Yet	A Perfect Day	Michael	—	2006
73%	Flushed Away	Screenwriter	$64.5M	2006
No Score Yet	Masters of Horror	Everett Neely	—	2006
No Score Yet	Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie	Mr. Sassafras	—	2005
No Score Yet	The Bad Girls From Valley High	Mr. Chauncey	—	2005
No Score Yet	5-25-77	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Admissions	Stewart Worthy	—	2004
No Score Yet	Merry Christmas, Space Case	Narrator	—	2003
No Score Yet	Haunted Lighthouse (R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse)	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	MC Hammer: 2 Legit - The Videos	Actor	—	2002
29%	Hey Arnold! The Movie	Coroner	$13.6M	2002
No Score Yet	Interstate 60	Ray	—	2002
No Score Yet	The Big Time	Doc	—	2002
No Score Yet	Wish You Were Dead	Bruce	—	2002
No Score Yet	Kid's World	Leo	—	2001
No Score Yet	When Good Ghouls Go Bad	Uncle Fred	—	2001
No Score Yet	On the Edge	Attorney Bum	—	2001
No Score Yet	Chasing Destiny	Jet James	—	2001
83%	Wit	Dr. Harvey Kelekian	—	2001
63%	Man on the Moon	himself	—	1999
No Score Yet	Convergence (Premonition)	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	It Came from the Sky	Jarvis Moody	—	1999
2%	Baby Geniuses	Heep	—	1999
33%	Alice in Wonderland	White Knight	—	1999
12%	My Favorite Martian	Uncle Martin	—	1999
No Score Yet	Dinner at Fred's	Dad	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Ransom of Red Chief	Sam Howard	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Judge Thatcher (voice)	—	1998
34%	The Real Blonde	Ernst	—	1998
No Score Yet	Angels in the Endzone	Al	—	1997
86%	Anastasia	Rasputin	—	1997
No Score Yet	Quicksilver Highway	Aaron Quicksilver	—	1997
No Score Yet	Cadillac Ranch	Wood Grimes	—	1997
No Score Yet	Changing Habits	Theo Teagarden	—	1997
50%	Dream for an Insomniac	Executive Producer	—	1996
33%	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Pieces	—	1995
No Score Yet	Rent-a-Kid	Larry Kayvey	—	1995
No Score Yet	The Right To Remain Silent	Actor	—	1995
21%	The Pagemaster	Mr. Dewey/The Pagemaster	—	1994
No Score Yet	In Search of Dr. Seuss	Actor	—	1994
24%	Radioland Murders	Zoltan	—	1994
18%	Camp Nowhere	Dennis Van Welker	—	1994
33%	Angels in the Outfield	Al "The Boss"	—	1994
77%	Addams Family Values	Fester Addams	—	1993
27%	Dennis the Menace	Switchblade Sam	—	1993
75%	Twenty Bucks	Jimmy	—	1993
No Score Yet	T Bone N Weasel	William 'Weasel' Weasler	—	1992
No Score Yet	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Frank Iarossi	—	1992
64%	The Addams Family	Uncle Fester Addams	—	1991
15%	Suburban Commando	Charlie Wilcox	—	1991
No Score Yet	Secrets of the 'Back to the Future' Trilogy	Actor	—	1991
88%	DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp	Merlock	—	1990
No Score Yet	Why Me?	Bruno Daley	—	1990
80%	Back to the Future Part III	Dr. `Doc' Emmett Brown	—	1990
57%	The Dream Team	Henry Sikorsky	—	1989
66%	Back to the Future Part II	Dr. Emmett Brown	—	1989
63%	Track 29	Henry Henry	—	1988
86%	Eight Men Out	Bill Burns	—	1988
97%	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Judge Doom	—	1988
No Score Yet	Walk Like a Man	Reggie Shand	—	1987
No Score Yet	Miracles	Harry	—	1986
65%	Clue	Professor Plum	—	1985
96%	Back to the Future	Dr. Emmett Brown	$3M	1985
68%	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai	John Bigboote	—	1984
No Score Yet	Joy of Sex	Coach Hindenberg	—	1984
79%	Star Trek III - The Search for Spock	Commander Kruge	—	1984
No Score Yet	Street Hawk	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Cowboy and the Ballerina	Woody	—	1984
60%	To Be or Not to Be	Capt. Schultz	—	1983
78%	Mr. Mom	Larry	—	1983
No Score Yet	September Gun	Actor	—	1983
80%	The Lady in Red	Frognose	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Legend of the Lone Ranger	Cavendish	—	1981
79%	The Postman Always Rings Twice	Salesman	—	1981
No Score Yet	Schizoid (Murder by Mail)	Gilbert	—	1980
40%	The Black Marble	Actor	—	1980
85%	The Onion Field	Jailhouse	—	1979
40%	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	Bill Carver	—	1979
71%	Goin' South	Deputy Towfield	—	1978
No Score Yet	Three Warriors	Steve Chaffey	—	1977
94%	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Taber	—	1975

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Expedition: Back to the Future 2021	Actor Executive Producer	2021
No Score Yet	Big City Greens 2018	Voice	2021 2020 2019 2018
85%	Modern Family 2009-2020	Creator Screenwriter Executive Producer Producer	2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
No Score Yet	Cyberchase 2002	Voice	2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 2013 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
81%	The Big Bang Theory 2007-2019	Theodore	2016
92%	Over the Garden Wall 2014	Voice	2014
89%	Psych 2006-2014	Actor	2013
96%	Raising Hope 2010-2014	Dennis Powers	2013
90%	Fringe 2008-2013	Roscoe Joyce	2011
90%	Chuck 2007-2012	Dr. Leo Dreyfus	2010
No Score Yet	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001-2011	Carmine	2008
No Score Yet	Live From Lincoln Center 2000-2019	Pellinore	2008
40%	Back to You 2007-2008	Screenwriter Executive Producer	2008 2007
No Score Yet	Numb3rs 2005-2010	Ross Moore	2007
63%	Masters of Horror 2005-2007	Everett Neely	2006 2005
No Score Yet	Stacked 2005-2006	Harold March	2006 2005
No Score Yet	King of the Hill 1997-2010	Voice	2005
No Score Yet	Out of Practice 2005-2006	Screenwriter Executive Producer	2005
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Prof. Lawrence Lessig	2005
No Score Yet	Clubhouse 2004-2005	Lou Russo	2005 2004
93%	Frasier 1993-2004	Screenwriter Executive Producer	2004 2003 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
No Score Yet	Malcolm in the Middle 2000-2006	Walter	2002
88%	The Tick 2001-2002	Fishladder	2001
66%	Spin City 1996-2002	Owen Owen Joyce	1999
50%	Deadly Games 1995-1996	Sebastian Jackal	1996 1995
No Score Yet	Wings 1990-1997	Screenwriter	1993 1992 1991
No Score Yet	Back to the Future 1991-1992	Voice	1992 1991
No Score Yet	The Golden Girls 1985-1992	Screenwriter	1987 1986
No Score Yet	Amazing Stories (1985) 1985-1987	Actor	1986
No Score Yet	Cheers 1982-1993	Guest Phillip Semenko	1984
No Score Yet	Taxi 1978-1983	`Reverend Jim' Ignatowski	1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	Paul	1982
No Score Yet	Barney Miller 1975-1982	Scully Carew	1979 1978 1975
28%	Bram and Alice 2002	Screenwriter Executive Producer
No Score Yet	Street Hawk 1985	Actor

Quotes from Christopher Lloyd's Characters

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Time traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women!

Judge Doom:

Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked just like this!

Rasputin:	No one can save you now!
Dimitri:	Wanna bet?

Rasputin:	Long live the Romanov's!
Anastasia:	Right! I couldn't have said it better myself!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Marty! I need you to go back with me!
Marty McFly:	Where?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Back to the Future!

Miss Scarlet:	Why has the car stopped?
Prof. Plum:	It's frightened.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Roads? Where we're going we don't need... roads!

Marty McFly:	Relax, Doc, it's me, it's Marty.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	No, it can't be, I just sent you back to the future.
Marty McFly:	I know you just sent me back to the future, but I'm back. I'm back from the future.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Great Scott!

Charlie Wilcox:

I was FROZEN today!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	what idiot dressed you in that outfit?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	What idiot dressed you in that outfit?
Marty McFly:	you did.
Marty McFly:	You did.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

I'm sure in 1985 plutonium is in every corner drug store, but in 1955, its a little hard to come by! I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you're stuck here

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Oh my god. They found me; I don't know how but they found me. RUN FOR IT, MARTY!!
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Oh my god. They found me; I don't know how but they found me. RUN FOR IT, MARTY!
Marty McFly:	Who? Who?
Marty McFly:	What do you think? The Libyans!
Marty McFly:	HOLY SHIT!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Is there a problem with Earth's gravitational pull in the future? Why is everything so heavy?

Dr. Emmett Brown:	1.21 Gigawatts!
Dr. Emmett Brown:	[running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

When this thing gets up to 88 mph, you're gonna see some serious s***.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

It means your future hasn't been written yet, no one's has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.

Uncle Martin:

My regular ship is in the shop for its mid-millenium tune-up.

Uncle Martin:	Humans are really the amoebas of the universe.
Tim O'Hara:	This from a man who talks to his suit.

Uncle Martin:	Martians use 100% of their brain capacity. Humans less than 10.
Tim O'Hara:	I think we use more than 10.
Uncle Martin:	Your astronauts pee in their space suits. Case closed!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Who's President of the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly:	Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Ronald Reagan?! The actor?! Ha! Then who's Vice President? Jerry Lewis?

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Things have certainly changed around here. I remember when this was all farmland as far as the eye can see! Old Mr. Peabody owned all of this! He had this crazy idea of...breeding pine trees.

Mr. Goodman:

These piranhas spent eons in underground lakes and rivers.

Marty McFly:	What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Well, I figured, what the hell.

Marty McFly:	Hey, Doc. Where are you going now? Back to the future?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	No, already been there.

Dr. Emmett Brown:	It's a very interesting story, future boy, but there's one thing that doesn't make sense, If a me of the future is now in the past, how could possibly know about it?
Marty McFly:	You sent me a letter.

Marty McFly:	Hey, Doc. You'd better back up, we don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Roads? Where we going we don't need roads.

Charlie Wilcox:

I WAS FROZEN TODAY.

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Oh my God. They found me, I dont know how but they found me. Run for it Marty!
Marty McFly:	Who, who!?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Who do you think!? The Libyans!

Marty McFly:	Doc, you don't just walk into a store, and buy plutonium! Did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Course! From a group of Lybian Nationalists They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn I gave them a shiny bomb caseing full of used pinball machine parts!

Marty McFly:	Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

Dr. Emmett Brown:

If you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything.

Train Fireman:	Is this a holdup?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	No, it's a science experiment!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Alright then, Future Boy, whose president of the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly:	Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Ronald Reagan? The actor? Ha! Then whose vice president? Jerry Lewis?!
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Ronald Reagan? The actor? Ha! Then whose vice president? Jerry Lewis?

Marty McFly:	Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?

Maddy:	We need your expertise Mr. Goodman.
Mr. Goodman:	Why?
Maddy:	We think they're back . . .
Maddy:	We think they're back...

Dr. Emmett Brown:	You’ve got to come back with me!
Marty McFly:	Where?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Back to the future!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads

Mr. Goodman:

The piranhas could become confused. Then try to enter man made draining systems.

Charlie Wilcox:	"I was frozen today!"
Charlie Wilcox:	I was frozen today!

The Wizard of Oz:	I thought this would never end, worst movie this year,
The Wizard of Oz:	I thought this would never end, worst movie this year.

Rasputin:	Your Imperial Highness. Look what ten years has done to us: you a beautiful young flower and me a rotting corpse.
Anastasia:	That face!
Rasputin:	Last seen at a party like this one.
Anastasia:	A curse...

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Great Scott!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Roads?!? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Dr. Emmett Brown:	No! It can't be; I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly:	No, I know; you did send me back to the future. But I'm back - I'm back from the future.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Great Scott!

Prof. Plum:	What are you afraid of, a fate worse than death?
Mrs. Peacock:	No, just death, isn't that enough?

Dr. Emmett Brown:

If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you gonna see some serious shit.

Marty McFly:	So what does this thing run on...gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	No! It requires something with a little more kick...plutonium!
Marty McFly:	Wait, Doc, are you telling me...that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	No, no, no! The plutonium is required to generate the 1.21 jigawatts needed to power the car!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

There's that word again. 'Heavy'. Is there something wrong in the future with the earth's gravitational pull?

Dr. Emmett Brown:	1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!!
Dr. Emmett Brown:	1.21 GIGAWATTS!
Marty McFly:	What the hell is gigawatt?!!
Marty McFly:	What the hell is gigawatt?

Mr. Goodman:

This is no ordinary piranha! This species of piranha is two million years old!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	'Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads'
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Great Scotts!!
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Great Scott!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

1.21 gigawatts!

Girl Scout:	Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday Addams:	Yes.
Girl Scout:	I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure theyÂ´re real lemons?
Girl Scout:	I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Gordon Craven:	WeÂ´ll, IÂ´ll tell you what. IÂ´ll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Gordon Craven:	Well, I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Gordon Craven:	Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

Marty McFly:	Great scott.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	I know, this is heavy.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

If my calculations are correct... when this baby hits 88 miles-per-hour... you're gonna see some serious (EXPLETIVE).

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Oh my god. They found me. I don't know how but they found me!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	When this baby hits 88 mph, you're gonna see some serious shit.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

Marty McFly:	hey doc your not going to believe this we have to go to 1955
Marty McFly:	You're not going to believe this. We have to go back to 1955.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	i don't believe it
Dr. Emmett Brown:	I don' t believe it!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Great Scott!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour...you're going to see some serious shit.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour, you're going to see some serious shit.

Charlie Wilcox:	"I Was Frozen Today!"
Charlie Wilcox:	I was frozen today!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

ONE POINT TWENTY-ONE GIGAWATTS!!!

Dr. Emmett Brown:

Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.

Mr. Goodman:

The piranha hunt in packs. The first bite draws blood, blood draws the pack.

Dr. Emmett Brown:

GREAT SCOTT!

Dr. Emmett Brown:	Then tell me "future boy", who is the president of the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly:	Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Ronald Reagan? The actor?! Who's vice president? Jerry Lewis?!

Marty McFly:	Wait a minute Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?
Dr. Emmett Brown:	Precisely!
Marty McFly:	Whoa this is heavy.
Dr. Emmett Brown:	There's that word again! Heavy! Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Dr. Emmett Brown:	1.21 JIGA WATTS!!!!!
Marty McFly:	What the hell is a Jiga Watt?!

Eddie Valiant:	Holy smoke! He's a toon!
Judge Doom:	Surprised?!
Eddie Valiant:	Not really. That lame-brain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a toon.
Judge Doom:	Not just any toon!... ...Remember me Eddie?! When I killed your brother, I talked just... like.. THIS!!!