Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938, Stamford, Connecticut) is an American character actor. He is a 1957 graduate of Staples High School.
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 the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy of movies, in which he starred with Michael J. Fox. Lloyd later reteamed with Fox when he made a guest appearance on the sitcom Spin City.
Lloyd also played notable roles as Klingon Commander Kruge in The Search for Spock, Professor Dimple in an episode of Road to Avonlea, and the villain Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Lloyd also appeared as the lead character in the computer game Toonstruck. He performs 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 Malcolm's paternal grandfather.
Much of Lloyd's roles seem to lean toward comic relief, whether as hyper characters like Reverend Jim or Doc Brown, or as uptight conservatives such as in The Dream Team and Mr. Mom. Lloyd has showed considerable range as a dramatic actor, however, in movies such as Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as a leperous projectionist, and Wit.
Lloyd rarely appears in public and doesn't give interviews. Some of his best friends, co-stars and fans who meet him describe him as a very shy and quiet man.
Lloyd's most recent role was on the Fox sitcom Stacked, opposite Pamela Anderson; however, it was cancelled during the second season.
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