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{{Infobox person
| name               = Christopher Lloyd
| image              = ChristopherLloyd2022.jpg
| caption            = Lloyd in 2022
| birth_name         = Christopher Allen Lloyd
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1938|10|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Stamford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| nationality     = {{US}}
| occupation         = [[Actor]]
| years_active       = 1961–present
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Catherine Boyd|1959|1971|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Kay Tornborg|1974|1987|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Carol Ann Vanek|1988|1991|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Jane Walker Wood|1992|2005|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Lisa Loiacono|2016}}
}}
| relatives          = {{ubl|[[Sam Lloyd]] (nephew)|[[Lewis Henry Lapham]] (maternal grandfather)}}
}}

'''Christopher Allen Lloyd''' (born October 22, 1938)<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web| url=http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-lloyd-21215619|title= Christopher Lloyd Biography: Actor (1938–)| website=[[Biography.com]] | access-date=November 1, 2016| archive-date=April 14, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414130339/http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-lloyd-21215619| url-status=live}}</ref><!--cited source, Biography.com, also verifies middle name Allen--> is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and television shows since the 1960s. He is known for portraying [[Emmett Brown]] in the [[Back to the Future (franchise)|''Back to the Future'' trilogy]] (1985–1990) and [[Jim Ignatowski]] in the comedy series ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'' (1978–1983), for which he won two [[Emmy Award]]s.

Lloyd came to public attention in [[Northeastern United States|Northeastern]] theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning [[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk]] and [[Obie Award|Obie]] awards for his work. He made his cinematic debut in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|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 (film)|Clue]]'' (1985), [[Judge Doom]] in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), [[Uncle Fester]] in ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991) and its sequel ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993), Switchblade Sam in ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]'' (1993), Mr. Goodman in ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' (2010), Bill Crowley in ''[[I Am Not a Serial Killer (film)|I Am Not a Serial Killer]]'' (2016)  and David Mansell in ''[[Nobody (2021 film)|Nobody]]'' (2021).

Lloyd earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance as Alistair Dimple in ''[[Road to Avonlea]]'', and won an [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for his performance in ''[[Twenty Bucks]]''. He has done extensive voice work, including Merlock in ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]'', [[Grigori Rasputin]] in ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'', the Hacker in [[PBS Kids]]' ''[[Cyberchase]]'', which earned him [[Daytime Emmy]] nominations, and the Woodsman in [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[Over the Garden Wall]]''.

== Early life ==
Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938, in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], the son of Ruth Lloyd (née Lapham; 1896–1984), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor [[Roger Lapham]],<ref name="biography.com" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2c1f/entire_text/ |title=A guide to the Roger D. Lapham photograph collection, 1892–1956 |editor-first=Amy |editor-last=Croft |date=Spring 2013 |publisher=San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park via Online Archive of California |access-date=November 1, 2016 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314042100/http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark%3A/13030/c8jm2c1f/entire_text/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and her lawyer husband Samuel R. Lloyd Jr. (1897–1959). He is the youngest of three boys and four girls, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=NEA>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19911202&id=PvkaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4437,1085766 |title=Christopher Lloyd Is as Mysterious as Character |author-link=Frank Lovece |first=Frank |last=Lovece |agency=[[United Media]] |newspaper=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|The Daily News]] |location=[[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]) |date=December 2, 1991}}</ref> Lloyd's maternal grandfather, [[Lewis Henry Lapham]], was one of the founders of the [[Texaco]] oil company<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/06/11/archives/lewis-h-lapham-financier-76-dies-retired-leather-merchant-was-a.html| title = Lewis H. Lapham, Financier, 76, Dies; Retired Leather Merchant Was a Founder of Texas Corporation, an Oil Concern | work =[[The New York Times]] |  date = June 11, 1934 | access-date = February 28, 2020| quote = The near relatives who survive [include] ... two daughters, Mrs. Elinor Ford of Washington, D.C.., and Mrs. Samuel Lloyd of Stamford, Conn., and two sons [including] Roger D. Lapham of San Francisco, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company....}}</ref> and Lloyd is also a descendant of ''[[Mayflower]]'' [[Mayflower#Passengers|passenger]] [[John Howland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/0d370c58d0034038b6a16c3f57c22af4 |title=Meet John Howland, a lucky Pilgrim — and maybe your ancestor |website=[[Associated Press]] |first=Mark |last=Pratt |date=November 26, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> Lloyd was raised in [[Westport, Connecticut]], where he attended [[Staples High School]] and was involved in founding the high school's theater company, the Staples Players.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://06880danwoog.com/tag/christopher-lloyd/ |title=Christopher Lloyd |website=06880 |language=en |access-date=November 8, 2019}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Christopher Lloyd HS yearbook.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lloyd as a high school senior, 1958]]
Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in [[Mount Kisco, New York]], and [[Hyannis, Massachusetts]].<ref name=NYT060759 /> He took acting classes in New York City at age 19—some at the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]] with [[Sanford Meisner]]<ref name=NEA />—and he recalled making his New York theater debut in a 1961 production of [[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."<ref name=NEA /> He made his [[Broadway theatre|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 (play)|Kaspar]]'' (February 1973),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/16/archives/theater-handkes-kaspar-is-staged-in-brooklyn-the-cast.html| title=Theater: Handke's 'Kaspar' Is Staged in Brooklyn |first=Clive |last=Barnes |author-link=Clive Barnes |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 16, 1973 |access-date=February 28, 2020 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''The Harlot and the Hunted'', ''[[The Seagull]]'' (January 1974),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30817FC3E59127A93C6AB178AD85F408785F9 | title=Theater: Good 'Seagull'; Chekhov Play Staged by the Roundabout |first=Clive |last=Barnes |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 24, 1974 |access-date=October 22, 2013 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''Total Eclipse'' (February 1974),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/25/archives/stage-total-eclipse-by-the-chelsea.html |title=Stage: 'Total Eclipse' by the Chelsea |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Clive | last=Barnes |date=February 25, 1974 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''[[Macbeth]]'', ''[[In the Boom Boom Room]]'', ''Cracks'', ''Professional Resident Company'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows (play)|What Every Woman Knows]]'', ''The Father'', ''[[King Lear]]'', ''Power Failure'' and, in mid-1972, appeared in a [[Jean Cocteau]] double bill, ''[[Orpheus (play)|Orphée]]'' and ''[[The Human Voice]]'', at the Jean Cocteau Theater at 43 Bond Street.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xOYCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22And+They+Put+Handcuffs+on+the+Flowers%22+nyc+%22christopher+lloyd%22&pg=PA13| title=In and Around Town: Theater > Off and Off-Off Broadway > Current| magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]| page=13| date=August 14, 1972| editor-first=Ruth| editor-last=Gilbert}}</ref>

Lloyd returned to Broadway for the musical ''[[Happy End (musical)|Happy End]]''.<ref name=NEA /> He performed in [[Andrzej Wajda]]'s adaptation of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]'s ''The Possessed'' at [[Yale Repertory Theater]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/12/archives/stage-the-possessed-clear-vision-of-torment-the-cast.html |title=Stage: 'The Possessed,' Clear Vision of Torment |author-link=Mel Gussow |first=Mel |last=Gussow |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 12, 1974 |access-date= October 22, 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and in Jay Broad's premiere of ''White Pelican'' at the P.A.F. Playhouse in [[Huntington Station, New York]], on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/25/archives/new-jersey-opinion-new-lines-old-trouper.html |title=New Lines, Old Trouper |first=Barbara |last=Delatiner |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 25, 1976 |access-date=October 22, 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/24/archives/new-face-christopher-lloyd-a-real-happy-end.html |title=New Face: Christopher Lloyd; A Real 'Happy End' |first=Robert |last=Berkvist |date=June 24, 1977 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

His first film role was psychiatric patient Max Taber in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (1975), alongside future co-star [[Danny DeVito]].<ref name=avclub>{{cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/christopher-lloyd-on-playing-a-vampire-a-taxi-driver-1798234109|title=Christopher Lloyd on playing a vampire, a taxi driver, a toon, and more |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |last=Harris |first=Will |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025064038/http://www.avclub.com/articles/random-roles-christopher-lloyd%2C86582/ }}</ref> He is known for his work as [[Jim Ignatowski|"Reverend" Jim Ignatowski]], the ex-[[hippie]] cabbie on the sitcom ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'', for which he won two [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]];<ref name=emmys /> and the eccentric inventor [[Emmett Brown|Emmett "Doc" Brown]] in the ''[[Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future]]'' trilogy for which he was nominated for a [[Saturn Award]]. In 1985, he appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Street Hawk]]''. The following year, he played the reviled Professor B.O. Beanes on the television series ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''. Other roles include [[Klingon]] Commander Kruge in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984) (on suggestion of fellow actor and friend [[Leonard Nimoy]]), Professor Plum in ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' (1985), 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]]),<ref name=emmys/> the villain [[Judge Doom]] in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), Merlock the Sorcerer in ''[[DuckTales the Movie]]'' (1990), Switchblade Sam in ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]'' (1993), Zoltan in ''[[Radioland Murders]]'' (1994), and [[Uncle Fester]] in ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991) and ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993).

Lloyd portrayed the star character in the 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&nbsp;— Judgment Day", in which Lloyd plays Owen Kingston, the former mentor of Fox's character, [[Mike Flaherty]], who stopped by City Hall to see Kingston, only to proclaim himself God. That same year, Lloyd starred in the [[My Favorite Martian (film)|film remake]] of the 1960s series ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''. He starred on the television series ''[[Deadly Games (TV series)|Deadly Games]]'' in the mid-1990s and was a regular on the sitcom ''[[Stacked]]'' in the mid-2000s. In 2003, he guest-starred in three of the 13 produced episodes of ''[[Tremors (TV series)|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 television series ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'' as Ross Moore. He then played the role of [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in a 2008 production of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' at the [[Kodak Theatre]] with [[John Goodman]] and [[Jane Leeves]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Terry |title=Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol |url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/markets-festivals/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-1200472622/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 28, 2020 |date=December 29, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, he appeared in a comedic trailer for a faux horror film version of ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' entitled ''Gobstopper'', in which he played [[Willy Wonka]] as a horror film-style villain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gobstoppermovie.com/ |title=Cast & Crew |website=GobstopperMovie.com |access-date=October 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321002620/http://www.gobstoppermovie.com/cast.html |archive-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref>

In 2010, the Vermont-based [[Weston Playhouse]], of which Lloyd's brother Sam was an active member, asked if there was a role Lloyd would be interested in taking on. Lloyd chose [[Willy Loman]] in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', which played at Weston and at other venues throughout [[Vermont]] that fall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/theater/26lloyd.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 | title=Christopher Lloyd stars in 'Death of a Salesman' |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 8, 2010 |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |date=August 25, 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Also that September, he reprised his role as [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]'', an episodic adventure game series developed by [[Telltale Games]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/08/telltale-games-times-back-to-the-future-project/1 |title=Telltale Games times 'Back to the Future' project |first=Mike |last=Snider |date=September 1, 2010 |access-date=September 1, 2010 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] }}</ref> That same month, the production company 3D Entertainment Films announced Lloyd would star as an eccentric professor who with his lab assistant explore the various dimensions in ''Time, the Fourth Dimension'', an approximately 45-minute [[Imax]] [[3D film]] that was planned for release in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-lloyd-is-back-in-time-the-fourth-dimension-a-new-imax-theatre-film-103718234.html |title=Christopher Lloyd is Back in 'Time, the Fourth Dimension', a New IMAX Theatre Film |publisher=3D Entertainment Films |date=September 24, 2010 |via=[[PR Newswire]] |access-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928121422/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-lloyd-is-back-in-time-the-fourth-dimension-a-new-imax-theatre-film-103718234.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/christopher-lloyd-goes-back-in-time-1118024582/ |title=Christopher Lloyd goes back in 'Time' |date=September 24, 2010 |first=Dave |last=McNary |magazine=Variety |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200727000025/https://variety.com/2010/film/news/christopher-lloyd-goes-back-in-time-1118024582/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 21, 2011, he appeared in "[[The Firefly (Fringe)|The Firefly]]" episode of the [[J. J. Abrams]] television series ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' as Roscoe Joyce.<ref name="ew review">{{cite web | url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/21/fringe-firefly-season-3-episode-10/| title=The return of 'Fringe' recap: 'The Firefly' glowed with love, loss, and Christopher Lloyd |first=Ken |last=Tucker |date=January 21, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2011 | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> That August, he reprised the role of Dr. [[Emmett Brown]] (from ''[[Back to the Future]]'') as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/454208/Tucumanos/Campa%C3%B1a-publicitaria-Doc-Emmet-Brown-exito-YouTube.html |title=Campaña publicitaria del Doc Emmet Brown es un éxito en YouTube |trans-title=Advertising campaign with "Doc" Emmett Brown is a hit on YouTube |newspaper=[[La Gaceta (Tucumán)|La Gaceta]] |location=[[Tucumán, Argentina]] |date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> an [[Argentina|Argentine]] appliance company, and also as part of Nike's "Back For the Future" campaign for the benefit of [[The Michael J. Fox Foundation]]. In 2012 and 2013, Lloyd voiced Doc Brown in two episodes of ''[[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|Bertolt Brecht]] play ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'', produced by the [[Classic Stage Company]] in New York.<ref name="caucasian circle">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/theater/reviews/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-at-classic-stage-company.html |title=A Little Groucho Marx, a Little King Solomon |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |date=May 30, 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 28, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On the October 21, 2015, episode of ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', Lloyd and [[Michael J. Fox]] appeared in a ''Back to the Future'' skit to commemorate the date in the [[Back to the Future Part II|second installment of the film trilogy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156689301233374 |title=Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit Jimmy Kimmel Live |website=Facebook |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date= September 8, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2018, Lloyd made a cameo appearance in the episode titled "No Country for Old Women" of ''[[Roseanne (season 10)|Roseanne]]'', where he played the role of Lou, the boyfriend to the mother of Roseanne and Jackie. He is set to reprise the role in an episode of its spin-off, ''The Conners'', airing May 4, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-conners-christopher-lloyd-lou-1235002433/ |title='The Conners': Christopher Lloyd To Reprise 'Roseanne' Character Lou In ABC Spinoff |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Rosy |last=Cordero |date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=April 14, 2022}}</ref> In late 2019, he provided the voice of [[Xehanort]] in the "Re Mind" downloadable content of ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'', taking over the role from the late [[Leonard Nimoy]] and [[Rutger Hauer]], and reprised the role in the 2020 video game ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory]]''.

By July 2020, Lloyd was cast as The Alchemist in ''Man & Witch'', a family-friendly fantasy-adventure film directed by [[Rob Margolies]], with [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] set to create the puppets for the film.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='NeverEnding Story' Queen Tami Stronach to Star in Fantasy Film With Sean Astin, Christopher Lloyd (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/neverending-story-queen-tami-stronach-star-fantasy-man-witch-1302386/ |access-date=March 18, 2022 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2021, Lloyd played the best friend of [[William Shatner]] in the romantic comedy film ''[[Senior Moment]]'', also starring [[Jean Smart]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/christopher-lloyd-william-shatner-senior-moment-1202028883/ |title=Christopher Lloyd Joins William Shatner in Comedy 'Senior Moment' (EXCLUSIVE) |work=Variety |date=April 12, 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Christopher Lloyd C2E2 2024 6.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Lloyd at the [[Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo]] in 2024]]
In September 2021, Lloyd portrayed [[Rick Sanchez]] in a series of promotional interstitials directed by Paul B. Cummings for the two-part [[Rick and Morty (season 5)|fifth season]] finale of ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', a character inspired by Lloyd's portrayal of Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown from ''Back to the Future'', alongside [[Jaeden Martell]] as [[Morty Smith]].<ref name="RickSanchez">{{cite web |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |date=September 3, 2021 |title=''Rick and Morty''…This Is Heavy |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/rick-and-morty-this-is-heavy-1847613393 |access-date=September 3, 2021 |website=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref><ref name="RickSanchez2">{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-live-action-christopher-lloyd-pickle-video |title=New ''Rick & Morty'' Live-Action Clip Has Christopher Lloyd Eat a Pickle |last=Guttmann |first=Graeme |date=September 5, 2021 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Addressing his own and original voice actor [[Justin Roiland]]'s portrayals of Sanchez compared to Doc Brown, Lloyd stated that "he felt like Doc and Rick were like two brothers that took different paths."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/pida3l/i_am_living_for_these_rick_and_morty_liveaction/hbordqz |title=Paul B. Cummings: "Chris said to me that he felt like Doc and Rick were like two brothers that took different paths. I thought that was a very interesting thing for him to say." |last=Cummings |first=Paul B. |date=September 5, 2021 |website=[[Reddit|r/rickandmorty]] |access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>

In March 2022, Lloyd appeared in a promotion for the [[time travel]] film ''[[The Adam Project]]'' along with two of its stars, [[Ryan Reynolds]] and [[Mark Ruffalo]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Walsh |first=Michael |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Christopher Lloyd Shares a Time PSA with Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo |url=https://nerdist.com/article/christopher-lloyd-time-psa-ryan-reynolds-mark-ruffalo-the-adam-project/ |website=[[Nerdist]]}}</ref>

In April 2022, it was announced that Lloyd would star in ''[[Spirit Halloween: The Movie]]'', a film produced in partnership with the [[Spirit Halloween]] retailer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spirit-halloween-movie-christopher-lloyd-1235230046/|title=Spirit Halloween Store Film in the Works Starring Christopher Lloyd, Rachael Leigh Cook (Exclusive)|last=Yossman|first=K.J.|date=April 11, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/spirit-halloween-movie-christopher-lloyd-rachael-leigh-cook |title=Christopher Lloyd to Star in Movie Based On Spirit Halloween Store |last=Plant |first=Logan |date=April 11, 2022 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> He plays Alec Windsor, a wealthy land developer who disappeared one Halloween night, and whose spirit is said to haunt the town in which the film is set each year on Halloween.<ref name="Panaligan 2022">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spirit-halloween-movie-trailer-1235330745/|title='Spirit Halloween: The Movie' Brings Costume Store to Life in Spooky Trailer|last=Panaligan|first=EJ|date=August 1, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Yossman 2022">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spirit-halloween-movie-images-plot-1235271762/|title='Spirit Halloween': First Photos, Plot Details From Movie Inspired by Costume Store (Exclusive)|last=Yossman|first=K.J.|date=May 20, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref> The film was released on [[video-on-demand]] (VOD) on October 11, 2022.<ref name="Panaligan 2022" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/spirit-halloween-the-movie-teaser-christopher-lloyd-1849355470|title=''Spirit Halloween: The Movie'' Is Real, and Has the Teaser to Prove It|last=Eddy|first=Cheryl|date=August 1, 2022|website=[[Gizmodo]]|access-date=August 2, 2022}}</ref>

In April 2023, Lloyd guest starred in an episode of the [[The Mandalorian (season 3)|third season]] of ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', portraying the role of Commissioner Helgait.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Couch |first2=Aaron |title='Star Wars': Christopher Lloyd Joins 'The Mandalorian' Season 3 (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mandalorian-season-3-casts-christopher-lloyd-1235112715/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=March 18, 2022 |date=March 18, 2022}}</ref> In June 2023, Lloyd was announced to be starring in the live-action ''[[Knuckles (TV series)|Knuckles]]'' series, which premiered in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski|first=Denise|date=June 14, 2023|title=Cary Elwes, Stockard Channing, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel Join 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Spinoff Series 'Knuckles'|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/cary-elwes-stockard-channing-christopher-lloyd-paul-scheer-rob-huebel-sonic-the-hedgehog-spinoff-knuckles-1235417410/|access-date=June 14, 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Lloyd married Catharine Dallas Dixon Boyd on June 6, 1959.<ref name=NYT060759>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/06/07/archives/catharine-boyd-attended-by-six-at-hermarriage-church-in-westport-is.html |title=Catharine Boyd Attended by Six At Her Marriage |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 7, 1959 |access-date=October 22, 2013 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> They divorced in 1971.<ref name="AP-Sept25_2002">{{cite news |date=September 25, 2002 |url= https://apnews.com/16b9089614a10f3f4fe0c15ecd354eb6|title=Ex-wife sues actor Lloyd for unpaid alimony |website=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20200621191659/https://apnews.com/16b9089614a10f3f4fe0c15ecd354eb6 |url-status=live |quote=Catherine Boyd Lloyd of Manhattan says ... related to their 1971 divorce after 12 years of marriage. Lloyd ... is now married to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood.}}</ref> He married actress Kay Tornborg in 1974, divorcing her circa 1987.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-22-tm-14729-story.html |title=Always on Sunday: The Making of a Flea-Market Fanatic |first=Bevin |last=Hillier |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 22, 1987 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621195104/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-22-tm-14729-story.html |url-status=live |quote=In 1974 she married actor Christopher Lloyd.... (They are now in the process of getting a divorce.)}}</ref> Lloyd's third marriage, to Carol Ann Vanek, had lasted more than two years when they were in the process of divorce in July 1991.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20115481,00.html |title=Passages |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 8, 1991 |first=J. D. |last=Podolsky |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005822/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20115481,00.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |quote=Actor Christopher Lloyd ... and his wife, homemaker Carol Ann Vanek Lloyd, are divorcing after more than two years of marriage...}}</ref> His fourth marriage, to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood, lasted from 1992 to 2005.<ref name="biography.com" /><ref name="AP-Sept25_2002" />
In 2016, he married Lisa Loiacono,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/back-to-the-future-cast-where-are-they-now/lea-thompson-lorraine-baines/ |title='Back to the Future' Cast: Where Are They Now? |magazine=[[US Weekly]] |last=Nardino |first=Meredith |date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207204341/https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/back-to-the-future-cast-where-are-they-now/lea-thompson-lorraine-baines/ |archive-date=February 7, 2021}}</ref> who was Lloyd's real estate agent when he sold his house in [[Montecito, California]], in 2012.<ref name=LATimes_Montecito>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-christopher-lloyd-20120323-story.html |title=Actor Christopher Lloyd lists Montecito home at $6.45 million |first=Lauren |last=Beale |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224211410/http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-christopher-lloyd-20120323-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His former house on that lot was destroyed in the [[Tea Fire]] of November 2008.<ref name=LATimes_Montecito /><ref name=Stars>{{cite news |title=Stars' Homes Destroyed & Threatened By Montecito Fire |work=[[Access Hollywood]] | date= November 14, 2008 |url=https://www.accessonline.com/articles/stars-homes-destroyed-threatened-by-montecito-fire-66244| access-date=February 28, 2020 |archive-date=August 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814052213/http://www.accesshollywood.com/stars-homes-destroyed-and-threatened-by-montecito-fire_article_12191 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lloyd's philanthropist mother, Ruth Lapham Lloyd, died in 1984 at age 88. Her other surviving children were Donald L. Mygatt (who died in 2003), Antoinette L. Mygatt Lucas, Samuel Lloyd III (who later died in 2017), Ruth Lloyd Scott, Ax Lloyd, and Adele L. Kinney.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/12/obituaries/ruth-lapham-lloyd-88-dies-aided-metropolitan-museum.html |title=Ruth Lapham Lloyd, 88, Dies; Aided Metropolitan Museum |date=October 12, 1984 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> Lloyd's nephew, [[Sam Lloyd]] (1963–2020), was known for playing lawyer Ted Buckland on ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.

== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1975
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| Max Taber
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Another Man, Another Chance]]''
| Jesse James
| Uncredited<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NQ-Y8lbGAsC&dq=christopher+lloyd+%22another+man,+another+chance%22&pg=PA27| title=Tales from the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema| first=Louis| last= Paul| isbn=978-0-7864-8402-7| publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]| location=Jefferson, North Carolina| year=2014| page=27}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan="2"|1978
| ''[[Three Warriors]]''
| Steve Chaffey
|
|-
| ''[[Goin' South]]''
| Deputy Towfield
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1979
| ''[[Butch and Sundance: The Early Days]]''
| Bill Tod Carver
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Lady in Red, The" | ''[[The Lady in Red (1979 film)|The Lady in Red]]''
| Frognose
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Onion Field, The" | ''[[The Onion Field (film)|The Onion Field]]''
| Jailhouse lawyer
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1980
| data-sort-value="Black Marble, The" | ''[[The Black Marble]]''
| Arnold's Collector
|
|-
| ''[[Schizoid (film)|Schizoid]]''
| Gilbert
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1981
| data-sort-value="Legend of the Lone Ranger, The" | ''[[The Legend of the Lone Ranger]]''
| Maj. Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Postman Always Rings Twice, The" | ''[[The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film)|The Postman Always Rings Twice]]''
| The Salesman
|
|-
| ''[[National Lampoon's Movie Madness]]''
| Samuel Starkman
| Segment: "Municipalians"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1983
| ''[[Mr. Mom]]''
| Larry
|
|-
| ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)|To Be or Not to Be]]''
| S.S. Captain Schultz
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1984
| ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''
| Cmdr. Kruge
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The" | ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]''
| John Bigbooté
|
|-
| ''[[Joy of Sex (film)|National Lampoon's Joy of Sex]]''
| Coach Hindenberg
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1985
| ''[[Back to the Future]]''
| [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]]
|
|-
| ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]''
| [[Professor Plum|Prof. Plum]]
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Miracles (1986 film)|Miracles]]''
| Harry
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1987
| ''[[Walk Like a Man (1987 film)|Walk Like a Man]]''
| Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
|
|-
| ''[[Legend of the White Horse]]''
| Jim Martin
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1988
| ''[[Track 29]]''
| Henry Henry
|
|-
| ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
| [[Judge Doom]]
|
|-
| ''[[Eight Men Out]]''
| [[Bill Burns (baseball)|Bill Burns]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1989
| data-sort-value="Dream Team, The" | ''[[The Dream Team (1989 film)|The Dream Team]]''
| Henry Sikorsky
|
|-
| ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]''
| rowspan="2"|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1990
| ''[[Back to the Future Part III]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Why Me? (1990 film)|Why Me?]]''
| Bruno Daley
|
|-
| ''[[DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp]]''
| Merlock
|Voice<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Christopher Lloyd (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Christopher-Lloyd/ |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |type= |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1991
| ''[[Suburban Commando]]''
| Charlie Wilcox
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Addams Family, The" | ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''
| [[Uncle Fester]]/Gordon Craven
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
| ''[[Twenty Bucks]]''
| Jimmy
|
|-
| ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]''
| Switchblade Sam
|
|-
| ''[[Addams Family Values]]''
| Uncle Fester Addams
|
|-
| rowspan="4"|1994
| ''[[Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)|Angels in the Outfield]]''
| Al "The Boss" Angel
|
|-
| ''[[Camp Nowhere]]''
| Dennis Van Welker
|
|-
| ''[[Radioland Murders]]''
| Zoltan
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Pagemaster, The" | ''[[The Pagemaster]]''
| Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2"|1995
| ''[[Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie]]''
| Ed Jarvis
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]''
| Pieces
|
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1996
| ''[[Cadillac Ranch (film)|Cadillac Ranch]]''
| Wood Grimes
|<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjCLTrrrSx0C&pg=PA22| title=The Movie Lover's Tour of Texas: Reel-life Rambles Through the Lone Star State| first=Veva| last=Vonler| publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing| year=2005| page=22| isbn=978-1-5897-9242-5}}</ref> 
|-
| rowspan="3"|1997
| ''Changing Habits''
| Theo Teagarden
| 
|-
| ''Dinner at Fred's''
| Dad
|
|-
| ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''
| [[Grigori Rasputin]]
|Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998
| data-sort-value="Real Blonde, The" | ''[[The Real Blonde]]''
| Ernst
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The" | ''The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer''
| Judge Thatcher
|Voice<ref name="btva" /><ref name=TCM>{{cite web| url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/115116%7C0/christopher-lloyd#filmography| title=Christopher Lloyd > Complete Filmography| website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=July 26, 2020| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726201918/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/115116%7C0/Christopher-Lloyd/filmography.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|1999
| ''[[My Favorite Martian (film)|My Favorite Martian]]''
| Uncle Martin
|
|-
| ''[[Baby Geniuses]]''
| Heep
|
|-
| ''Convergence''
| Morley Allen
|<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/convergence-1200457480/| title=Convergence| date=April 5, 1999| first=David| last=Stratton| magazine=Variety| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=July 26, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726205049/https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/convergence-1200457480/| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]''
| Himself - ''Taxi'' actor
| [[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
| ''[[Kids World (film)|Kids World]]''
| Leo
|
|-
| ''On the Edge''
| Attorney Bum<!--"Bum" is correct; see Variety review, cited below-->
|Segment: "Happy Birthday"<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/on-the-edge-4-1200468624/| title=On the Edge| date=June 27, 2001| first=Steven| last=Oxman| magazine=Variety| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=April 26, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426022404/https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/on-the-edge-4-1200468624/| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2002
| ''[[Interstate 60]]''
| Ray
|
|-
| ''Wish You Were Dead''
| Bruce
|
|-
| ''[[Hey Arnold!: The Movie]]''
| Coroner
|Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Haunted Lighthouse]]''
| Cap'n Jack
| Short film
|-
| 2004
| ''Admissions''
| Stewart Worthy
|<ref>{{cite web| url=http://woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2004schedule/features_2004.php|title=East Coast Premiere: ''Admissions''| website=[[Woodstock Film Festival]]| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=December 10, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210125154/http://woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2004schedule/features_2004.php| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2005
| ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie''
| Seymour S. Sassafras
|Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Bad Girls from Valley High]]''
| Mr. Chauncey
|
|-
| ''Enfants Terribles''
| Reverend Burr
|<ref name=TCM />
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Flakes (film)|Flakes]]''
| Willie
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2008
| ''[[Fly Me to the Moon (2008 film)|Fly Me to the Moon]]''
| Amos
| Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Tale of Despereaux, The" | ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]''
| Hovis
| Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009
| ''[[Call of the Wild (2009 film)|Call of the Wild]]''
| "Grandpa" Bill Hale
|
|-
| ''[[Santa Buddies]]''
| Stan Cruge
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2010
| ''[[Snowmen (film)|Snowmen]]''
| The Caretaker
|
|-
| ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (2009 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]''
| Headmaster
|
|-
| ''[[Piranha 3D]]''
| Mr. Goodman
|
|-
| rowspan="5"|2011
| ''[[Love, Wedding, Marriage]]''
| Dr. George
|
|-
| ''InSight''
| Shep
|
|-
| ''[[Adventures of Serial Buddies]]''
| Dr. Von Gearheart
|
|-
| ''[[Snowflake, the White Gorilla]]''
| Dr. Archibald Pepper
| Voice, English dub
|-
| data-sort-value="Chateau Meroux, The" | ''The Chateau Meroux''
| Nathan
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/p9tg9/the-chateau-meroux/|title=''The Chateau Meroux''| magazine=[[RadioTimes]]| access-date= July 26, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200726210502/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/p9tg9/the-chateau-meroux/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="13" |2012
| ''[[Foodfight!]]''
| Mr. Clipboard
|Voice
|-
| ''Cadaver''
| Cadaver
| Voice, short film<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/cadaver-alive-and-kicking/ |title='Cadaver' Alive and Kicking |first=Mercedes |last=Milligan |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |magazine=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190530031526/https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/cadaver-alive-and-kicking/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Piranha 3DD]]''
| Mr. Goodman
|
|-
| ''[[Delhi Safari]]''
| Pigeon
| Voice, English dub<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''Axe Boat 2012''
| Night Watchman
| Short film<ref>{{cite AV media| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5oabbrcXj0| title=Axe Boat 2012| publisher=Keenan Cahill| people=Marelli, Stéphane (director), Christopher Lloyd, Carmen Electra, Keenan Cahill, Eric Judor| year=2012| access-date=July 26, 2020}} [https://archive.org/details/axe-boat-2012-keenan-cahill-vs-carmen-electra-eric-judor Alt URL]</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, The" | ''[[The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure]]''
| Lero Sombrero
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Illusionauts, The" | ''[[The Illusionauts]]''
| Teacher
| English dub
|-
| ''[[Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy]]''
| Grandpa Jack
|
|-
| ''[[Dead Before Dawn]]''
| Horus Galloway
|
|-
| ''[[Excuse Me for Living]]''
| Lars
|
|-
| ''[[Sid the Science Kid]]: The Movie''
| Dr. Bonanodon
|Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Last Call (2012 film)|Last Call]]''
| Pete
|
|-
| ''Freedom Force''
| Professor
| Voice, English dub<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/freedom-force| title=''Freedom Force''|first= Grace|last=Montgomery| date=January 7, 2016| website=[[Common Sense Media]]| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=April 30, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430062936/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/freedom-force| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2013
| ''[[Jungle Master]]''
| Dr. Sedgwick
| Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Coin, The" | ''The Coin''
| William
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014
| data-sort-value="Million Ways to Die in the West, A" | ''[[A Million Ways to Die in the West]]''
| Doc Brown
| Cameo
|-
| ''[[Sin City: A Dame to Kill For]]''
| Kroenig
|
|-
| data-sort-value="One I Wrote for You, The" | ''[[The One I Wrote for You]]''
| Pop
| <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2014-12-05/the-one-i-wrote-for-you/| title=The One I Wrote for You| first=Marjorie| last=Baumgarten| date=December 5, 2014| access-date=July 25, 2020| newspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]]| archive-date=July 26, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200726233049/https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2014-12-05/the-one-i-wrote-for-you/| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|2015
| ''[[88 (film)|88]]''
| Cyrus
|
|-
| ''[[Back in Time (2015 film)|Back in Time]]''
| Himself
| Documentary
|-
| ''[[Doc Brown Saves the World]]''
| Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
| Short film
|-
| data-sort-value="Boat Builder, The" | ''[[The Boat Builder]]''
| Abner
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2016
| ''[[I Am Not a Serial Killer (film)|I Am Not a Serial Killer]]''
| Mr. Crowley
|
|-
| ''[[Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie]]''
| Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
| Cameo
|-
| ''[[Cold Moon (2016 film)|Cold Moon]]''
| James Redfield
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2017
| ''[[Going in Style (2017 film)|Going in Style]]''
| Milton Kupchak
|
|-
| ''[[Muse (2017 film)|Muse]]''
|  Bernard Rauschen
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Sound, The" | ''[[The Sound (film)|The Sound]]''
| Clinton Jones
| 
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018
| ''[[Boundaries (2018 film)|Boundaries]]''
| Stanley
|
|-
| ''[[Making a Killing]]''
| Lloyd Mickey
|
|-
| ''[[Rerun (film)|Rerun]]''
| Future George Benson
| <ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rerun-review-1152567| title='ReRun': Film Review| date=October 18, 2018| first=Caryn| last=James| author-link=Caryn James| magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| access-date=July 26, 2020| archive-date=May 2, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502174119/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rerun-review-1152567| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Haunted Swordsman, The" | ''The Haunted Swordsman''
| The Black Monk
| Voice, short film<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://gruesomemagazine.com/2020/06/27/review-the-haunted-swordsman-portland-horror-film-festival-supernatural-stop-motion-masterpiece-sees-a-samurai-make-a-perilous-quest/| title=[Review] The Haunted Swordsman (Portland Horror Film Festival): Supernatural Stop-Motion Masterpiece Sees A Samurai Make A Perilous Quest| date=June 27, 2020| first=Joseph| last=Perry| magazine=Gruesome Magazine| archive-date=July 26, 2020| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200726234511/https://gruesomemagazine.com/2020/06/27/review-the-haunted-swordsman-portland-horror-film-festival-supernatural-stop-motion-masterpiece-sees-a-samurai-make-a-perilous-quest/| url-status=live| access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"|2021
| ''[[Nobody (2021 film)|Nobody]]''
| David Mansell
|
|-
| ''[[Senior Moment]]''
| Sal Spinelli
| <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/christopher-lloyd-william-shatner-senior-moment-1202028883/ |date=April 11, 2017 |title=Christopher Lloyd Joins William Shatner in Comedy 'Senior Moment' (Exclusive)| first=Dave |last=McNary |magazine=Variety |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122160054/https://variety.com/2017/film/news/christopher-lloyd-william-shatner-senior-moment-1202028883/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/2017/10/23/want-help-produce-film-william-shatner-film-senior-moment-needs-investors-finish/786153001/ |title=William Shatner movie 'Senior Moment' shot in Palm Springs could be a hit, says producer. It just needs to be edited |first=Xochitl |last=Pena |newspaper=[[Palm Springs Desert Sun]] |date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180104005036/http://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/2017/10/23/want-help-produce-film-william-shatner-film-senior-moment-needs-investors-finish/786153001/?from=new-cookie |url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Queen Bees (film)|Queen Bees]]''
| Arthur Lane
| 
|-
| data-sort-value="Tender Bar, The" | ''[[The Tender Bar (film)|The Tender Bar]]''
| Grandpa Moehringer
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"|2022
| ''[[Spirit Halloween: The Movie]]''
| Alec Windsor
| <ref name="Panaligan 2022" /><ref name="Yossman 2022" />
|-
| ''[[Tankhouse (film)|Tankhouse]]''
| Buford
| <ref>{{cite web |date=n.d. |title=''Tankhouse'' |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/tankhouse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606173517/https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/tankhouse/ |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |website=[[Film Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/christopher-lloyd-richard-kind-tankhouse-sydney-sweeney-finlay-macmillan-the-prince-of-soho-1202810921/| title=Christopher Lloyd, Richard Kind Star In 'Tankhouse'; Sydney Sweeney, Finlay MacMillan Topline 'The Prince of Soho'| first=Amanda| last= N'Duka| date=December 16, 2019| magazine=Deadline Hollywood| access-date=July 27, 2020| archive-date=April 8, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408000646/https://deadline.com/2019/12/christopher-lloyd-richard-kind-tankhouse-sydney-sweeney-finlay-macmillan-the-prince-of-soho-1202810921/| url-status=live| quote=Production is currently underway with plans to film in both Fargo and Los Angeles.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/entertainment/movies/4657971-Feature-film-begins-shooting-in-Fargo-next-week| title=Feature film begins shooting in Fargo next week| first=Emma| last=Vatnsdal| agency=Forum News Service| date=September 12, 2019| newspaper=[[Grand Forks Herald]]| archive-date=September 14, 2019| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190914101313/https://www.grandforksherald.com/entertainment/movies/4657971-Feature-film-begins-shooting-in-Fargo-next-week| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|2023
| ''[[Self Reliance (film)|Self Reliance]]''
| Dennis Walcott
|<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/01/2023-sxsw-film-lineup-dungeons-and-dragons-opening-movie-1235218171/ SXSW 2023 Lineup Includes 'Dungeons & Dragons' Opening Night World Premiere; 'Evil Dead Rise', Eva Longoria's 'Flamin' Hot', A24's 'Problemista' & More]</ref>
|-
| ''[[Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose]]''
| Dr. [[Harry Price]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Camp Hideout]]''
| Falco
| 
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps]]''
| Alchemist
| 
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Nobody 2]]''
| David Mansell
| Post-production<ref>{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title=Christopher Lloyd To Return For Universal & 87North's Action Sequel 'Nobody 2' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/christopher-lloyd-returns-nobody-2-universal-87-north-1236027449/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=July 31, 2024 |accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| TBA
| data-sort-value="Movers, The" | ''[[The Movers]]''
| Henry Solomon
|
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1976
| data-sort-value="Adams Chronicles, The" | ''[[The Adams Chronicles]]''
| [[Alexander I of Russia|Tsar Alexandre]]
| Episode: "Chapter VIII: [[John Quincy Adams]], Secretary of State"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1978
| ''Lacy and the Mississippi Queen''
| Jennings
| Television film<ref name="TCM" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Word, The" | ''[[The Word (TV miniseries)|The Word]]''
| Hans Bogardus
| [[Miniseries|Television miniseries]]
|-
| 1978–1979
| ''[[Barney Miller]]''
| Arnold Scully / Vincent Carew
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1978–1983
| ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''
| Reverend [[Jim Ignatowski]]
| 84 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''Stunt Seven'' a.k.a. ''The Fantastic Seven''
| Skip Hartman
| Television film<ref>{{cite web |title=''Stunt Seven'' |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479864/stunt-seven |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624211300/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479864/Stunt-Seven/ |archive-date=June 24, 2017 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''The Fantastic Seven'' (1979) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7742582d |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508064554/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7742582d |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=[[British Film Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|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<ref name="TCM" />
|-
|rowspan="3"|1984
| ''[[Cheers]]''
| Phillip Semenko
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''Old Friends''
| Jerry Forbes
| Pilot<ref name="TCM" />
|-
| data-sort-value="Cowboy and the Ballerina, The" | ''The Cowboy and the Ballerina''
| Woody
| Television film<ref name="TCM" />
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Street Hawk]]''
| Anthony Corrido
| Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''
| Prof. Beanes
| Episode: "Go to the Head of the Class"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius|Tales from the Hollywood Hills: <br/> Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius]]''
| Pat Hobby
| Television film
|-
| 1990
| data-sort-value="Earth Day Special, The" | ''[[The Earth Day Special]]''
| [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]]
| Television special<ref>''A Matter of Time: The Unauthorized Back to the Future Lexicon'' p. 300</ref>
|-
| 1991–1992
| ''[[Back to the Future (TV series)|Back to the Future: The Animated Series]]''
| Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown 
| Live action; 26 episodes
|-
|rowspan="3"|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
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
| ''[[Fallen Angels (American TV series)|Fallen Angels]]''
| [[The Continental Op]]
| Episode: "Fly Paper"
|-
| ''[[Rent-a-Kid]]''
| Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
| Television film
|-
| 1995–1996
| ''[[Deadly Games (TV series)|Deadly Games]]''
| Sebastian Jackal / <br/> Jordan Kenneth Lloyd
| 13 episodes
|-
| 1996
| data-sort-value="Right to Remain Silent, The" | ''[[The Right to Remain Silent]]''
| Johnny Benjamin
| Television film
|-
|rowspan="2"|1997
| ''[[Quicksilver Highway]]''
| Aaron Quicksilver
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Angels in the Endzone]]''
| Al "The Boss" Angel
| Television film
|-
| 1998
| data-sort-value="Ransom of Red Chief, The" | ''The Ransom of Red Chief''
| Sam Howard
| Television film<ref name="TCM" />
|-
|rowspan="3"|1999
| ''[[Spin City]]''
| Owen Kingston
| Episode: "Back to the Future IV"
|-
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''
| [[White Knight (Through the Looking-Glass)|The White Knight]]
| Television film
|-
| ''[[It Came from the Sky]]''
| Jarvis Moody
| Television film
|-
|rowspan="4"|2001
| data-sort-value="Tick, The" | ''[[The Tick (2001 TV series)|The Tick]]''
| Mr. Fishladder
| Uncredited<br>Episode: "Pilot"
|-
| ''[[Wit (film)|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]]''
| The Hacker 
| Voice, 134 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''
| Walter
| Episode: "[[List of Malcolm in the Middle episodes#ep66|Family Reunion]]"
|-
| data-sort-value="Big Time, The" | ''The Big Time''
| Doc Powers
| Television film
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''
| Burt Kiffle
| Episode: "The Move"
|-
| ''[[Tremors (TV series)|Tremors]]''
| Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
| 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|2004
| data-sort-value="Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The" | ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''
| Snail
| Voice, episode: "Dumb Luck"
|-
| ''[[I Dream]]''
| Prof. Toone
| 13 episodes
|-
| 2004–2005
| ''[[Clubhouse (TV series)|Clubhouse]]''
| Lou Russo
| 11 episodes
|-
|rowspan="3"|2005
| data-sort-value="West Wing, The" | ''[[The West Wing]]''
| Prof. [[Lawrence Lessig]]
| Episode: "The Wake Up Call"
|-
| ''[[King of the Hill (TV series)|King of the Hill]]''
| Smitty
| Voice, episode: "[[King of the Hill (season 9)#ep180|Care-Takin' Care of Business]]"
|-
| ''Detectives''
| Anderson in Launderette
| Television film
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[Stacked]]''
| Harold March
| 19 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[Masters of Horror]]''
| Everett Neely
| Episode: "[[Valerie on the Stairs]]"
|-
| data-sort-value="Perfect Day, A" | ''[[A Perfect Day (2006 film)|A Perfect Day]]''
| Michael
| Television film
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numbers]]''
| Ross Moore
| Episode: "Graphic" 
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
| ''[[Live from Lincoln Center]]''
| [[Pellinore|King Pellinore]]
| Episode: "Camelot"
|-
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| Carmine
| Episode: "Vanishing Act"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009
| ''[[Meteor (TV miniseries)|Meteor]]''
| Prof. Daniel Lehman
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Knights of Bloodsteel]]''
| Tesselink
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''
| Dr. Leo Dreyfus
| Episode: "Chuck versus the Tooth"
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
| ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
| Roscoe Joyce
| Episode: "[[The Firefly (Fringe)|The Firefly]]"
|-
| ''Family Practice''
| Robert Passion Foote
| Unaired pilot
|-
| 2011–2013
| ''[[Robot Chicken]]''
| Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown / <br/> Early Hacker / Schlomo 
| Voice, 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| ''[[Dorothy and the Witches of Oz]]''
| [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]]
| Television film
|-
| ''[[R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour]]''
| Grandpa
| Episode: "Grampires: Part 1"
|-
| ''Anything But Christmas''
| Harry
| Television film<ref name="TCM" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Raising Hope]]''
| Dennis Powers
| Episode: " Credit Where Credit Is Due"
|-
| ''[[Psych]]''
| Martin Kahn
| Episode: "100 Clues"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| data-sort-value="Michael J. Fox Show, The" | ''[[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, 4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''[[Granite Flats]]''
| Professor Hargraves 
| 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| data-sort-value="Simpsons, The" | ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Rev. Jim Ignatowski
| Voice, episode: "[[My Fare Lady]]"
|-
| ''Just in Time for Christmas''
| Grandpa Bob
| Television film<ref name="TCM" />
|-
| 2016
| data-sort-value="Big Bang Theory, The" | ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| Theodore
| Episode: "The Property Division Collision"
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''[[12 Monkeys (TV series)|12 Monkeys]]''
| The Missionary / Zalmon Shaw
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018
| ''[[Roseanne]]''
| Lou
| Episode: "No Country for Old Women"
|-
| ''[[Guess Who Died]]''
| Mort
| Unaired pilot
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
| ''[[A.P. Bio]]''
| Melvin 
| Episode: "Melvin"
|-
| ''[[Big City Greens]]''
| [[Santa Claus]]
| Voice, episode: "Green Christmas"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
| ''[[Prop Culture]]''
| Self
| Episode: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
|-
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| Joseph "Joe" Smith
| Episode: "The ''Arizona''"
|-
| 2021
| ''Next Stop, Christmas''
| Train Conductor
| Hallmark television film 
|-
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Conners, The" | ''[[The Conners]]''
| Lou
| Episode: "The Best Laid Plans, A Contrabassoon and A Sinking Feeling"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| data-sort-value="Mandalorian, The" | ''[[The Mandalorian]]''
| Commissioner Helgait
| Episode: "[[Chapter 22: Guns for Hire]]"
|-
| data-sort-value="Million Little Things, A" | ''[[A Million Little Things]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Father's Day"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| ''[[Knuckles (TV series)|Knuckles]]''
| Pachacamac
| Voice, 2 episodes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/cary-elwes-stockard-channing-christopher-lloyd-paul-scheer-rob-huebel-sonic-the-hedgehog-spinoff-knuckles-1235417410/|title=Cary Elwes, Stockard Channing, Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel Join 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Spinoff Series 'Knuckles'|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Hacks (TV series)|Hacks]]''
| Larry Arbuckle
| Episode: "The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular"
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Everybody's Live with John Mulaney]]''
| [[Willy Loman]] / Himself 
| Episode: "Lending People Money"
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Wednesday (TV series)|Wednesday]]''
| {{TBA}}
| Season 2; guest role<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2024-05-07 |title='Wednesday': Billie Piper Among Season 2 Cast Additions, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Luis Guzmán Upped To Series Regulars As Production Starts |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/wednesday-season-2-cast-billie-piper-steve-buscemi-catherine-zeta-jones-luis-guzman-promoted-1235906537/ |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
|-
| 1961 || ''And They Put Handcuffs on Flowers'' || || New York
|-
|1969 || ''[[Red, White and Maddox]]'' || Bombardier || [[James Earl Jones Theatre|Cort Theatre]], Broadway
|-
| rowspan="2"|1973 || ''[[Kaspar (play)|Kaspar]]'' || [[Kaspar Hauser|Kaspar]] || [[Chelsea Theater Center]], Off-Broadway
|-
| ''[[The Seagull]]'' || Konstantin Treplev || [[Roundabout Theatre Company|Roundabout Stage II]], Off-Broadway
|-
| rowspan="3"|1974 || ''[[Macbeth]]'' || [[Banquo]] / Cathness || [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]], Off-Broadway
|-
| ''Total Eclipse'' || Verlaine || [[Chelsea Theater Center]], Off-Broadway
|-
| ''[[In the Boom Boom Room]]'' || Al || [[The Public Theater]], Off-Broadway
|-
|1977 || ''[[Happy End (musical)|Happy End]]'' || Bill Cracker || [[Martin Beck Theatre]], Broadway 
|-
| 1990 || data-sort-value="Father, The" | ''The Father'' || Captain Lassen || [[American Repertory Theater]], Massachusetts 
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' || Pozzo || [[Classic Stage Company|CSC Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|-
| 2001 || data-sort-value="Unexpected Man, The" | ''[[The Unexpected Man]]'' || Parsky || [[Geffen Playhouse]], Los Angeles
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002 || ''[[Morning's at Seven]]'' || Carl Bolton || [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Broadway]], Broadway 
|-
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' || [[Malvolio]] || [[Delacorte Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|-
|2003 || ''Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted'' || [[Dalton Trumbo]] || [[Westside Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|-
|2008 || data-sort-value="Christmas Carol, A" | ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' || [[Ebeneezer Scrooge|Scrooge]] || [[Kodak Theatre]], Los Angeles 
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'' || [[Willy Loman]] || [[Weston Playhouse Theatre Company|Weston Playhouse]], Vermont
|-
| 2013 || data-sort-value="Caucasian Chalk Circle, The" | ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'' || The Singer / Azdak || [[Classic Stage Company|CSC Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Our Town]]'' || Stage Manager || [[Weston Playhouse Theatre Company|Weston Playhouse]], Vermont
|-
| 2018 || ''Pound'' || Ezra Pound || [[Theatre Row Building|Theatre Row]], Off-Broadway
|-
| 2021 || ''[[King Lear]]'' || [[Leir of Britain|King Lear]] || [[Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts)|New Spruce Theater]], Lenox, Massachusetts
|-
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Redwood Games|Rescue the Scientists]]''
| Lieutenant Jack Tempus
| Also likeness
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Toonstruck]]''
| Drew Blanc
| Also likeness and live action sequences<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2006
| ''[[List of Back to the Future video games|Back to the Future Video Slots]]''
| rowspan="4" | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
|''<ref name="btva" />''
|-
| 2010–2011
| ''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]''
|''<ref name="btva" />''
|-
| 2013
| ''[[List of Back to the Future video games|Back to the Future Back in Time Video Slots]]''
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015
| ''[[Lego Dimensions]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |date=September 16, 2015 |title=Lego Dimensions Voice Actors Interviews |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwZjv_DB6c |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401185955/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwZjv_DB6c |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |publisher=CoinOpTV |via=YouTube |quote=Lego Dimensions features the voice talents of Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Michael J. Fox, Gary Oldman, Irrfan Khan, Charlie Day, Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Michelle Gomez, Troy Baker, Tom Kane, Joel McHale, Elizabeth Banks, Tara Strong and More!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game|developer=[[Traveller's Tales]]|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]]|scene=Closing credits, 4:45 in, Voiceover Talent|title=[[Lego Dimensions]]|year=2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[King's Quest (2015 video game)|King's Quest]]'' || Elderly King Graham
|<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[King's Quest (2015 video game)|King's Quest - Chapter III: Once Upon A Climb]]|developer=[[The Odd Gentlemen]]|publisher=[[Sierra Entertainment]]|year=2016|scene=Closing credits, 1 min in, Cast}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2020
| ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]] Re:Mind''
| rowspan="2"|[[Xehanort]]
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory]]''
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

=== Music videos ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Artist
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1985
| [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
| align="left"| "[[The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News song)|The Power of Love]]"
| rowspan="2" | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
|-
|2008
|O'Neal McKnight
|"Check Your Coat"
|}

===Other===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Back to the Future: The Pinball]]''
| rowspan="3" | [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]]
| [[Pinball machine]]
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Back to the Future: The Ride]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Simulator ride]]
|-
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Simpsons Ride, The" | ''[[The Simpsons Ride]]''
|}

==Awards==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Production / Role
!Result
|-
| rowspan="2" |1973
|[[Obie Award]]
|Distinguished Performance<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/23/archives/-the-hot-i-baltimore-shares-obie-award-with-river-niger.html |title='The Not 1 Baltimore' Shares Obie Award With 'River Niger' |newspaper=The New York Times | date=May 23, 1973 |access-date=February 28, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|''[[Kaspar (play)|Kaspar]]''
|rowspan="4" {{won}}
|-
|[[Drama Desk Award]]
|Best Performance
|-
|1982
|rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]<ref name=emmys>{{cite web| url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/christopher-lloyd| title=Emmys > Christopher Lloyd: Awards & Nominations| website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]| access-date=January 31, 2014}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''
|-
|1983
|-
|1986
|rowspan="2"|[[Saturn Award]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''[[Back to the Future]]''
|rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|-
|1990
|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
|-
|1992
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]<ref name=emmys />
|''[[Road to Avonlea]]'' <small>(Episode: "[[List of Road to Avonlea episodes|Another Point of View]]")</small>
|rowspan="2" {{won}}
|-
|1994
|[[Independent Spirit Awards]]
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male|Best Supporting Male]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2016_SA_NomsWinners_031316.pdf |title=31 Years of Nominees and Winners — Film |website=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |access-date=November 2, 2018}}</ref>
|''[[Twenty Bucks]]''
|-
|2008
|[[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
|[[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]]
|''[[Cyberchase]]''
|rowspan="4" {{nom}}
|-
|2013
|[[Golden Raspberry Awards]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble|Worst Screen Ensemble]] <small>(shared with the entire cast)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://razzies.com/history/2012-worst-screen-ensemble.asp |title=The 33rd Annual RAZZIE Award Nominees fir 2012 |website=Razzies.com |access-date=April 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402154806/http://www.razzies.com/history/2012-worst-screen-ensemble.asp |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|''[[The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure]]''
|-
|2015
| [[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program|Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program]]
|''[[Cyberchase]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
| [[British Independent Film Awards]]
| [[BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/nominations| title=Nominations| website=[[British Independent Film Awards]]| date=October 24, 2018| access-date= November 2, 2018}}</ref>
|''[[I Am Not a Serial Killer (film)|I Am Not a Serial Killer]]''
|-
| NAVGTR Awards
| Performance in a Comedy, Lead<ref>{{cite press release |first=Allen|last=Thomas J. |title=2016 Awards |url=https://navgtr.org/2016-awards/ |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Corp. |agency= |date=March 20, 2017 |access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref>
|''[[King's Quest (2015 video game)#Chapter V: The Good Knight|King's Quest: The Good Knight]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2024
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]]<ref name=emmys />
|''[[Hacks (TV series)|Hacks]]'' <small>(Episode: "The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular")</small>
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Napoleon |first=Davi |author-link=Davi Napoleon |year=1991 |title=Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater |title-link=Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater |publisher=Iowa State University Press |isbn=978-0-8138-1713-2}} Contains discussion of his early work [[Off-Broadway]], including the production of ''Happy End'' at the [[Chelsea Theater Center]], and on Broadway, ''Kaspar'' and ''Total Eclipse''.

== External links ==
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* {{Discogs artist|Christopher Lloyd (3)}}

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