Christopher Lloyd
Biography
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor whose long screen career grew out of Northeastern theater work in the 1960s and early 1970s, where he earned Drama Desk and Obie awards. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, and raised in Westport, he helped found his high school's theater company before training in New York. He made his film debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and won two Emmy Awards playing the ex-hippie cab driver Jim Ignatowski on Taxi. He became widely known as Doc Brown in Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989), and Back to the Future Part III (1990). His other films include Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Clue (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), and Nobody (2021). He also won a third Emmy for a guest role on Road to Avonlea and an Independent Spirit Award for Twenty Bucks.
87years old
Turns 88 on October 22in 4 days
- Born Stamford
- Star sign: LibraLast day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Christopher Allen Lloyd (birth name)Also credited as Christopher Alan Lloyd, Christopher A. Lloyd and Chris Lloyd
Movie Career
- Films
- 91
- Career span
- 50 years1975 to 2025
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First role
Lloyd started out apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, and Hyannis, Massachusetts. At 19 he studied acting in New York City, and his first New York theater job came in a 1961 production.
Early training
Lloyd studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Meisner. In 1977 he said his work had been uneven before, but Meisner showed him how to use his best consistently.
Big break
Lloyd played Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), a part he got after Leonard Nimoy, an actor and friend, suggested him.
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Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Back to the Future Part II1989 Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fias Doctor Emmett Brown
IMDb rating 7.8630K votes
Most often with
Robert Zemeckis directed five of these films, Barry Sonnenfeld two and William Dear two. Lea Thompson appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Robert Zemeckis
All films by Barry Sonnenfeld
All films by William Dear
Box office
What Christopher Lloyd's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.8 billion
47 of the 91 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 91 films: 47 worldwide figure; 8 us gross only; 19 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 15 figure not found.
- 47Worldwide figure
- 8US gross only
- 19Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 15Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 67% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$392M14.0% of the total
- 2$352M12.6% of the total
- 3$333M11.9% of the total
- 4$245M8.8% of the total
- 5$192M6.8% of the total
- 6$140M5.0% of the total
- 7$117M4.2% of the total
- 8$109M3.9% of the total
$921 millionfrom the other 39 films with a worldwide figure, 33% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1982 to 1994, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1992 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Road to Avonlea | Won |
| 1983 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1982 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1994 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male | Twenty Bucks | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.