Biography
Renowned character actor Christopher Lloyd won over critics and audiences alike with the wide array of quirky, off-beat characters he brought to life on the big and small screens. A former Broadway actor, Lloyd seemed to spring from nowhere to earn a number of Emmys for his role as burnt out ex-hippie Jim Ignatowski on the acclaimed sitcom "Taxi" (ABC, 1978-82; NBC, 1982-83). Of the many times he portrayed mad scientists and inventors with …
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Career Milestones
1958 | Moved to New York at age 20 (date approximate) |
1973 | Appeared off-Broadway in "Kaspar," winning an OBIE and a Drama Desk Award |
1975 | Feature film debut playing one of the inmates in Milos Forman's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" opposite Jack Nicholson |
1976 | Played Czar Alexander I in the PBS miniseries "The Adams Chronicles" |
1977 | Acted opposite Meryl Streep in Broadway production of "Happy End" |
1978 | "Goin' South" reteamed him with Nicholson and De Vito |
1978 | Starred as 'Reverend Jim' Ignatowski in the classic TV sitcom "Taxi" (ABC); joined as regular cast member in second season; won two Emmy Awards |
1978 | TV miniseries debut, "The Word" (CBS) |
1978 | TV movie debut, "Lacy and the Mississippi Queen" (NBC) |
1984 | Appeared as Phillip Semenka on two-part episode of "Cheers" (NBC) |
1984 | Played the villain (Jim Ignatowski goes Klingon) in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" |
1985 | First collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Bob Gale, "Back to the Future" as Doc Emmett L. Brown opposite Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly |
1985 | Portrayed Professor Plum in "Clue," based on the play inspired by the board game |
1986 | Teamed with Zemeckis and Gale for the "Go to the Head of the Class" episode of NBC's "Amazing Stories" |
1988 | Portrayed Judge Doom in Zemeckis' "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
1989 | Reprised Doc Brown in "Back to the Future II" |
1989 | Returned to the loony bin as self-serious tidiness freak of "The Dream Team" |
1990 | Returned as Brown for "Back to the Future III" |
1991 | Played Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family," a featured based on the 1960s ABC series |
1991 | Provided the voice of Dr. Emmett Brown and appeared in live-action intros and epilogues for the animated series "Back to the Future" (CBS): reprised the character for the Universal Studios' theme park attraction "Back to the Future...The Ride" |
1992 | Won his third Emmy for guest appearance on Disney's "Avonlea" |
1993 | Reprised Uncle Fester for "Addams Family Values" |
1993 | Won an Independent Spirit Award for his outstanding supporting portrayal of a well-spoken, purposeful stick-up man in "Twenty Bucks"; Endre Bohem wrote the original screenplay in 1935, and his son Leslie rewrote it and saw it into production |
1994 | Portrayed Al the Angel for "Angels in the Outfield" |
1995 | Acted in the first interactive film "Mr. Payback"; directed by Bob Gale |
1995 | Landed role as the villainous Sebastian Jackal on UPN's "Deadly Games," executive produced by Leonard Nimoy |
1995 | Played Pieces, a porno projectionist with leprosy whose toes and other parts are falling off in "Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead" |
1996 | Executive produced Tiffanie DeBartolo's feature directing debut "Dream for an Insomniac" |
1996 | Made his CD-ROM game debut in the interactive "Toonstruck," reprising his Judge Doom character from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
1997 | Provided voice of Rasputin for animated feature "Anastasia" |
1997 | Reprised Al for "The Wonderful World of Disney" (ABC) presentation of "Angels in the Endzone" |
1998 | Acted in the off-Broadway revival of "Waiting for Godot" |
1998 | Starred in Bob Clark's "The Ransom of Red Chief," a "Wonderful World of Disney" remake of the O. Henry story |
1999 | Appeared as himself in Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon," the biopic of Lloyd's "Taxi" cohort Andy Kaufman |
1999 | Played the White Knight in the NBC movie adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" |
1999 | Portrayed Uncle Martin in "My Favorite Martian," the feature version of the 1960s CBS sitcom |
1999 | Reteamed with Clark for "Baby Geniuses" opposite Kathleen Turner |
1999 | Reteamed with Michael J. Fox for the "Back to the Future IV: Judgment Day" episode of the ABC sitcom "Spin City" |
2001 | Played supporting role in the HBO adaptation of "Wit" |
2001 | Starred opposite Holland Taylor in a Los Angeles production of Yasmina Reza's play "The Unexpected Man" |
2005 | Cast in the Fox series "Stacked" opposite Pamela Anderson |
2006 | Cast in Showtime's "Masters of Horror" anthology series |
2008 | Voiced the character of Hovis in the animated fantasy film "The Tale of Despereaux" |
2010 | Acted opposite Elisabeth Shue in the action thriller "Piranha 3D" |
2011 | Cast as The Wizard of Oz in the Syfy miniseries "The Witches of Oz" |
2012 | Returned for the thriller sequel "Piranha 3DD" |
Awards
1982 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In a Comedy, Variety or Music Series in Taxi |
1983 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In a Comedy, Variety or Music Series in Taxi |
1992 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in Avonlea |
1994 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male in Twenty Bucks |
1996 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in Frasier |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in Frasier |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in Frasier |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in Modern Family |
2013 | Producers Guild of America Award for Television Series - Comedy in Modern Family |