Editing Christopher Lloyd (section)

{{short description|American actor (born 1938)}}
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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]]''.