Editing Christopher Lloyd (section)

== 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>