Christopher Lloyd
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Lloyd at the May 2015 Phoenix Comicon
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Christopher Allen Lloyd October 22, 1938 Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Home town | New Canaan, Connecticut, United States |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
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| Relatives |
Sam Lloyd (nephew) Lewis H. Lapham (first cousin once removed) |
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his roles as Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993).
Lloyd has an equally prominent television profile, having won two Primetime Emmy Awards for playing Jim Ignatowski on the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983). He earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance on Road to Avonlea. He has also done extensive voiceover work for animated programs, most notably voicing The Hacker on the PBS Kids series Cyberchase (2002–2015). The role earned him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel R. Lloyd, Jr, a lawyer, and his wife Ruth (née Lapham; 1896–1984), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham. He is the youngest of four girls and three boys, one of whom, Samuel Lloyd, was an actor in the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyd's maternal grandfather, Lewis Henry Lapham, was one of the founders of the Texaco oil company, and Lloyd is also a descendant of Mayflower passengers, including John Howland. Lloyd was raised in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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