Christopher Lloyd Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Christopher Lloyd filmography covers 95 movie titles and 42 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Christopher Lloyd movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) as Max Taber
• Goin' South (1978) as Towfield
• Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) as Bill Carver
• The Lady in Red (1979) as Frognose
• The Onion Field (1979) as Jailhouse Lawyer
• Schizoid (1980) as Gilbert
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) as Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) as The Salesman
• National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) as Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
• Mr. Mom (1983) as Larry
• To Be or Not to Be (1983) as Capt. Schultz
• Joy of Sex (1984) as Coach Hindenberg
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as Cmdr. Kruge
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) as John Bigboote
• Back to the Future (1985) as Emmett Brown
• Clue (1985) as Professor Plum
• Amazing Stories (1986) as R. Beanes
• Walk Like a Man (1987) as Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
• Eight Men Out (1988) as Bill Burns
• Track 29 (1988) as Henry Henry
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) as Judge Doom
• Back to the Future Part II (1989) as Doctor Emmett Brown
• The Dream Team (1989) as Henry Sikorsky
• Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Doctor Emmett Brown
• DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) as Merlock (voice)
• Why Me? (1990) as Bruno Daley
• Suburban Commando (1991) as Charlie Wilcox
• The Addams Family (1991) as Uncle Fester
• Addams Family Values (1993) as Uncle Fester
• Dennis the Menace (1993) as Switchblade Sam
• Twenty Bucks (1993) as Jimmy
• Angels in the Outfield (1994) as Al the Angel
• Camp Nowhere (1994) as Dennis Van Welker
• Radioland Murders (1994) as Zoltan
• The Pagemaster (1994) as Mr. Dewey
• Rent-a-Kid (1995) as Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) as Pieces
• Anastasia (1997) as Rasputin (voice)
• Angels in the Endzone (1997) as Al
• Quicksilver Highway (1997) as Aaron Quicksilver
• The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1998) as Judge Thatcher (voice)
• The Real Blonde (1998) as Ernst
• Alice in Wonderland (1999) as White Knight
• Baby Geniuses (1999) as Heep
• Man on the Moon (1999) as Self (uncredited)
• My Favorite Martian (1999) as Uncle Martin
• When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001) as Uncle Fred Walker
• Wit (2001) as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
• Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) as Coroner (voice)
• Interstate 60 (2002) as Ray
• Bad Girls from Valley High (2005) as Mr. Chauncey
• Valerie on the Stairs (2006) as Everett Neely
• Flakes (2007) as Willie
• Fly Me to the Moon (2008) as Amos (voice)
• The Tale of Despereaux (2008) as Hovis (voice)
• Call of the Wild (2009) as 'Grandpa' Bill Hale
• Jack and the Beanstalk (2009) as Headmaster
• Santa Buddies (2009) as Stan Cruge
• Piranha 3D (2010) as Mr. Goodman
• Snowmen (2010) as The Caretaker
• InSight (2011) as Shep
• Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011) as Dr. George
• Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (2011) as Self
• The Chateau Meroux (2011) as Nathan
• Dead Before Dawn (2012) as Horus Galloway
• Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) as The Wizard Of Oz
• Foodfight! (2012) as Mr. Clipboard (voice)
• Piranha 3DD (2012) as Mr. Goodman
• The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy (2012) as Grandpa Jack
• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012) as Lero Sombrero
• A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) as Doc Brown
• Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014) as Mayor Akerman
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) as Kroenig
• Zodiac (2014) as Harry Setag
• 88 (2015) as Cyrus
• Back in Time (2015) as Self
• Just in Time for Christmas (2015) as Grandpa Bob
• 50 Years of Star Trek (2016) as Self
• Cold Moon (2016) as James Redfield
• Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) as Doc Brown
• I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) as Mr. Crowley
• Going in Style (2017) as Milton Kupchak
• Muse (2017) as Rauschen
• The Sound (2017) as Clinton Jones
• Boundaries (2018) as Stanley
• Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson (2019) as Self
• Next Stop, Christmas (2021) as Ticket Agent/Conductor
• Nobody (2021) as David Mansell
• Queen Bees (2021) as Arthur Lane
• Senior Moment (2021) as Sal Spinelli
• The Tender Bar (2021) as Grandpa Maguire
• Spirit Halloween: The Movie (2022) as Alex Windsor
• Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023) as Dr. Harry Price
• Self Reliance (2024) as Dennis Walcott
• Nobody 2 (2025) as David Mansell

Christopher Lloyd television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Christopher Lloyd; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• 12 Monkeys as The Missionary; The Missionary (uncredited); Zalmon Shaw / The Missionary
• A Million Little Things as Christopher Lloyd
• A.P. Bio as Melvin
• Amazing Stories as Professor B.O.Beanes
• Back to the Future as Emmett Brown
• Barney Miller as Arnold Scully; Vincent Carew
• Cheers as Phillip Semenko
• Chuck as Dr. Leo Dreyfus
• Cyberchase as Hacker (voice)
• Ed as Burt Kiffle
• Expedition: Back To The Future as Self
• Fringe as Roscoe Joyce
• Hacks as Larry Arbuckle
• Happy's Place as Clive
• Hulk Hogan: Real American as Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
• King of the Hill as Smitty (voice)
• Knuckles as Chief Pachacamac (voice)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmine
• Malcolm in the Middle as Walter
• Masters of Horror
• Meteor as Prof. Daniel Lehman
• NCIS as Joseph Smith
• Numb3rs as Ross Moore
• Over the Garden Wall as The Woodsman (voice)
• Psych as Martin Kahn
• R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Grandpa Walt Montgomery
• Raising Hope as Dennis Powers
• Spin City as Owen Kingston; Owen Kingston (archive footage)
• Stacked as Harold March
• Street Hawk as Anthony Corrido
• Taxi as Reverend Jim Ignatowski; Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski
• The Big Bang Theory as Theodore
• The Conners as Lou Vitore
• The Mandalorian as Commissioner Helgait
• The Michael J. Fox Show as Principal McTavish
• The Real History of Science Fiction as Self
• The Simpsons as Reverend Jim Ignatowski (voice)
• The West Wing as Professor Lawrence Lessig
• The Witches of Oz as The Wizard of Oz
• Tremors as Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
• Wednesday as Professor Orloff

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Christopher Lloyd's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.