# Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) 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 trilogy (1985–1990) and Jim Ignatowski in the comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), for which he won two Emmy Awards.
Lloyd came to public attention in Northeastern theater productions during the 1960s and early 1970s, earning Drama Desk and Obie awards for his work. He made his cinematic debut in 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 (1985), Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993), Switchblade Sam in Dennis the Menace (1993), Mr. Goodman in Piranha 3D (2010), Bill Crowley in I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) and David Mansell in Nobody (2021).
Lloyd earned a third Emmy for his 1992 guest appearance as Alistair Dimple in Road to Avonlea, and won an 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, the Hacker in the PBS Kids' Cyberchase, which earned him Daytime Emmy nominations, and the Woodsman in Cartoon Network's Over the Garden Wall.

## Early life

Lloyd was born on October 22, 1938, in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of Ruth Lloyd (née Lapham; 1896–1984), a singer and sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham, and her lawyer husband Samuel R. Lloyd Jr. (1897–1959). He is the youngest of three boys and four girls, 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 passenger John Howland. Lloyd was raised in Westport, Connecticut, where he attended Staples High School and was involved in founding the high school's theater company, the Staples Players.

## Career

Lloyd began his career apprenticing at summer theaters in Mount Kisco, New York, and Hyannis, Massachusetts. He took acting classes in New York City at age 19—some at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with Sanford Meisner—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." He made his 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 (February 1973), The Harlot and the Hunted, The Seagull (January 1974), Total Eclipse (February 1974), Macbeth, In the Boom Boom Room, Cracks, Professional Resident Company, What Every Woman Knows, The Father, King Lear, Power Failure and, in mid-1972, appeared in a Jean Cocteau double bill, Orphée and The Human Voice, at the Jean Cocteau Theater at 43 Bond Street.
Lloyd returned to Broadway for the musical Happy End. He performed in Andrzej Wajda's adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Possessed at Yale Repertory Theater, and in Jay Broad's premiere of White Pelican at the P.A.F. Playhouse in Huntington Station, New York, on Long Island.
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."
His first film role was psychiatric patient Max Taber in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), alongside future co-star Danny DeVito. He is known for his work as "Reverend" Jim Ignatowski, the ex-hippie cabbie on the sitcom Taxi, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; and the eccentric inventor Emmett "Doc" Brown in the 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. 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 (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), 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), Zoltan in Radioland Murders (1994), and Uncle Fester in 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 — 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 film remake of the 1960s series My Favorite Martian. He starred on the television 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: 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 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. 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.
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. Also that September, he reprised his role as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in Back to the Future: The Game, an episodic adventure game series developed by Telltale Games. 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.
On January 21, 2011, he appeared in "The Firefly" episode of the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe as Roscoe Joyce. That August, he reprised the role of Dr. Emmett Brown (from Back to the Future) as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino, an 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 reprised the role of Doc Brown in two episodes of the stopmotion series 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 Bertolt Brecht play The Caucasian Chalk Circle, produced by the Classic Stage Company in New York.
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 second installment of the film trilogy.
In May 2018, Lloyd made a cameo appearance in the episode titled "No Country for Old Women" of 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. 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.
In March 2021, Lloyd played the best friend of William Shatner in the romantic comedy film Senior Moment, also starring Jean Smart.
In September 2021, Lloyd portrayed Rick Sanchez in a series of promotional interstitials directed by Paul B. Cummings for the two-part 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. 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."
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.
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. 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. The film was released on video-on-demand (VOD) on October 11, 2022.
In April 2023, Lloyd guest starred in an episode of the third season of The Mandalorian, portraying the role of Commissioner Helgait. More recently, he was announced to be starring in the live-action Knuckles series.

## Personal life

Lloyd married Catharine Dallas Dixon Boyd on June 6, 1959. They divorced in 1971. He married actress Kay Tornborg in 1974, divorcing her circa 1987. Lloyd's third marriage, to Carol Ann Vanek, had lasted more than two years when they were in the process of divorce in July 1991. His fourth marriage, to screenwriter Jane Walker Wood, lasted from 1992 to 2005. In 2016, he married Lisa Loiacono, who was Lloyd's real estate agent when he sold his house in Montecito, California, in 2012. His former house on that lot was destroyed in the Tea Fire of November 2008.
Lloyd's philanthropist mother, Ruth Lapham Lloyd, died in 1984 at age 88. Her other surviving children were Donald L. Mygatt (who died in 2003), Antoinette L. Mygatt Lucas, Samuel Lloyd III (who later died in 2017), Ruth Lloyd Scott, Ax Lloyd, and Adele L. Kinney. Lloyd's nephew, Sam Lloyd (1963–2020), was known for playing lawyer Ted Buckland on Scrubs.

## Performances
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Max Taber | |
| 1977 | Another Man, Another Chance | Jesse James | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Three Warriors | Steve Chaffey | |
| 1978 | Goin' South | Deputy Towfield | |
| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days | Bill Tod Carver | |
| 1979 | The Lady in Red | Frognose | |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Jailhouse lawyer | |
| 1980 | The Black Marble | Arnold's Collector | |
| 1980 | Schizoid | Gilbert | |
| 1981 | The Legend of the Lone Ranger | Maj. Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish | |
| 1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | The Salesman | |
| 1981 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness | Samuel Starkman | Segment: "Municipalians" |
| 1983 | Mr. Mom | Larry | |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | S.S. Captain Schultz | |
| 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Cmdr. Kruge | |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | John Bigbooté | |
| 1984 | National Lampoon's Joy of Sex | Coach Hindenberg | |
| 1985 | Back to the Future | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 1985 | Clue | Prof. Plum | |
| 1986 | Miracles | Harry | |
| 1987 | Walk Like a Man | Reggie Shand / Henry Shand | |
| 1987 | Legend of the White Horse | Jim Martin | |
| 1988 | Track 29 | Henry Henry | |
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Judge Doom | |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Bill Burns | |
| 1989 | The Dream Team | Henry Sikorsky | |
| 1989 | Back to the Future Part II | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 1990 | Back to the Future Part III | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 1990 | Why Me? | Bruno Daley | |
| 1990 | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Merlock | Voice |
| 1991 | Suburban Commando | Charlie Wilcox | |
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Uncle Fester/Gordon Craven | |
| 1993 | Twenty Bucks | Jimmy | |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Switchblade Sam | |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values | Uncle Fester Addams | |
| 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | Al "The Boss" Angel | |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | Dennis Van Welker | |
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Zoltan | |
| 1994 | The Pagemaster | Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster | |
| 1995 | Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie | Ed Jarvis | Short film |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Pieces | |
| 1996 | Cadillac Ranch | Wood Grimes | |
| 1997 | Changing Habits | Theo Teagarden | |
| 1997 | Dinner at Fred's | Dad | |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Grigori Rasputin | Voice |
| 1998 | The Real Blonde | Ernst | |
| 1998 | The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Judge Thatcher | Voice |
| 1999 | My Favorite Martian | Uncle Martin | |
| 1999 | Baby Geniuses | Heep | |
| 1999 | Convergence | Morley Allen | |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon | Himself - Taxi actor | Cameo |
| 2001 | Kids World | Leo | |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Attorney Bum | Segment: "Happy Birthday" |
| 2002 | Interstate 60 | Ray | |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Bruce | |
| 2002 | Hey Arnold!: The Movie | Coroner | Voice |
| 2003 | Haunted Lighthouse | Cap'n Jack | Short film |
| 2004 | Admissions | Stewart Worthy | |
| 2005 | Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie | Seymour S. Sassafras | Voice |
| 2005 | Bad Girls from Valley High | Mr. Chauncey | |
| 2005 | Enfants Terribles | Reverend Burr | |
| 2007 | Flakes | Willie | |
| 2008 | Fly Me to the Moon | Amos | Voice |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Hovis | Voice |
| 2009 | Call of the Wild | "Grandpa" Bill Hale | |
| 2009 | Santa Buddies | Stan Cruge | |
| 2010 | Snowmen | The Caretaker | |
| 2010 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Headmaster | |
| 2010 | Piranha 3D | Mr. Goodman | |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Dr. George | |
| 2011 | InSight | Shep | |
| 2011 | Adventures of Serial Buddies | Dr. Von Gearheart | |
| 2011 | Snowflake, the White Gorilla | Dr. Archibald Pepper | Voice, English dub |
| 2011 | The Chateau Meroux | Nathan | |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Mr. Clipboard | Voice |
| 2012 | Cadaver | Cadaver | Voice, short film |
| 2012 | Piranha 3DD | Mr. Goodman | |
| 2012 | Delhi Safari | Pigeon | Voice, English dub |
| 2012 | Axe Boat 2012 | Night Watchman | Short film |
| 2012 | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Lero Sombrero | |
| 2012 | The Illusionauts | Teacher | English dub |
| 2012 | Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Grandpa Jack | |
| 2012 | Dead Before Dawn | Horus Galloway | |
| 2012 | Excuse Me for Living | Lars | |
| 2012 | Sid the Science Kid: The Movie | Dr. Bonanodon | Voice |
| 2012 | Last Call | Pete | |
| 2012 | Freedom Force | Professor | Voice, English dub |
| 2013 | Jungle Master | Dr. Sedgwick | Voice |
| 2013 | The Coin | William | Short film |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Doc Brown | Cameo |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Kroenig | |
| 2014 | The One I Wrote for You | Pop | |
| 2015 | 88 | Cyrus | |
| 2015 | Back in Time | Himself | Documentary |
| 2015 | Doc Brown Saves the World | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Short film |
| 2015 | The Boat Builder | Abner | |
| 2016 | I Am Not a Serial Killer | Mr. Crowley | |
| 2016 | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Cameo |
| 2016 | Cold Moon | James Redfield | |
| 2017 | Going in Style | Milton Kupchak | |
| 2017 | Muse | Bernard Rauschen | |
| 2017 | The Sound | Clinton Jones | |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Stanley | |
| 2018 | Making a Killing | Lloyd Mickey | |
| 2018 | Rerun | Future George Benson | |
| 2019 | The Haunted Swordsman | The Black Monk | Voice, short film |
| 2021 | Nobody | David Mansell | |
| 2021 | Senior Moment | Sal Spinelli | |
| 2021 | Queen Bees | Arthur Lane | |
| 2021 | The Tender Bar | Grandpa Moehringer | |
| 2022 | Spirit Halloween: The Movie | Alec Windsor | |
| 2022 | Tankhouse | Buford | |
| 2023 | Self Reliance | Dennis Walcott | |
| 2023 | Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose | Dr. Harry Price | |
| 2023 | Camp Hideout | Falco | |
| 2024 | Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps | Alchemist | |
| 2025 | Nobody 2 | David Mansell | Post-production |
| TBA | The Movers | Henry Solomon | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Tsar Alexandre | Episode: "Chapter VIII: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State" |
| 1978 | Lacy and the Mississippi Queen | Jennings | Television film |
| 1978 | The Word | Hans Bogardus | Television miniseries |
| 1978–1979 | Barney Miller | Arnold Scully / Vincent Carew | 2 episodes |
| 1978–1983 | Taxi | Reverend Jim Ignatowski | 84 episodes |
| 1979 | Stunt Seven a.k.a. The Fantastic Seven | Skip Hartman | Television film |
| 1982 | Best of the West | The Calico Kid | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Paul | Episode: "Pilgrim, Farewell" |
| 1982 | Money on the Side | Sergeant Stampone | Television film |
| 1983 | September Gun | Jack Brian | Television film |
| 1984 | Cheers | Phillip Semenko | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Old Friends | Jerry Forbes | Pilot |
| 1984 | The Cowboy and the Ballerina | Woody | Television film |
| 1985 | Street Hawk | Anthony Corrido | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Prof. Beanes | Episode: "Go to the Head of the Class" |
| 1987 | Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius | Pat Hobby | Television film |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Television special |
| 1991–1992 | Back to the Future: The Animated Series | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Live action; 26 episodes |
| 1992 | T Bone N Weasel | William "Weasel" Weasler | Television film |
| 1992 | Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Frank Iarossi | Television film |
| 1992 | Road to Avonlea | Alistair Dimple | Episode: "Another Point of View" |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | Mr. Hunch | Television film |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | The Continental Op | Episode: "Fly Paper" |
| 1995 | Rent-a-Kid | Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey | Television film |
| 1995–1996 | Deadly Games | Sebastian Jackal / Jordan Kenneth Lloyd | 13 episodes |
| 1996 | The Right to Remain Silent | Johnny Benjamin | Television film |
| 1997 | Quicksilver Highway | Aaron Quicksilver | Television film |
| 1997 | Angels in the Endzone | Al "The Boss" Angel | Television film |
| 1998 | The Ransom of Red Chief | Sam Howard | Television film |
| 1999 | Spin City | Owen Kingston | Episode: "Back to the Future IV" |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | The White Knight | Television film |
| 1999 | It Came from the Sky | Jarvis Moody | Television film |
| 2001 | The Tick | Mr. Fishladder | Uncredited Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2001 | Wit | Dr. Harvey Kelekian | Television film |
| 2001 | Chasing Destiny | Jet James | Television film |
| 2001 | When Good Ghouls Go Bad | Uncle Fred Walker | Television film |
| 2002–present | Cyberchase | The Hacker | Voice, 134 episodes |
| 2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Walter | Episode: "Family Reunion" |
| 2002 | The Big Time | Doc Powers | Television film |
| 2003 | Ed | Burt Kiffle | Episode: "The Move" |
| 2003 | Tremors | Dr. Cletus Poffenberger | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Snail | Voice, episode: "Dumb Luck" |
| 2004 | I Dream | Prof. Toone | 13 episodes |
| 2004–2005 | Clubhouse | Lou Russo | 11 episodes |
| 2005 | The West Wing | Prof. Lawrence Lessig | Episode: "The Wake Up Call" |
| 2005 | King of the Hill | Smitty | Voice, episode: "Care-Takin' Care of Business" |
| 2005 | Detectives | Anderson in Launderette | Television film |
| 2005–2006 | Stacked | Harold March | 19 episodes |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | Everett Neely | Episode: "Valerie on the Stairs" |
| 2006 | A Perfect Day | Michael | Television film |
| 2007 | Numbers | Ross Moore | Episode: "Graphic" |
| 2008 | Live from Lincoln Center | King Pellinore | Episode: "Camelot" |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Carmine | Episode: "Vanishing Act" |
| 2009 | Meteor | Prof. Daniel Lehman | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Knights of Bloodsteel | Tesselink | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Chuck | Dr. Leo Dreyfus | Episode: "Chuck versus the Tooth" |
| 2011 | Fringe | Roscoe Joyce | Episode: "The Firefly" |
| 2011 | Family Practice | Robert Passion Foote | Unaired pilot |
| 2011–2013 | Robot Chicken | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown / Early Hacker / Schlomo | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Dorothy and the Witches of Oz | Wizard of Oz | Television film |
| 2012 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Grandpa | Episode: "Grampires: Part 1" |
| 2012 | Anything But Christmas | Harry | Television film |
| 2013 | Raising Hope | Dennis Powers | Episode: " Credit Where Credit Is Due" |
| 2013 | Psych | Martin Kahn | Episode: "100 Clues" |
| 2014 | The Michael J. Fox Show | Principal McTavish | Episode: "Health" |
| 2014 | Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys | Mayor Akerman | Television film |
| 2014 | Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse | Harry Setag | Television film |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | The Woodsman | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Granite Flats | Professor Hargraves | 12 episodes |
| 2015 | The Simpsons | Rev. Jim Ignatowski | Voice, episode: "My Fare Lady" |
| 2015 | Just in Time for Christmas | Grandpa Bob | Television film |
| 2016 | The Big Bang Theory | Theodore | Episode: "The Property Division Collision" |
| 2017–2018 | 12 Monkeys | The Missionary / Zalmon Shaw | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Roseanne | Lou | Episode: "No Country for Old Women" |
| 2018 | Guess Who Died | Mort | Unaired pilot |
| 2019 | A.P. Bio | Melvin | Episode: "Melvin" |
| 2019 | Big City Greens | Santa Claus | Voice, episode: "Green Christmas" |
| 2020 | Prop Culture | Self | Episode: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
| 2020 | NCIS | Joseph "Joe" Smith | Episode: "The Arizona" |
| 2021 | Next Stop, Christmas | Train Conductor | Hallmark television film |
| 2022 | The Conners | Lou | Episode: "The Best Laid Plans, A Contrabassoon and A Sinking Feeling" |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Commissioner Helgait | Episode: "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire" |
| 2023 | A Million Little Things | Himself | Episode: "Father's Day" |
| 2024 | Knuckles | Pachacamac | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Hacks | Larry Arbuckle | Episode: "The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular" |
| 2025 | Everybody's Live with John Mulaney | Willy Loman / Himself | Episode: "Lending People Money" |
| 2025 | Wednesday | TBA | Season 2; guest role |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1961 | And They Put Handcuffs on Flowers | | New York |
| 1969 | Red, White and Maddox | Bombardier | Cort Theatre, Broadway |
| 1973 | Kaspar | Kaspar | Chelsea Theater Center, Off-Broadway |
| 1973 | The Seagull | Konstantin Treplev | Roundabout Stage II, Off-Broadway |
| 1974 | Macbeth | Banquo / Cathness | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1974 | Total Eclipse | Verlaine | Chelsea Theater Center, Off-Broadway |
| 1974 | In the Boom Boom Room | Al | The Public Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 1977 | Happy End | Bill Cracker | Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway |
| 1990 | The Father | Captain Lassen | American Repertory Theater, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | Waiting for Godot | Pozzo | CSC Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2001 | The Unexpected Man | Parsky | Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Morning's at Seven | Carl Bolton | Broadway, Broadway |
| 2002 | Twelfth Night | Malvolio | Delacorte Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2003 | Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted | Dalton Trumbo | Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | A Christmas Carol | Scrooge | Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles |
| 2010 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman | Weston Playhouse, Vermont |
| 2013 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | The Singer / Azdak | CSC Theatre, Off-Broadway |
| 2018 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Weston Playhouse, Vermont |
| 2018 | Pound | Ezra Pound | Theatre Row, Off-Broadway |
| 2021 | King Lear | King Lear | New Spruce Theater, Lenox, Massachusetts |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Rescue the Scientists | Lieutenant Jack Tempus | Also likeness |
| 1996 | Toonstruck | Drew Blanc | Also likeness and live action sequences |
| 2006 | Back to the Future Video Slots | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 2010–2011 | Back to the Future: The Game | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 2013 | Back to the Future Back in Time Video Slots | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | |
| 2015 | King's Quest | Elderly King Graham | |
| 2020 | Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind | Xehanort | |
| 2020 | Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory | Xehanort | |

### Music videos

| Year | Artist | Title | Role |
| 1985 | Huey Lewis and the News | "The Power of Love" | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown |
| 2008 | O'Neal McKnight | "Check Your Coat" | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown |

### Other

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | Back to the Future: The Pinball | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Pinball machine |
| 1991 | Back to the Future: The Ride | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Simulator ride |
| 2008 | The Simpsons Ride | Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown | Simulator ride |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Production / Role | Result |
| 1973 | Obie Award | Distinguished Performance | Kaspar | Won |
| 1973 | Drama Desk Award | Best Performance | Kaspar | Won |
| 1982 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1983 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Taxi | Won |
| 1986 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actor | Back to the Future | Nominated |
| 1990 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Nominated |
| 1992 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Road to Avonlea (Episode: "Another Point of View") | Won |
| 1994 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Supporting Male | Twenty Bucks | Won |
| 2008 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Cyberchase | Nominated |
| 2013 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Screen Ensemble (shared with the entire cast) | The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Nominated |
| 2015 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program | Cyberchase | Nominated |
| 2016 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | I Am Not a Serial Killer | Nominated |
| 2016 | NAVGTR Awards | Performance in a Comedy, Lead | King's Quest: The Good Knight | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Hacks (Episode: "The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular") | Nominated |