FrameThrower · Actors · Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
13 films · 1,079 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1975–2023
Born 22 October 1938 · Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, films, and on television since the 1960s. He is known for portraying Dr. Emmett "Doc" 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.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 13 films · 1,079 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1975–2023
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series1992
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series1983
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series1982
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,079 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Christopher takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 43% low key — the look of the work Christopher takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
2023 · Dr. Harry Price
I Am Not a Serial Killer
2016 · Mr. Crowley
Addams Family Values
1993 · Uncle Fester
The Addams Family
1991 · Uncle Fester
Back To The Future Part III
1990 · Doctor Emmett Brown
Back to the Future II
1989 · Doctor Emmett Brown
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Judge Doom
Back to the Future
1985 · Emmett Brown
Camp Hideout
2023 · Falco
Piranha 3D
2010 · Mr. Goodman
Eight Men Out
1988 · Bill Burns
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · John Bigboote
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Max Taber
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,079 frames from Christopher Lloyd's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.