American actor (born 1938)
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He turned wild-eyed eccentricity into a career signature—the time-traveling inventor, the spaced-out cabbie, the cartoon villain judge. Lloyd made mania look like method, and a generation never forgot the hair.
Lloyd built his foundation in Northeastern theater through the 1960s and early 1970s, collecting Drama Desk and Obie awards before his film debut in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. The late '70s brought Jim Ignatowski, the beautifully damaged reverend on Taxi, a role that earned him two Emmys and established his gift for playing minds operating on their own frequency. Then came Doc Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy starting in 1985—the part that made him a fixture in popular memory. He cycled through memorable villains and oddballs: the Klingon commander in Star Trek III, the te…
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I didn't imagine that 30 years later, there'd be this enthusiasm and excitement about it. This celebration, I didn't see that coming at all.
I never thought of it (becoming a classic). It never occurred to me. I was going to be happy if it had a good, strong run, if it was a popular film.
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.
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