Great Scott, he’s had one memorable career.
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It's been 40 years since Christopher Lloyd began his film career, in the role of Max Taber in the classic Miloš Forman-directed 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and, since then, the New York theater–trained actor has appeared in dozens of different film and TV projects — including his two-time Emmy-winning role as Reverend Jim on Taxi. But his memorable roles in films such as Back to the Future and The Addams Family are what endeared him to kids growing up in the '80s and '90s.
Lloyd, now 76, is currently introducing himself to a new generation as the voice of the Hacker on the PBS animated series Cyberchase — which is premiering its 10th season this fall. BuzzFeed recently visited the Santa Barbara recording studio where Lloyd records his voiceover work for the series and got a chance to speak with him about the five iconic film roles that made him beloved to an entire generation of kids.
Dennis the Menace (1993)
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Lloyd was barely recognizable as the villainous burglar Switchblade Sam in the first feature-film adaption of the popular long-running comic strip.
"Every now and then I get recognized for that role, which surprises me considering how different I looked under all that makeup and the wig. But I relished the role; he was such a sleaze and so nasty. There is a scene in the movie where I am up against the fence and have to take an apple from this little kid, and he was so frightened of me anytime I was in makeup that when we weren't filming, the poor kid would be clinging to his mom, terrified. And there was nothing I could do to quell his fear, he was just traumatized.
"But I really enjoy playing villains, whether they're realistic like Switchblade Sam or whether they're a bit more over-the-top like Kruge in Star Trek III or Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's sort of a license just to be as bad as the script allows you to be — you can just go for it and have fun."
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