Christopher Lloyd

Background

Christopher Allen Lloyd was born in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. His mother, Ruth Lloyd, was a singer. She was also the younger sister of Roger Lapham, the mayor of San Francisco at the time. His father, Samuel R. Lloyd, worked as a lawyer. He is the youngest of five siblings — two girls and three boys. One of his brothers, Samuel Lloyd, was a notable actor in the 1950s. Moreover, his maternal grandfather named Lewis Henry Lapham was one of the founding members of Texaco. Inc.

The actor was brought up in Westport, Connecticut. Here, he completed his early education at Staples High School. During his time at this school, Lloyd helped set up its theater company called the Staples Players. He kick-started his career with an apprenticeship at the summer theaters in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and Mount Kisco, New York. When he was 19 years of age, he began taking acting lessons in New York City with Stanford Meisner. In 1961, Lloyd made a theater debut in New York in Fernando Arrabai’s play “And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers.”

In February 1974, he made his debut on broadway. Thereafter he took up non-broadway roles in plays like “The Harlot and the Hunted,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and “Total Eclipse.” He bagged his first film role soon after and appeared in the 1995 movie titled “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” In 1978, his popularity grew by leaps and bounds as he began portraying ‘Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the popular sitcom “Taxi.”