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In mid-2010, he starred as [[Willy Loman]] in a [[Weston Playhouse]] production of ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/theater/26lloyd.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 | title = Christopher Lloyd stars in 'Death of a Salesman' | work = [[The New York Times]] | access-date=September 8, 2010 |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave|date=August 25, 2010}}</ref> That September, he reprised his role as [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future: The Game]]'', an episodic adventure game series developed by [[Telltale Games]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2010/08/telltale-games-times-back-to-the-future-project/1 | title = Telltale Games times 'Back to the Future' project | first = Mike | last =Snider | date = September 1, 2010 | access-date = September 1, 2010 | work = [[USA Today]] }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-lloyd-is-back-in-time-the-fourth-dimension-a-new-imax-theatre-film-103718234.html|title=Christopher Lloyd is Back in 'Time, the Fourth Dimension', a New IMAX Theatre Film|publisher=3D Entertainment Films|date=September 24, 2010|via=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date= September 28, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100928121422/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/christopher-lloyd-is-back-in-time-the-fourth-dimension-a-new-imax-theatre-film-103718234.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://variety.com/2010/film/news/christopher-lloyd-goes-back-in-time-1118024582/|title=Christopher Lloyd goes back in 'Time'|date=September 24, 2010|first=Dave |last=McNary|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| access-date=July 27, 2020|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=http://archive.today/3Fxf0|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 21, 2011, he appeared in "[[The Firefly (Fringe)|The Firefly]]" episode of the [[J. J. Abrams]] television series ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' as Roscoe Joyce.<ref name="ew review">{{cite web | url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/21/fringe-firefly-season-3-episode-10/| title = The return of 'Fringe' recap: 'The Firefly' glowed with love, loss, and Christopher Lloyd |first = Ken| last = Tucker | date= January 21, 2011| access-date= January 25, 2011 | work = [[Entertainment Weekly]] }}</ref> That August, he reprised the role of Dr. [[Emmett Brown]] (from ''[[Back to the Future]]'') as part of an advertising campaign for Garbarino,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/454208/Tucumanos/Campa%C3%B1a-publicitaria-Doc-Emmet-Brown-exito-YouTube.html |title=Campaña publicitaria del Doc Emmet Brown es un éxito en YouTube |trans-title=Advertising campaign with "Doc" Emmett Brown is a hit on YouTube |work=[[La Gaceta (Tucumán)|La Gaceta]] | location = [[Tucumán, Argentina]] | date=September 8, 2011 |access-date=June 14, 2012}}</ref> an [[Argentina|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 [[Bertold Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]] play ''[[The Caucasian Chalk Circle]]'', produced by the [[Classic Stage Company]] in New York.<ref name="caucasian circle">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/theater/reviews/the-caucasian-chalk-circle-at-classic-stage-company.html|title=A Little Groucho Marx, a Little King Solomon|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|date=May 30, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 28, 2020}}</ref>

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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 [[Back to the Future Part II|second installment of the film trilogy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10156689301233374|title=Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit Jimmy Kimmel Live|website=Facebook|date=October 21, 2015|access-date= September 8, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2018, Lloyd made a cameo appearance in the episode titled "No Country For Old Women" of ''[[Roseanne (season 10)|Roseanne]]'', where he played the role of Lou, the boyfriend to the mother of Roseanne and Jackie. In late 2019, he provided the voice of ~~Master~~ [[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]]''.

In September 2021, Lloyd portrayed [[Rick Sanchez]] in a series of promotional interstitials directed by Paul B. Cummings for the two-part [[Rick and Morty (season 5)|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]].<ref name="RickSanchez">{{cite web|last=Pulliam-Moore|first=Charles|date=September 3, 2021|title=''Rick and Morty''…This Is Heavy|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/rick-and-morty-this-is-heavy-1847613393|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=[[Gizmodo]]}}</ref><ref name="RickSanchez2">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rick-morty-live-action-christopher-lloyd-pickle-video|title=New ''Rick & Morty'' Live-Action Clip Has Christopher Lloyd Eat a Pickle|last=Guttmann|first=Graeme|date=5 September 2021|access-date=5 September 2021|website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> Addressing his own and original voice actor [[Justin Roiland]]'s portrayals of Sanchez compared to Doc Brown, Lloyd stated that "that he felt like Doc and Rick were like two brothers that took different paths."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/comments/pida3l/i_am_living_for_these_rick_and_morty_liveaction/hbordqz|title=Paul B. Cummings: "Chris said to me that he felt like Doc and Rick were like two brothers that took different paths. I thought that was a very interesting thing for him to say."|last=Cummings|first=Paul B.|date=September 5, 2021|work=[[Reddit|r/rickandmorty]]|access-date=September 5, 2021}}</ref>