Doctor Emmett Brown — Back to the Future Part III Character Profile

About Doctor Emmett Brown

An eccentric genius inventor who builds the time machine and guides Marty.

Doctor Emmett Brown — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Time machine invention, Physics, Engineering, Leadership

• Strength: 5/10
• Intelligence: 10/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 8/10

Affiliations

• Hill Valley fictive universe

Quick Facts about Doctor Emmett Brown

Education

California Institute of Technology

Occupation

physicist, inventor, time traveller

First Appearance

Back to the Future

Doctor Emmett Brown's Known Relations

• Clara Clayton — Spouse
• Jules Brown — Child
• Verne Brown — Child
• Marty McFly — Significant person
• Clara Clayton — Significant person
• Biff Tannen — Enemy

Doctor Emmett Brown appears in 3 titles

• Back to the Future (1985) — character page
• Back to the Future Part II (1989) — character page
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Character Facts

Played by

Christopher Lloyd

Appears in

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Doctor Emmett Brown — related — Marty McFly / Seamus McFly (Michael J. Fox)
• Doctor Emmett Brown — spouse — Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen)
• Doctor Emmett Brown — related — Marty McFly / Seamus McFly (Michael J. Fox)
• Doctor Emmett Brown — spouse — Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen)

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