Samuel "Sam" Lloyd IV (born November 12, 1963) is an American character actor and musician.Lloyd attended Syracuse University. He is the nephew of Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd, and his father is also an actor. He and Christopher Lloyd both guested on Malcolm in the Middle, Sam as a housing lawyer and Christopher as Hal's father. The two also guested on The West Wing, Sam requesting the White House to release information about UFOs, and Christopher as a constitutional law expert. He also appeared in Desperate Housewives as Albert Goldfine. Wikipedia