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Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

ActingBorn July 8, 1944 (age 81)San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brooks, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the TV sitcom The Ropers (1979–1980), as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and Maura Pfefferman on Transparent (2014–2017). For his role in the latter, Tambor earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations. In 2015, he was also awarded a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Pfefferman. His film roles include Jay Porter in ...And Justice for All (1979), Jinx Latham in Mr. Mom (1983), Sully in There's Something About Mary (1998), Mayor Augustus Maywho in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Tom Manning in Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Sid Garner in The Hangover trilogy (2009–2013), Francis Silverberg in The Accountant (2016), and Georgy Malenkov in The Death of Stalin (2017). Tambor has done voice acting for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), Tangled (2010), and Trolls (2016). For his voice role in The Lionhearts (1998), he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. From 2002 to 2003, he was an announcer for Hollywood Squares.

Filmography

2020
Magic Camp

as Roy Preston

Movie
2020
Disclosure

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
55 Steps

as Mort Cohen

Movie
2017
The Death of Stalin

as Georgy Malenkov

Movie
2017
The Orville

as Ben Mercer

TV
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

as Big Nose (voice)

TV
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After

as Big Nose (voice)

Movie
2016
The Accountant

as Francis Silverberg

Movie
2016
Trolls

as King Peppy (voice)

Movie
2016
The Last Laugh

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2015
China, Il The Musical

as Professor Cakes

Movie
2015
The D Train

as Bill Shurmur

Movie
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil

as Glossaryck (voice)

TV
2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas

as Snowman (voice)

Movie
2014
Transparent

as Maura Pfefferman

TV
2014Movie
2014
Jennifer Falls

as Don Hirsch

TV
2014
The Clockwork Girl

as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

Movie
2013
The Millers

as Ed Dolan

TV
2013
Phil Spector

as Bruce Cutler

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Onion News Empire

as David Bryant

Movie
2012
Branded

as Bob Gibbons

Movie
2012
Robot and Monster

as St. Crispy (voice)

TV
2012
For the Love of Money

as Mr. Solomon

Movie
2012
Doc McStuffins

as Santa Claus (voice)

TV
2012
Bent

as Walt Riggins

TV
2012TV
2011
Night of the Living Carrots

as Carl Murphy (voice)

Movie
2011
Five

as Danny

Movie
2011
China, IL

as Professor Cakes (voice)

TV
2011
Flypaper

as Gordon Blythe

Movie
2011
Lucky

as Detective Harold Waylon

Movie
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins

as Mr. Gremmins

Movie
2011
Love Bites

as Dr. O

TV
2011Movie
2011
Win Win

as Vigman

Movie
2011
Paul

as Adam Shadowchild

Movie
2011
Bubble Guppies

as Night Wizard (voice)

TV
2011
Bob's Burgers

as Captain Flarty (voice)

TV
2010
Tangled

as Big Nose Thug (voice)

Movie
2010
Raising Hope

as Arnold

TV
2010
Running Wilde

as Steven's Father

TV
2010TV
2010Movie
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

as Gill Littlefoot (voice)

TV
2010
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

Movie
2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

as Dr. Barry Cohen

TV
2010
Meeting Spencer

as Harris Chappell

Movie
2009Movie
2009
The Invention of Lying

as Anthony James

Movie
2009
The Good Wife

as Judge George Kluger

TV
2009
Archer

as Torvald Utne (voice)

TV
2009
Archer

as Len Trexler (voice)

TV
2009
The Hangover

as Sid Garner

Movie
2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

as Carl Murphy (voice)

Movie
2009
Monsters vs Aliens

as Carl Murphy (voice)

Movie
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)

TV
2008Movie
2008
Superhero Movie

as Dr. Whitby

Movie
2008TV
2008Movie
2007
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

as Santa Claus (voice)

Movie
2007TV
2007
Slipstream

as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman

Movie
2006
Twenty Good Years

as Jeffrey Pyne

TV
2006TV
2006
Psych

as Lloyd French

TV
2005Movie
2005
The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2005
The Colbert Report

as Self - Guest

TV
2005Movie
2005
Medium

as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois

TV
2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

as King Neptune (voice)

Movie
2004
Funky Monkey

as Crane

Movie
2004
Entourage

as Jeffrey Tambor

TV
2004
Hellboy

as Tom Manning

Movie
2004
Game Over

as Dr. Zed (voice)

TV
2004
EuroTrip

as Scott's Dad (uncredited)

Movie
2003
Eloise at Christmastime

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

Movie
2003
Arrested Development

as George Bluth Sr.

TV
2003
Under the Tuscan Sun

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Movie
2003Movie
2003TV
2003
Scorched

as Bank Employer

Movie
2003
Eloise at the Plaza

as Mr. Salomone the Manager

Movie
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted

as Dr. Feldman

Movie
2002
3-South

as Dean Earhart

Movie
2002TV
2002
That Was Then

as Gary 'Double G' Glass

TV
2002
Ozzy & Drix

as The Mole (voice)

TV
2001
Get Well Soon

as Mitchell

Movie
2001
The Proud Family

as Randolph Verascola (voice)

TV
2001
Never Again

as Christopher

Movie
2001
Next Caller

as Jefferson

TV
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

as Mayor Augustus Maywho

Movie
2000TV
2000
Pollock

as Clem Greenberg

Movie
2000
Sammy

as Steve (voice)

TV
1999
Girl, Interrupted

as Dr. Potts

Movie
1999
My Teacher's Wife

as Jack Boomer

Movie
1999TV
1999
The Lot

as Myron Sylver

TV
1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as Coach Wenchell

Movie
1999
Muppets from Space

as K. Edgar Singer

Movie
1999
Everything's Relative

as Jake Gorelick

TV
1998Movie
1998
The Lionhearts

as (voice)

TV
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

TV
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Announcer (voice)

TV
1998
Hercules

as King Salmoneus (voice)

TV
1998
Doctor Dolittle

as Dr. Fish

Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Practice

as Sid Herman

TV
1996Movie
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

as Black Jack Lee (voice)

TV
1996
Big Bully

as Art Lundstrum

Movie
1995
MADtv

as Self

TV
1995
Pinky and the Brain

as Beetle Fiero (voice)

TV
1995
Heavyweights

as Maury Garner

Movie
1994
Radioland Murders

as Walt Whalen Jr.

Movie
1994
Duckman

as Psychiatrist (voice)

TV
1994
Another Midnight Run

as Bernie Abbot

Movie
1993TV
1993
At Home with the Webbers

as Gerald Webber

Movie
1993Movie
1993Movie
1992
Crossing the Bridge

as Uncle Alby

Movie
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Crocker (voice)

TV
1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as Hank Kingsley

TV
1992
Article 99

as Dr. Leo Krutz

Movie
1992TV
1991Movie
1991
Life Stinks

as Vance Crasswell

Movie
1991
Dinosaurs

as Hank Hibler (voice)

TV
1990
Pastime

as Peter LaPorte

Movie
1990
American Dreamer

as Joe Baines

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Barry Dilwynn

TV
1990
Seriously... Phil Collins

as Jeffrey Taglentini

Movie
1990
Lisa

as Mr. Larry Marks

Movie
1990
The Easter Story

as Peter (voice)

Movie
1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.

as Board Member

TV
1989
Tales from the Crypt

as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")

TV
1989
Brenda Starr

as Vladimir

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Max Headroom

as Murray

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Gordon Salt

TV
1986
Mr. Sunshine

as Paul Stark

TV
1986
The Nativity

as Eli (voice)

Movie
1985
Desert Hearts

as Jerry (uncredited)

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")

TV
1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The World Next Door")

TV
1985
The Golden Girls

as Dr. Stevens

TV
1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times

as Pierre Salinger

TV
1984Movie
1984Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Russell Armstrong

TV
1983
The Awakening of Candra

as Professor Michael Silver

Movie
1983
Sadat

as Sharaff

TV
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There

as Boris Potemkin

Movie
1983
Mr. Mom

as Jinx

Movie
1983Movie
1982
Take Your Best Shot

as Alden Pepper

Movie
1982
9 to 5

as Franklin Hart

TV
1982
The Dream Chasers

as Jeffrey Bauman

Movie
1981Movie
1981
The Star Maker

as Harry Lanson

Movie
1981
A Gun in the House

as Lance Kessler

Movie
1981
Hill Street Blues

as Judge Alan Wachtel

TV
1981
Hill Street Blues

as Attorney Alan Wachtel

TV
1979Movie
1979
The Ropers

as Jeffrey P. Brookes III

TV
1978
Taxi

as Congressman Walter Griswald

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Lawrence Jurgens

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Harold Rogers

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Mr. Harold Rogers

TV
1977
Three's Company

as Winston Cromwell III

TV
1977
Three's Company

as Tom Miller

TV
1977
Three's Company

as Phillip Greene

TV
1975
Barney Miller

as William Klein

TV
1973
Kojak

as Medical Examiner

TV
1972
M*A*S*H

as Reddish

TV
1972
Summertime Killer

as "Sully" Tambor

Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 8, 1944
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity1.7