Jeffrey Tambor

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Tambor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Quince

Meet Joe Black

Sully

There's Something About Mary

Lou

City Slickers

Tom Manning

Hellboy

Dr. Fish

Doctor Dolittle

Coach Wenchell

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Dr. Potts

Girl, Interrupted

Ken

My Boss's Daughter

Wizard

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Waldemar

Saturday the 14th

Tom Manning

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Vance Crasswell

Life Stinks

Anthony James

The Invention of Lying

Walt Whalen Jr.

Radioland Murders

Dr. Whitby

Superhero Movie

King Neptune (voice)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Mayor Augustus Maywho

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Mr. Rice

Three O'Clock High

Jinx

Mr. Mom

Dr. Feldman

Malibu's Most Wanted

Devil

Operation: Endgame

Boris Potemkin

The Man Who Wasn't There

Carl Murphy (voice)

Monsters vs Aliens

Gordon Blythe

Flypaper

Maury Garner

Heavyweights

Ken

No Small Affair

Sid Garner

The Hangover Part II

Jack Boomer

My Teacher's Wife

Adam Shadowchild

Paul

Jay Porter

...And Justice for All

Mr. Salomone the Manager

Eloise at the Plaza

Vladimir

Brenda Starr

Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman

Slipstream

Sid Garner

The Hangover

Mitchell

Get Well Soon

Mort Broome

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Detective Waylon

Lucky

Lawyer (uncredited)

Under the Tuscan Sun

Dr. Stockton

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Carl Murphy (voice)

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space

Vigman

Win Win

Mr. Gremmins

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Larry Marks

Lisa

Willie

A House in the Hills

Harris Chappell

Meeting Spencer

Christopher

Never Again

Self

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

Sid Garner

The Hangover Part III

Eli (voice)

The Nativity

Gerald Webber

At Home with the Webbers

Bob Gibbons

Branded

Carl Murphy (voice)

Night of the Living Carrots

Peter (voice)

The Easter Story

Isser Harel

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Bruce Cutler

Phil Spector

Anthony

Prequel: The Dawn of Lying

Dr. Zin

Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects

Dr. Zin

Jonny's Golden Quest

Self

The Last Laugh

Big Nose Thug (voice)

Tangled

K. Edgar Singer

Muppets from Space

Self (archive footage)

Disclosure

Apartment Troubles

Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

The Clockwork Girl

Snowman (voice)

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Alan Blanchard

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Art Lundstrum

Big Bully

Francis Silverberg

The Accountant

Bill Shurmur

The D Train

Self

Earth to America

Dankworth

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Alden Pepper

Take Your Best Shot

Crane

Funky Monkey

Jeffrey Taglentini

Seriously... Phil Collins

Dr. Lindsey

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Lance Kessler

A Gun in the House

Bernie Abbot

Another Midnight Run

Bank Employer

Scorched

King Peppy (voice)

Trolls

Georgy Malenkov

The Death of Stalin

Professor Michael Silver

The Awakening of Candra

Danny

Five

Writer

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Santa (voice)

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

Big Nose (voice)

Tangled: Before Ever After

Mort Cohen

55 Steps

Clem Greenberg

Pollock

Roy Preston

Magic Camp

David Bryant

Onion News Empire

Mr. Solomon

For the Love of Money

Jeffrey Bauman

The Dream Chasers

Monsters vs Aliens Stories

Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show

Uncle Alby

Crossing the Bridge

Mr. Salomone the Manager

Eloise at Christmastime

Peter LaPorte

Pastime

Scott's Dad (uncredited)

EuroTrip

Jerry (uncredited)

Desert Hearts

Santa Claus (voice)

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas

God

The Adventures of Drunky

Don Hecker

A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder

Harry Lanson

The Star Maker

Self

This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying

Self

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

Dr. Leo Krutz

Article 99

Hank Kingsley

The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-07-08

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Jeffery Tambor