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.
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 Harold 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's Golden Quest
Dr. Zin
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
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'
Professor Cakes
China, Il The Musical
"Sully" Tambor
Un verano para matar
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
109
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-07-08
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Jeffery Tambor