Jeffrey Tambor

Jeffrey Tambor

79 · Born: Jul 8, 1944

Personal Details

Born Jul 8, 1944 San Francisco, California, USA
Spouse
  • Kasia Tambor

    ( Oct 6, 2001 to Apr 27, 2024 )
  • Katie Mitchell

    ( Mar 9, 1991 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Parents
  • Eileen Tambor
  • Michael Bernard 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.

Career

2021
The Clockwork Girl
The Clockwork Girl as Wilhelm the Tinkerer
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2020
Magic Camp
Magic Camp as Roy Preston
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2018
55 Steps
55 Steps as Mort Cohen
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2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
Tangled: Before Ever After as Big Nose (voice)
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The Death of Stalin
The Death of Stalin as Georgy Malenkov
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The Orville
The Orville as Ben Mercer
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2016
Trolls
Trolls as King Peppy
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The Accountant
The Accountant as Francis Silverberg
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2015
The D Train
The D Train as Bill Shurmur
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Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
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2014
Apartment Troubles
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Snowman (voice)
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Transparent
Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
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2013
Onion News Empire
Onion News Empire as David Bryant
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Phil Spector
Phil Spector as Bruce Cutler
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The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part III as Sid Garner
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The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! as Bettys friend (voice)
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Raising Hope
Raising Hope
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Psych
Psych as Lloyd French
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lester Cohen
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2012
For the Love of Money
For the Love of Money as Mr. Solomon
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Branded
Branded as Bob Gibbons
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Bent
Bent as Walt Riggins
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Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers as Captain Flarty (voice)
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2011
Win Win
Win Win as Vigman
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Lucky
Lucky as Detective Waylon
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mr. Gremmins
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Night of the Living Carrots
Night of the Living Carrots as Carl Murphy (voice)
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Flypaper
Flypaper as Gordon Blythe
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Paul
Paul as Adam Shadowchild
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The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part II as Sid Garner
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China, IL
China, IL as Professor Cakes (voice)
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The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
2010
Tangled
Tangled as Big Nose Thug (voice)
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Meeting Spencer
Meeting Spencer as Harris Chappell
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Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
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Rogues Gallery
Rogues Gallery as Devil
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2009
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying as Anthony
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Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens as Carl Murphy (voice)
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The Hangover
The Hangover as Sid Garner
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The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying as Anthony James
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Archer
Archer as Torvald Utne (voice)
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Medium
Medium as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
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2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Tom Manning
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
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Welcome to the Captain
Welcome to the Captain as Uncle Saul
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The New Adventures of Old Christine
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jerzy Skaggs
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2007
The Making of 'the Larry Sanders Show'
The Making of 'the Larry Sanders Show' as Hank Kingsley
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Slipstream
Slipstream as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
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The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas
The Chubbchubbs Save Xmas as Santa Claus (voice)
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WordGirl
WordGirl
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2006
Twenty Good Years
Twenty Good Years
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2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as Wizard
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2004
Funky Monkey
Funky Monkey as Crane
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Hellboy
Hellboy as Tom Manning
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You Animal
You Animal as Joey Poot
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as King Neptune (voice)
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2003
Scorched
Scorched as Bank Employer
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My Boss's Daughter
My Boss's Daughter as Ken
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Malibu's Most Wanted
Malibu's Most Wanted as Dr. Feldman
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The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mr. Salomone
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Arrested Development
Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr.
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2002
That Was Then
That Was Then
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3-South
3-South
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2001
Never Again
Never Again as Christopher
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Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon as Mitchell
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Next Caller
Next Caller as Jefferson
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The Practice
The Practice
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2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Mayor Augustus Maywho
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1999
Muppets from Space
Muppets from Space as K. Edgar Singer
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My Teacher's Wife
My Teacher's Wife as Jack Boomer
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Coach 'Spanky' Wenchell
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Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted as Dr. Melvin Potts
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The Lot
The Lot
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1998
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary as Sully
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Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black as Quince
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Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Fish
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1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction as Alan Blanchard
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1996
Big Bully
Big Bully as Art Lundstrum
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The Man Who Captured Eichmann
The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Isser Harel
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1995
Jonny Quest Versus the Cyber Insects
1994
Radioland Murders
Radioland Murders as Walt Whalen Jr.
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Another Midnight Run
Another Midnight Run as Bernie Abbot
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1993
A House in the Hills
A House in the Hills as Willie
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At Home with the Webbers
At Home with the Webbers as Gerald Webber
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1992
The Larry Sanders Show
The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley
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Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series as Crocker (voice)
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1991
Life Stinks
Life Stinks as Vance Crasswell
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1990
Lisa
Lisa as Mr. Larry Marks
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Pastime
Pastime as Peter LaPorte
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A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
American Dreamer
American Dreamer
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Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt as Charlie Marno
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1989
Brenda Starr
Brenda Starr as Vladimir
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Who's the Boss?
Who's the Boss?
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1987
Three O'Clock High
Three O'Clock High as Mr. Rice
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Max Headroom
Max Headroom as Murray
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Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote as Russell Armstrong
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1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
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Robert Kennedy and His Times
Robert Kennedy and His Times as Pierre Salinger
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1984
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Dr. Lindsey
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No Small Affair
No Small Affair as Ken
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1983
Mr. Mom
Mr. Mom as Jinx
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The Awakening of Candra
The Awakening of Candra as Professor Michael Silver
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Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Mort Broome
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The Man Who Wasn't There
The Man Who Wasn't There as Boris Potemkin
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1982
The Dream Chasers
The Dream Chasers as Jeffrey Bauman
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Take Your Best Shot
Take Your Best Shot as Alden Pepper
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Nine to Five
Nine to Five as Franklin Hart
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M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H as Reddish
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1981
Saturday the 14th
Saturday the 14th as Waldemar
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A Gun in the House
A Gun in the House as Lance Kessler
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The Star Maker
The Star Maker as Harry Lanson
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1980
Three's Company
Three's Company as Winston Cromwell III
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1979
And Justice for All
And Justice for All as Jay Porter
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The Ropers
The Ropers as Jeffrey P. Brookes III
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1978
Taxi
Taxi
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2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2013
2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2007
Certifiably Jonathan
2002
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
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