Jeffrey Tambor
Known for Acting · 209 credits
- Born
- 1944-07-08 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Jeffery 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
TV Shows (97)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lester Cohen
Law & Order
1990
as Barry Dilwynn
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Jerzy Skaggs
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge George Kluger
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self - Guest
Psych
2006
as Lloyd French
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Captain Flarty (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Russell Armstrong
Medium
2005
as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
The Love Boat
1977
as Lawrence Jurgens / Harold Rogers / Mr. Harold Rogers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist / Self - Announcer (voice)
Entourage
2004
as Jeffrey Tambor
The Practice
1997
as Sid Herman
M*A*S*H
1972
as Reddish
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Crocker (voice)
Archer
2009
as Torvald Utne (voice) / Len Trexler (voice)
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Judge Alan Wachtel / Attorney Alan Wachtel
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Glossaryck (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
L.A. Law
1986
as Gordon Salt
Arrested Development
2003
as George Bluth Sr.
The Orville
2017
as Ben Mercer
The Golden Girls
1985
as Dr. Stevens
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Dinosaurs
1991
as Hank Hibler (voice)
Barney Miller
1975
as William Klein
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Santa Claus (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") / (segment "The World Next Door")
Taxi
1978
as Congressman Walter Griswald
WordGirl
2007
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Three's Company
1977
as Winston Cromwell III / Tom Miller / Phillip Greene
Hercules
1998
as King Salmoneus (voice)
Who's the Boss?
1984
Raising Hope
2010
as Arnold
Kojak
1973
as Medical Examiner
Duckman
1994
as Psychiatrist (voice)
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Hank Kingsley
Bubble Guppies
2011
as Night Wizard (voice)
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
as Neil
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
2017
as Big Nose (voice)
The Proud Family
2001
as Randolph Verascola (voice)
Transparent
2014
as Maura Pfefferman
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
as Black Jack Lee (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Beetle Fiero (voice)
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
2010
as Bettys friend (voice)
The Millers
2013
as Ed Dolan
Movies (112)
The Hangover
2009
as Sid Garner
Tangled
2010
as Big Nose Thug (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
as King Neptune (voice)
The Hangover Part II
2011
as Sid Garner
Monsters vs Aliens
2009
as Carl Murphy (voice)
Meet Joe Black
1998
as Quince
The Accountant
2016
as Francis Silverberg
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Dr. Potts
EuroTrip
2004
as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
Hellboy
2004
as Tom Manning
The Hangover Part III
2013
as Sid Garner
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
as Mayor Augustus Maywho
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Tom Manning
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Sully
Paul
2011
as Adam Shadowchild
Trolls
2016
as King Peppy (voice)
Superhero Movie
2008
as Dr. Whitby
Doctor Dolittle
1998
as Dr. Fish
Disclosure
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Georgy Malenkov
The Invention of Lying
2009
as Anthony James
Under the Tuscan Sun
2003
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
as Mr. Gremmins
Magic Camp
2020
as Roy Preston
Heavyweights
1995
as Maury Garner
Life Stinks
1991
as Vance Crasswell
Desert Hearts
1985
as Jerry (uncredited)
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
as Big Nose (voice)
Flypaper
2011
as Gordon Blythe
...And Justice for All
1979
as Jay Porter
City Slickers
1991
as Lou
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
2010
as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
My Teacher's Wife
1999
as Jack Boomer
Five
2011
as Danny
Malibu's Most Wanted
2003
as Dr. Feldman
Win Win
2011
as Vigman
Lisa
1990
as Mr. Larry Marks
Big Bully
1996
as Art Lundstrum
Slipstream
2007
as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
My Boss's Daughter
2003
as Ken
Article 99
1992
as Dr. Leo Krutz
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
as Snowman (voice)
Jonny's Golden Quest
1993
as Dr. Zin
55 Steps
2018
as Mort Cohen
Scorched
2003
as Bank Employer
Pollock
2000
as Clem Greenberg
Mr. Mom
1983
as Jinx
Operation: Endgame
2010
as Devil
Muppets from Space
1999
as K. Edgar Singer
Eloise at Christmastime
2003
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009
as Anthony
Meeting Spencer
2010
as Harris Chappell
Phil Spector
2013
as Bruce Cutler
Radioland Murders
1994
as Walt Whalen Jr.
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as Wizard
Funky Monkey
2004
as Crane
Lucky
2011
as Detective Harold Waylon
Get Well Soon
2001
as Mitchell
Three O'Clock High
1987
as Mr. Rice
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
2009
as Carl Murphy (voice)
Earth to America
2005
as Self
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
as Coach Wenchell
Branded
2012
as Bob Gibbons
The Last Laugh
2016
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eloise at the Plaza
2003
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Alan Blanchard
The D Train
2015
as Bill Shurmur
Crossing the Bridge
1992
as Uncle Alby
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
as Boris Potemkin
No Small Affair
1984
as Ken
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
2017
as Glossaryck (voice)
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013
as Self
Pastime
1990
as Peter LaPorte
The Clockwork Girl
2014
as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993
as Dr. Stockton
Seriously... Phil Collins
1990
as Jeffrey Taglentini
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
2007
as Santa Claus (voice)
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
1983
as Mort Broome
Another Midnight Run
1994
as Bernie Abbot
Brenda Starr
1989
as Vladimir
For the Love of Money
2012
as Mr. Solomon
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
1996
as Isser Harel
Saturday the 14th
1981
as Waldemar
Summertime Killer
1972
as "Sully" Tambor
Apartment Troubles
2014
as Bob
Night of the Living Carrots
2011
as Carl Murphy (voice)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
2007
as Santa (voice)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Dankworth
The Star Maker
1981
as Harry Lanson
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010
as Self
Never Again
2001
as Christopher
A House in the Hills
1993
as Willie
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
as Writer
At Home with the Webbers
1993
as Gerald Webber
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990
as Don Hecker
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
1995
as Dr. Zin
The Nativity
1986
as Eli (voice)
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008
as Self
Take Your Best Shot
1982
as Alden Pepper
A Gun in the House
1981
as Lance Kessler
The Dream Chasers
1982
as Jeffrey Bauman
The Easter Story
1990
as Peter (voice)
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
as Dr. Lindsey
The Awakening of Candra
1983
as Professor Michael Silver
Onion News Empire
2013
as David Bryant
Good Behavior
2008
as Hy
China, Il The Musical
2015
as Professor Cakes
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
2007
as Hank Kingsley
The Adventures of Drunky
as God (voice)
3-South
2002
as Dean Earhart
About Jeffrey Tambor
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 nom… With 209 credits spanning from 1972 to 2020, Jeffrey Tambor has appeared in 112 films and 97 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jeffrey Tambor Movies
- The Hangover (2009) — as Sid Garner
- Tangled (2010) — as Big Nose Thug (voice)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) — as King Neptune (voice)
- The Hangover Part II (2011) — as Sid Garner
- Monsters vs Aliens (2009) — as Carl Murphy (voice)
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