Jeffrey Tambor
Acting
- Born:
- 1944-07-08
- Place of birth:
- 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. Additionally, he made a notable appearance in the music video for Phil Collins' "I Wish It Would Rain Down".
Known For
Filmography
Magic Camp
Disclosure
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
55 Steps
The Death of Stalin
The Orville
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Tangled: Before Ever After
The Accountant
Trolls
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
The Last Laugh
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
China, Il The Musical
The D Train
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
Transparent
Apartment Troubles
Jennifer Falls
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Clockwork Girl
The Millers
Phil Spector
The Hangover Part III
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Onion News Empire
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
Branded
Robot and Monster
For the Love of Money
Doc McStuffins
Bent
Inside Comedy
Night of the Living Carrots
Five
China, IL
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
Flypaper
Lucky
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Love Bites
The Hangover Part II
Win Win
Paul
Bubble Guppies
Bob's Burgers
Tangled
Raising Hope
Running Wilde
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
Operation: Endgame
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Meeting Spencer
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
The Invention of Lying
The Good Wife
Archer
The Hangover
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
Monsters vs Aliens
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Superhero Movie
Welcome to the Captain
Good Behavior
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
WordGirl
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
Slipstream
Twenty Good Years
The Megan Mullally Show
Psych
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Earth to America
The Reichen Show
The Colbert Report
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Medium
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Funky Monkey
Entourage
Hellboy
Game Over
EuroTrip
Eloise at Christmastime
Arrested Development
Under the Tuscan Sun
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
My Boss's Daughter
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
Scorched
Eloise at the Plaza
Malibu's Most Wanted
3-South
That Was Then
Ozzy & Drix
Get Well Soon
The Proud Family
Never Again
Next Caller
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Pollock
Sammy
Girl, Interrupted
My Teacher's Wife
The Early Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
The Lot
Muppets from Space
Everything's Relative
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Meet Joe Black
The Lionhearts
Hollywood Squares
Hercules
There's Something About Mary
Doctor Dolittle
The Wonderful World of Disney
Weapons of Mass Distraction
The Practice
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Big Bully
Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects
MADtv
Pinky and the Brain
Heavyweights
Radioland Murders
Duckman
Another Midnight Run
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
At Home with the Webbers
Jonny's Golden Quest
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
A House in the Hills
Crossing the Bridge
Batman: The Animated Series
The Larry Sanders Show
Article 99
The Burden of Proof
City Slickers
Life Stinks
Dinosaurs
Pastime
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
American Dreamer
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Law & Order
Seriously... Phil Collins
Lisa
The Easter Story
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Tales from the Crypt
Brenda Starr
Studio 5-B
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Three O'Clock High
Max Headroom
L.A. Law
Mr. Sunshine
The Nativity
Desert Hearts
The Twilight Zone
The Golden Girls
Robert Kennedy & His Times
No Small Affair
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Murder, She Wrote
Who's the Boss?
The Awakening of Candra
Sadat
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mr. Mom
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
Take Your Best Shot
9 to 5
The Dream Chasers
Saturday the 14th
The Star Maker
A Gun in the House
Hill Street Blues
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
...And Justice for All
The Ropers
Taxi
The Love Boat
Three's Company
Starsky & Hutch
Barney Miller
Kojak
M*A*S*H
Summertime Killer
The Adventures of Drunky