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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 8, 1944
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling | Self |
| 2017 | The Orville | Ben Mercer |
| 2017 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Big Nose (voice) |
| 2016 | Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio | (voice) |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2015 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Glossaryck (voice) |
| 2014 | Transparent | Maura Pfefferman |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Jennifer Falls | Don Hirsch |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | The Millers | Ed Dolan |
| 2012 | Inside Comedy | Self |
| 2012 | Bent | Walt Riggins |
| 2012 | Robot and Monster | St. Crispy (voice) |
| 2011 | The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks | |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Captain Flarty (voice) |
| 2011 | China, IL | Professor Cakes (voice) |
| 2011 | Bubble Guppies | Night Wizard (voice) |
| 2011 | Love Bites | Dr. O |
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Gill Littlefoot (voice) |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Arnold |
| 2010 | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! | Bettys friend (voice) |
| 2010 | Rex Is Not Your Lawyer | Dr. Barry Cohen |
| 2010 | Running Wilde | Steven's Father |
| 2009 | Archer | Torvald Utne (voice) |
| 2009 | Archer | Len Trexler (voice) |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Judge George Kluger |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Captain | Uncle Saul |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice) |
| 2007 | WordGirl | |
| 2006 | Twenty Good Years | |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Neil |
| 2006 | Psych | Lloyd French |
| 2006 | The Megan Mullally Show | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Medium | Todd Emory / Allison Dubois |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Himself |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Entourage | |
| 2004 | Game Over | Dr. Zed (voice) |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Arrested Development | George Bluth Sr. |
| 2002 | 3-South | |
| 2002 | That Was Then | |
| 2002 | Ozzy & Drix | The Mole (voice) |
| 2001 | Next Caller | Jefferson |
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Randolph Verascola (voice) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jerzy Skaggs |
| 2000 | Sammy | Steve (voice) |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1999 | The Lot | |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self |
| 1999 | Everything's Relative | Jake Gorelick |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lester Cohen |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist |
| 1998 | Hercules | King Salmoneus (voice) |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares | Self - Announcer (voice) |
| 1998 | The Lionhearts | (voice) |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares | |
| 1997 | The Practice | |
| 1997 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1997 | The Practice | Sid Herman |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Black Jack Lee (voice) |
| 1995 | Pinky and the Brain | Beetle Fiero (voice) |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self |
| 1994 | Duckman | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self |
| 1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Hank Kingsley |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Crocker (voice) |
| 1992 | The Burden of Proof | Sennett |
| 1991 | Dinosaurs | Hank Hibler (voice) |
| 1990 | American Dreamer | Joe Baines |
| 1990 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Barry Dilwynn |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right") |
| 1989 | Studio 5-B | |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Murray |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Gordon Salt |
| 1986 | Mr. Sunshine | |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Dr. Stevens |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes") |
| 1985 | Robert Kennedy & His Times | Pierre Salinger |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The World Next Door") |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Russell Armstrong |
| 1984 | Who's the Boss? | |
| 1983 | Sadat | Sharaff |
| 1982 | 9 to 5 | Franklin Hart |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Judge Alan Wachtel |
| 1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Dankworth |
| 1979 | The Ropers | Jeffrey P. Brookes III |
| 1978 | Taxi | Congressman Walter Griswald |
| 1977 | Three's Company | Winston Cromwell III |
| 1977 | Three's Company | Tom Miller |
| 1977 | Three's Company | Phillip Greene |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Lawrence Jurgens |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Harold Rogers |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Mr. Harold Rogers |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | William Klein |
| 1973 | Kojak | Medical Examiner |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Reddish |