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Jeffrey Tambor

Acting

Born July 8, 1944 · 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 2016
  • Golden Globe Awards · 2015
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 2015
  • Satellite Awards
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Crocker (voice)

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015as Glossaryck (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010as Gill Littlefoot (voice)

Ozzy & Drix

2002as The Mole (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")

Archer

2009as Len Trexler (voice)

Psych

2006as Lloyd French

Arrested Development

2003as George Bluth Sr.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Lester Cohen

M*A*S*H

1972as Reddish

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

as Bettys friend (voice)

Disclosure

2020as Self (archive footage)

Bob's Burgers

2011as Captain Flarty (voice)

The Proud Family

2001as Randolph Verascola (voice)

Dinosaurs

1991as Hank Hibler (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

2010as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)

The Practice

1997as Sid Herman

Pinky and the Brain

1995as Beetle Fiero (voice)

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Hank Kingsley

The Dream Chasers

1982as Jeffrey Bauman

The Orville

2017as Ben Mercer

Tangled

2010as Big Nose Thug (voice)

The Good Wife

2009as Judge George Kluger

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

2008as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)

Bubble Guppies

2006as Night Wizard (voice)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Jerzy Skaggs

Girl, Interrupted

1999as Dr. Potts

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Announcer (voice)

The Golden Girls

1985as Dr. Stevens

Hill Street Blues

1981as Attorney Alan Wachtel

Three's Company

1977as Phillip Greene

Medium

2005as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Russell Armstrong

Raising Hope

2010as Arnold

Entourage

2004as Jeffrey Tambor

Meet Joe Black

1998as Quince

Who's the Boss?

1984

Barney Miller

1975as William Klein

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

2017as Big Nose (voice)

The Hangover

2009as Sid Garner

Law & Order

1990as Barry Dilwynn

Taxi

1978as Congressman Walter Griswald

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Kojak

1973as Medical Examiner

The Accountant

2016as Francis Silverberg

Five

2011as Danny

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006as Neil

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

2004as King Neptune (voice)

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

1996as Black Jack Lee (voice)

Mad TV

1995as Self