Jeffrey Tambor
- Acting
- July 8, 1944 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Magic Camp · Roy Preston
- Disclosure · Self
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling · Self
- 55 Steps · Mort Cohen
- The Death of Stalin · Georgy Malenkov
- The Orville · Ben Mercer
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni · Glossaryck (Voice)
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure · Big Nose (Voice)
- Tangled: Before Ever After · Big Nose (Voice)
- The Accountant · Francis Silverberg
- Trolls · King Peppy (Voice)
- Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio · Voice
- The Last Laugh · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- China, Il The Musical · Professor Cakes
- The D Train · Bill Shurmur
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil · Glossaryck (Voice)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- A Merry Friggin' Christmas · Snow Globe Santa (Voice)
- Transparent · Maura Pfefferman
- Apartment Troubles · Bob
- Jennifer Falls · Don Hirsch
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Clockwork Girl · Wilhelm the Tinkerer (Voice)
- The Millers · Ed Dolan
- Phil Spector · Bruce Cutler
- The Hangover Part III · Sid Garner
- The Arrested Development Documentary Project · Self
- Onion News Empire · David Bryant
- Monsters vs Aliens Stories
- Branded · Bob Gibbons
- Robot and Monster · St. Crispy (Voice)
- For the Love of Money · Mr. Solomon
- Doc McStuffins · Santa Claus (Voice)
- Bent · Walt Riggins
- Inside Comedy · Self
- Night of the Living Carrots · Carl Murphy (Voice)
- Five · Danny
- China, IL · Professor Cakes (Voice)
- The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
- Flypaper · Gordon Blythe
- Lucky · Detective Harold Waylon
- Mr. Popper's Penguins · Mr. Gremmins
- Love Bites · Dr. O
- The Hangover Part II · Sid Garner
- Win Win · Vigman
- Paul · Adam Shadowchild
- Bubble Guppies · Night Wizard (Voice)
- Bob's Burgers · Captain Flarty (Voice)
- Tangled · Big Nose Thug (Voice)
- Raising Hope · Arnold
- Running Wilde · Steven's Father
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! · Bettys friend (Voice)
- Operation: Endgame · Devil
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated · Gill Littlefoot (Voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo · Mr. Calvin Curdles (Voice)
- Rex Is Not Your Lawyer · Dr. Barry Cohen
- This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying · Self
- Meeting Spencer · Harris Chappell
- Prequel: The Dawn of Lying · Anthony
- The Invention of Lying · Anthony James
- The Good Wife · Judge George Kluger
- Archer · Torvald Utne (Voice), Len Trexler (Voice)
- The Hangover · Sid Garner
- Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space · Carl Murphy (Voice)
- Monsters vs Aliens · Carl Murphy (Voice)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (Voice)
- Hellboy: In Service of the Demon · Self
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army · Tom Manning
- Superhero Movie · Dr. Whitby
- Welcome to the Captain · Uncle Saul
- Good Behavior · Hy
- My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie · Santa (Voice)
- The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas · Santa Claus (Voice)
- WordGirl
- Yo Gabba Gabba!
- Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
- The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' · Hank Kingsley
- Slipstream · Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman