Actor
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Jeffrey Tambor
Born 1944-07-08
📍 San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography 212
Magic Camp
as Roy Preston
2020
Disclosure
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
as Self
2018
55 Steps
as Mort Cohen
2018
The Death of Stalin
as Georgy Malenkov
2017
The Orville
as Ben Mercer
2017
Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni
as Glossaryck (voice)
2017
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Big Nose (voice)
2017
Tangled: Before Ever After
as Big Nose (voice)
2017
The Accountant
as Francis Silverberg
2016
Trolls
as King Peppy (voice)
2016
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
as (voice)
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
China, Il The Musical
as Professor Cakes
2015
The D Train
as Bill Shurmur
2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Glossaryck (voice)
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Snowman (voice)
2014
Transparent
as Maura Pfefferman
2014
Apartment Troubles
as Bob
2014
Jennifer Falls
as Don Hirsch
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Clockwork Girl
as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
2014
The Millers
as Ed Dolan
2013
Phil Spector
as Bruce Cutler
2013
The Hangover Part III
as Sid Garner
2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
as Self
2013
Onion News Empire
as David Bryant
2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2013
Branded
as Bob Gibbons
2012
Robot and Monster
as St. Crispy (voice)
2012
For the Love of Money
as Mr. Solomon
2012
Doc McStuffins
as Santa Claus (voice)
2012
Bent
as Walt Riggins
2012
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
Night of the Living Carrots
as Carl Murphy (voice)
2011
Five
as Danny
2011
China, IL
as Professor Cakes (voice)
2011
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
2011
Flypaper
as Gordon Blythe
2011
Lucky
as Detective Harold Waylon
2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins
as Mr. Gremmins
2011
Love Bites
as Dr. O
2011
The Hangover Part II
as Sid Garner
2011
Win Win
as Vigman
2011
Paul
as Adam Shadowchild
2011
Bubble Guppies
as Night Wizard (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Captain Flarty (voice)
2011
Tangled
as Big Nose Thug (voice)
2010
Raising Hope
as Arnold
2010
Running Wilde
as Steven's Father
2010
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
as Bettys friend (voice)
2010
Operation: Endgame
as Devil
2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
2010
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo
as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
2010
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
as Dr. Barry Cohen
2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
as Self
2010
Meeting Spencer
as Harris Chappell
2010
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
as Anthony
2009
The Invention of Lying
as Anthony James
2009
The Good Wife
as Judge George Kluger
2009
Archer
as Torvald Utne (voice)
2009
Archer
as Len Trexler (voice)
2009
The Hangover
as Sid Garner
2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
as Carl Murphy (voice)
2009
Monsters vs Aliens
as Carl Murphy (voice)
2009
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
as Self
2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
as Tom Manning
2008
Superhero Movie
as Dr. Whitby
2008
Welcome to the Captain
as Uncle Saul
2008
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
as Santa (voice)
2007
WordGirl
2007
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
2007
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Hank Kingsley
2007
Slipstream
as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
2007
Twenty Good Years
as Jeffrey Pyne
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Psych
as Lloyd French
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Neil
2006
Earth to America
as Self
2005
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
The Colbert Report
as Self - Guest
2005
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
as Wizard
2005
Medium
as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
2005
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
as King Neptune (voice)
2004
Funky Monkey
as Crane
2004
Entourage
as Jeffrey Tambor
2004
Hellboy
as Tom Manning
2004
Game Over
as Dr. Zed (voice)
2004
EuroTrip
as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
2004
Eloise at Christmastime
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
2003
Arrested Development
as George Bluth Sr.
2003
Under the Tuscan Sun
as Lawyer (uncredited)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
My Boss's Daughter
as Ken
2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
as Carl Murphy (voice)
2003
Scorched
as Bank Employer
2003
Eloise at the Plaza
as Mr. Salomone the Manager
2003
Malibu's Most Wanted
as Dr. Feldman
2003
3-South
as Dean Earhart
2002
3-South
2002
That Was Then
2002
Ozzy & Drix
as The Mole (voice)
2002
Get Well Soon
as Mitchell
2001
The Proud Family
as Randolph Verascola (voice)
2001
Never Again
as Christopher
2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Mayor Augustus Maywho
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jerzy Skaggs
2000
Pollock
as Clem Greenberg
2000
Sammy
as Steve (voice)
2000
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Potts
1999
My Teacher's Wife
as Jack Boomer
1999
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lester Cohen
1999
The Lot
as Myron Sylver
1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Coach Wenchell
1999
Muppets from Space
as K. Edgar Singer
1999
Everything's Relative
as Jake Gorelick
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
Meet Joe Black
as Quince
1998
The Lionhearts
as (voice)
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Announcer (voice)
1998
Hercules
as King Salmoneus (voice)
1998
There's Something About Mary
as Sully
1998
Doctor Dolittle
as Dr. Fish
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Alan Blanchard
1997
The Practice
as Sid Herman
1997
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
as Isser Harel
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Black Jack Lee (voice)
1996
Big Bully
as Art Lundstrum
1996
Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects
as Dr. Zin
1995
MADtv
as Self
1995
Pinky and the Brain
as Beetle Fiero (voice)
1995
Heavyweights
as Maury Garner
1995
Radioland Murders
as Walt Whalen Jr.
1994
Duckman
as Psychiatrist (voice)
1994
Another Midnight Run
as Bernie Abbot
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self
1993
At Home with the Webbers
as Gerald Webber
1993
Jonny's Golden Quest
as Dr. Zin
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Dr. Stockton
1993
A House in the Hills
as Willie
1993
Crossing the Bridge
as Uncle Alby
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
as Crocker (voice)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Hank Kingsley
1992
Article 99
as Dr. Leo Krutz
1992
The Burden of Proof
as Sennett
1992
City Slickers
as Lou
1991
Life Stinks
as Vance Crasswell
1991
Dinosaurs
as Hank Hibler (voice)
1991
Pastime
as Peter LaPorte
1990
American Dreamer
as Joe Baines
1990
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1990
Law & Order
as Barry Dilwynn
1990
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Jeffrey Taglentini
1990
Lisa
as Mr. Larry Marks
1990
The Easter Story
as Peter (voice)
1990
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
1989
Brenda Starr
as Vladimir
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Writer
1987
Three O'Clock High
as Mr. Rice
1987
Max Headroom
as Murray
1987
L.A. Law
as Gordon Salt
1986
The Nativity
as Eli (voice)
1986
Desert Hearts
as Jerry (uncredited)
1985
The Twilight Zone
as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
1985
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The World Next Door")
1985
The Golden Girls
as Dr. Stevens
1985
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Pierre Salinger
1985
No Small Affair
as Ken
1984
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Dr. Lindsey
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Russell Armstrong
1984
Who's the Boss?
1984
The Awakening of Candra
as Professor Michael Silver
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Boris Potemkin
1983
Mr. Mom
as Jinx
1983
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction
as Mort Broome
1983
Take Your Best Shot
as Alden Pepper
1982
9 to 5
as Franklin Hart
1982
The Dream Chasers
as Jeffrey Bauman
1982
Saturday the 14th
as Waldemar
1981
The Star Maker
as Harry Lanson
1981
A Gun in the House
as Lance Kessler
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Judge Alan Wachtel
1981
Hill Street Blues
as Attorney Alan Wachtel
1981
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Dankworth
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Dankworth
1980
...And Justice for All
as Jay Porter
1979
The Ropers
as Jeffrey P. Brookes III
1979
Taxi
as Congressman Walter Griswald
1978
The Love Boat
as Lawrence Jurgens
1977
The Love Boat
as Harold Rogers
1977
The Love Boat
as Mr. Harold Rogers
1977
Three's Company
as Winston Cromwell III
1977
Three's Company
as Tom Miller
1977
Three's Company
as Phillip Greene
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Barney Miller
as William Klein
1975
Kojak
as Medical Examiner
1973
M*A*S*H
as Reddish
1972
Summertime Killer
as "Sully" Tambor
1972
The Adventures of Drunky
as God