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Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-07-08 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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

Acting

2021

The Clockwork Girl as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)

2020

Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
Magic Camp as Roy Preston

2018

55 Steps as Mort Cohen

2017

The Death of Stalin as Georgy Malenkov
Tangled: Before Ever After as Big Nose (voice)
The Orville as Ben Mercer
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Big Nose (voice)

2016

The Accountant as Francis Silverberg
Trolls as King Peppy (voice)

2015

The D Train as Bill Shurmur
Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)

2014

A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Snowman (voice)
Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
Jennifer Falls as Don Hirsch

2013

The Hangover Part III as Sid Garner
Phil Spector as Bruce Cutler
Onion News Empire as David Bryant

2012

Branded as Bob Gibbons
For the Love of Money as Mr. Solomon
Bent as Walt Riggins
Robot and Monster as St. Crispy (voice)

2011

Flypaper as Gordon Blythe
The Hangover Part II as Sid Garner
Paul as Adam Shadowchild
Lucky as Detective Waylon
Win Win as Vigman
Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mr. Gremmins
Night of the Living Carrots as Carl Murphy (voice)
Five as Danny
Bob's Burgers as Captain Flarty (voice)
China, IL as Professor Cakes (voice)
Bubble Guppies as Night Wizard (voice)
Love Bites as Dr. O

2010

Meeting Spencer as Harris Chappell
Tangled as Big Nose Thug (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
Raising Hope as Arnold
Running Wilde as Steven's Father

2009

The Invention of Lying as Anthony James
Monsters vs Aliens as Carl Murphy (voice)
The Hangover as Sid Garner
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Carl Murphy (voice)
Archer as Torvald Utne (voice)
Archer as Len Trexler (voice)
The Good Wife as Judge George Kluger

2008

Superhero Movie as Dr. Whitby
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)

2007

Slipstream as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas as Santa Claus (voice)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh as Santa (voice)

2006

Psych as Lloyd French
The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest

2005

Medium as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2004

Hellboy as Tom Manning
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as King Neptune (voice)
Funky Monkey as Crane
EuroTrip as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
Game Over as Dr. Zed (voice)

2003

Malibu's Most Wanted as Dr. Feldman
Eloise at the Plaza as Mr. Salomone the Manager
Under the Tuscan Sun as Lawyer (uncredited)
Scorched as Bank Employer
Eloise at Christmastime as Mr. Salomone the Manager
Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr.

2002

Ozzy & Drix as The Mole (voice)

2001

Get Well Soon as Mitchell
Never Again as Christopher
Next Caller as Jefferson
The Proud Family as Randolph Verascola (voice)

2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Mayor Augustus Maywho
Pollock as Clem Greenberg
Sammy as Steve (voice)

1999

Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Coach Wenchell
Girl, Interrupted as Dr. Potts
My Teacher's Wife as Jack Boomer
Muppets from Space as K. Edgar Singer
Everything's Relative as Jake Gorelick

1998

Meet Joe Black as Quince
Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Fish
Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
Hercules as King Salmoneus (voice)
Hollywood Squares as Self - Announcer (voice)
The Lionhearts as (voice)

1997

Weapons of Mass Distraction as Alan Blanchard
The Practice as Sid Herman

1996

Big Bully as Art Lundstrum
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Black Jack Lee (voice)

1995

Heavyweights as Maury Garner
Pinky and the Brain as Beetle Fiero (voice)
MADtv as Self

1994

Radioland Murders as Walt Whalen Jr.
Another Midnight Run as Bernie Abbot

1993

At Home with the Webbers as Gerald Webber

1992

Crossing the Bridge as Uncle Alby
Article 99 as Dr. Leo Krutz
The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley
Batman: The Animated Series as Crocker (voice)
1775 as Governor Massengill

1991

Life Stinks as Vance Crasswell
Dinosaurs as Hank Hibler (voice)

1990

Lisa as Mr. Larry Marks
The Easter Story as Peter (voice)
Seriously... Phil Collins as Jeffrey Taglentini
Pastime as Peter LaPorte
American Dreamer as Joe Baines
Law & Order as Barry Dilwynn

1989

Brenda Starr as Vladimir
Tales from the Crypt as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")

1988

1987

Three O'Clock High as Mr. Rice
The Nativity as Eli (voice)
Max Headroom as Murray

1986

L.A. Law as Gordon Salt

1985

Desert Hearts as Jerry (uncredited)
The Golden Girls as Dr. Stevens
The Twilight Zone as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
Robert Kennedy & His Times as Pierre Salinger
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The World Next Door")

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Russell Armstrong

1983

Mr. Mom as Jinx
The Man Who Wasn't There as Boris Potemkin
The Awakening of Candra as Professor Michael Silver
Sadat as Sharaff

1982

Take Your Best Shot as Alden Pepper
The Dream Chasers as Jeffrey Bauman
9 to 5 as Franklin Hart

1981

Saturday the 14th as Waldemar
A Gun in the House as Lance Kessler
The Star Maker as Harry Lanson
Hill Street Blues as Judge Alan Wachtel

1980

1979

The Ropers as Jeffrey P. Brookes III

1978

Taxi as Congressman Walter Griswald

1977

Three's Company as Winston Cromwell III
Three's Company as Tom Miller
Three's Company as Phillip Greene
The Love Boat as Lawrence Jurgens
The Love Boat as Harold Rogers
The Love Boat as Mr. Harold Rogers

1975

Barney Miller as William Klein

1973

Kojak as Medical Examiner

1972

M*A*S*H as Reddish

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Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Dr. Barry Cohen