Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 08, 1944
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
209 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Magic Camp
Roy Preston
Disclosure
Self (archive footage)
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 (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
Snowman (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)