
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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Acting History
2020
Magic Camp as Roy Preston
2020Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
2018The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
201855 Steps as Mort Cohen
2017The Death of Stalin as Georgy Malenkov
2017The Orville as Ben Mercer
2017Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Big Nose (voice)
2017Tangled: Before Ever After as Big Nose (voice)
2016Trolls as King Peppy (voice)
2016The Accountant as Francis Silverberg
2016Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio as (voice)
2016The Last Laugh as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015China, Il The Musical as Professor Cakes
2015The D Train as Bill Shurmur
2015Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Snowman (voice)
2014Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
2014Apartment Troubles
2014Jennifer Falls as Don Hirsch
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014The Clockwork Girl as Wilhelm the Tinkerer (voice)
2013The Millers as Ed Dolan
2013Phil Spector as Bruce Cutler
2013The Hangover Part III as Sid Garner
2013The Arrested Development Documentary Project as Self
2013Onion News Empire as David Bryant
2013Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2012Branded as Bob Gibbons
2012Robot and Monster as St. Crispy (voice)
2012For the Love of Money as Mr. Solomon
2012Doc McStuffins as Santa Claus (voice)
2012Bent as Walt Riggins
2012Inside Comedy as Self
2011Night of the Living Carrots as Carl Murphy (voice)
2011Five as Danny
2011China, IL as Professor Cakes (voice)
2011The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
2011Flypaper as Gordon Blythe
2011Lucky as Detective Harold Waylon
2011Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mr. Gremmins
2011Love Bites as Dr. O
2011The Hangover Part II as Sid Garner
2011Win Win as Vigman
2011Paul as Adam Shadowchild
2011Bubble Guppies as Night Wizard (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers as Captain Flarty (voice)
2010Tangled as Big Nose Thug (voice)
2010Raising Hope as Arnold
2010Running Wilde as Steven's Father
2010The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! as Bettys friend (voice)
2010Operation: Endgame as Devil
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
2010Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Dr. Barry Cohen
2010This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying as Self
2010Meeting Spencer as Harris Chappell
2009Prequel: The Dawn of Lying as Anthony
2009The Invention of Lying as Anthony James
2009The Good Wife as Judge George Kluger
2009Archer as Torvald Utne (voice)
2009Archer as Len Trexler (voice)
2009The Hangover as Sid Garner
2009Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Carl Murphy (voice)
2009Monsters vs Aliens as Carl Murphy (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Crazy Quilt / Green / Red (voice)
2008Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
2008Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Tom Manning
2008Superhero Movie as Dr. Whitby
2008Welcome to the Captain as Uncle Saul
2007My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie as Santa (voice)
2007WordGirl
2007The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas as Santa Claus (voice)
2007The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Hank Kingsley
2007Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show
2007Slipstream as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
2006Twenty Good Years
2006The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
2006Psych as Lloyd French
2006The New Adventures of Old Christine as Neil
2005Earth to America as Self
2005The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
2005The Colbert Report as Self
2005The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as Wizard
2005Medium as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as King Neptune (voice)
2004Funky Monkey as Crane
2004Entourage as Jeffrey Tambor
2004Hellboy as Tom Manning
2004Game Over as Dr. Zed (voice)
2004EuroTrip as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
2003Eloise at Christmastime as Mr. Salomone the Manager
2003Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr.
2003Under the Tuscan Sun as Lawyer (uncredited)
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003My Boss's Daughter as Ken
2003DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection as Carl Murphy (voice)
2003Scorched as Bank Employer
2003Eloise at the Plaza as Mr. Salomone the Manager
2003Malibu's Most Wanted as Dr. Feldman
20023-South
2002That Was Then
2002Ozzy & Drix as The Mole (voice)
2001Get Well Soon as Mitchell
2001The Proud Family as Randolph Verascola (voice)
2001Never Again as Christopher
2001Next Caller as Jefferson
2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Mayor Augustus Maywho
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jerzy Skaggs
2000Pollock as Clem Greenberg
2000Sammy as Steve (voice)
1999Girl, Interrupted as Dr. Potts
1999My Teacher's Wife as Jack Boomer
1999The Early Show as Self
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lester Cohen
1999The Lot as Myron Sylver
1999Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Coach Wenchell
1999Muppets from Space as K. Edgar Singer
1999Everything's Relative as Jake Gorelick
1999The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
1998Meet Joe Black as Quince
1998The Lionhearts as (voice)
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Announcer (voice)
1998Hollywood Squares as Self
1998Hercules as King Salmoneus (voice)
1998There's Something About Mary as Sully
1998Doctor Dolittle as Dr. Fish
1997The Wonderful World of Disney
1997Weapons of Mass Distraction as Alan Blanchard
1997The Practice as Sid Herman
1996The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Isser Harel
1996The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Black Jack Lee (voice)
1996Big Bully as Art Lundstrum
1995Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber Insects as Dr. Zin
1995MADtv as Self
1995Pinky and the Brain as Beetle Fiero (voice)
1995Heavyweights as Maury Garner
1994Radioland Murders as Walt Whalen Jr.
1994Duckman as Psychiatrist (voice)
1994Another Midnight Run as Bernie Abbot
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self
1993At Home with the Webbers as Gerald Webber
1993Jonny's Golden Quest as Dr. Zin
1993Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Dr. Stockton
1993A House in the Hills as Willie
1992Crossing the Bridge as Uncle Alby
1992Batman: The Animated Series as Crocker (voice)
1992The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley
1992Article 99 as Dr. Leo Krutz
1992The Burden of Proof as Sennett
1991City Slickers as Lou
1991Life Stinks as Vance Crasswell
1991Dinosaurs as Hank Hibler (voice)
1990Pastime as Peter LaPorte
1990A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Don Hecker
1990American Dreamer as Joe Baines
1990Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
1990Law & Order as Barry Dilwynn
1990Seriously... Phil Collins as Jeffrey Taglentini
1990Lisa as Mr. Larry Marks
1990The Easter Story as Peter (voice)
1989Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989Tales from the Crypt as Charlie Marno (segment "Dead Right")
1989Brenda Starr as Vladimir
1989Studio 5-B
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Writer
1987Three O'Clock High as Mr. Rice
1987Max Headroom as Murray
1986L.A. Law as Gordon Salt
1986Mr. Sunshine as Paul Stark
1986The Nativity as Eli (voice)
1985Desert Hearts as Jerry (uncredited)
1985The Twilight Zone as Kyle Montgomery (segment "Dead Woman's Shoes")
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "The World Next Door")
1985The Golden Girls as Dr. Stevens
1985Robert Kennedy & His Times as Pierre Salinger
1984No Small Affair as Ken
1984The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Dr. Lindsey
1984Murder, She Wrote as Russell Armstrong
1984Who's the Boss?
1983The Awakening of Candra as Professor Michael Silver
1983Sadat as Sharaff
1983The Man Who Wasn't There as Boris Potemkin
1983Mr. Mom as Jinx
1983Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Mort Broome
1982Take Your Best Shot as Alden Pepper
19829 to 5 as Franklin Hart
1982The Dream Chasers as Jeffrey Bauman
1981Saturday the 14th as Waldemar
1981The Star Maker as Harry Lanson
1981A Gun in the House as Lance Kessler
1981Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues as Judge Alan Wachtel
1981Hill Street Blues as Attorney Alan Wachtel
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth
1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth
1979...And Justice for All as Jay Porter
1979The Ropers as Jeffrey P. Brookes III
1978Taxi as Congressman Walter Griswald
1977The Love Boat as Lawrence Jurgens
1977The Love Boat as Harold Rogers
1977The Love Boat as Mr. Harold Rogers
1977Three's Company as Winston Cromwell III
1977Three's Company as Tom Miller
1977Three's Company as Phillip Greene
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Barney Miller as William Klein
1973Kojak as Medical Examiner
1972M*A*S*H as Reddish
1972Summertime Killer as "Sully" Tambor
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