Jeffrey Tambor
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Tambor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · Magic Camp as Roy Preston
- 2020 · Disclosure as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
- 2018 · 55 Steps as Mort Cohen
- 2015 · The D Train as Bill Shurmur
- 2014 · Jennifer Falls as Don Hirsch
- 2013 · Phil Spector as Bruce Cutler
- 2012 · Branded as Bob Gibbons
- 2012 · For the Love of Money as Mr. Solomon
- 2012 · Bent as Walt Riggins
- 2011 · Flypaper as Gordon Blythe
- 2011 · Win Win as Vigman
- 2010 · Running Wilde as Steven's Father
- 2010 · Operation: Endgame as Devil
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo as Mr. Calvin Curdles (voice)
- 2009 · Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space as Carl Murphy (voice)
- 2008 · Welcome to the Captain as Uncle Saul
- 2007 · My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie as Santa (voice)
- 2007 · Slipstream as Geek / Jeffrey / Dr. Geekman
- 2005 · Earth to America as Self
- 2005 · The Muppets' Wizard of Oz as Wizard
- 2004 · Funky Monkey as Crane
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Mr. Salomone the Manager
- 2003 · Scorched as Bank Employer
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Mr. Salomone the Manager
- 2002 · 3-South as
- 2001 · Next Caller as Jefferson
- 2000 · Pollock as Clem Greenberg
- 2000 · Sammy as Steve (voice)
- 1999 · My Teacher's Wife as Jack Boomer
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · The Lot as
- 1998 · The Lionhearts as (voice)
- 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Alan Blanchard
- 1996 · The Man Who Captured Eichmann as Isser Harel
- 1996 · Big Bully as Art Lundstrum
- 1994 · Radioland Murders as Walt Whalen Jr.
- 1993 · A House in the Hills as Willie
- 1992 · Article 99 as Dr. Leo Krutz
- 1992 · The Burden of Proof as Sennett
- 1991 · City Slickers as Lou
- 1991 · Life Stinks as Vance Crasswell
- 1990 · American Dreamer as Joe Baines
- 1990 · Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures as
- 1987 · Three O'Clock High as Mr. Rice
- 1986 · Mr. Sunshine as
- 1984 · No Small Affair as Ken
- 1983 · Mr. Mom as Jinx
- 1981 · Saturday the 14th as Waldemar
- 1979 · The Ropers as Jeffrey P. Brookes III
- Future · Rex Is Not Your Lawyer as Dr. Barry Cohen
- 2021 · The Clockwork Girl as Wilhelm the Tinkerer
- 2017 · The Death of Stalin as Georgy Malenkov
- 2017 · The Orville as Ben Mercer
- 2017 · Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Big Nose (voice)
- 2017 · Tangled: Before Ever After as Big Nose (voice)
- 2016 · Trolls as King Peppy (voice)
- 2016 · The Accountant as Francis Silverberg
- 2016 · Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio as (voice)
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Glossaryck (voice)
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · A Merry Friggin' Christmas as Snowman (voice)
- 2014 · Transparent as Maura Pfefferman
- 2014 · Apartment Troubles as
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · The Hangover Part III as Sid Garner
- 2013 · The Arrested Development Documentary Project as Self
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as David Bryant
- 2013 · The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! as Bettys friend (voice)
- 2013 · Monsters vs Aliens Stories as
- 2012 · Robot and Monster as St. Crispy (voice)
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2011 · 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 as
- 2011 · Lucky as Detective Waylon
- 2011 · Mr. Popper's Penguins as Mr. Gremmins
- 2011 · The Hangover Part II as Sid Garner
- 2011 · Paul as Adam Shadowchild
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as Night Wizard (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Captain Flarty (voice)
- 2010 · Tangled as Big Nose Thug (voice)
- 2010 · Raising Hope as
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Gill Littlefoot (voice)
- 2010 · This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying as Self
- 2010 · Meeting Spencer as Harris Chappell
- 2009 · 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 · Monsters vs Aliens as Carl Murphy (voice)
- 2008 · 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
- 2007 · WordGirl as
- 2007 · The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2007 · The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show' as Hank Kingsley
- 2007 · Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show as
- 2006 · Twenty Good Years as
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Psych as Lloyd French
- 2006 · The New Adventures of Old Christine as Neil
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as Himself
- 2005 · Medium as Todd Emory / Allison Dubois
- 2004 · The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as King Neptune (voice)
- 2004 · Entourage as
- 2004 · Hellboy as Tom Manning
- 2004 · Game Over as Dr. Zed (voice)
- 2004 · EuroTrip as Scott's Dad (uncredited)
- 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 · Malibu's Most Wanted as Dr. Feldman
- 2002 · That Was Then as
- 2002 · Ozzy & Drix as The Mole (voice)
- 2001 · Get Well Soon as Mitchell
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Randolph Verascola (voice)
- 2001 · Never Again as Christopher
- 2000 · How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Mayor Augustus Maywho
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jerzy Skaggs
- 1999 · Girl, Interrupted as Dr. Potts
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lester Cohen
- 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
- 1998 · Meet Joe Black as Quince
- 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
- 1997 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1996 · The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Black Jack Lee (voice)
- 1995 · 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
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1994 · Another Midnight Run as Bernie Abbot
- 1993 · 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
- 1992 · Crossing the Bridge as Uncle Alby
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Crocker (voice)
- 1992 · 1775 as Governor Massengill
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley
- 1991 · Dinosaurs as Hank Hibler (voice)
- 1990 · Pastime as Peter LaPorte
- 1990 · A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder as Don Hecker
- 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)
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Charlie Marno
- 1989 · Brenda Starr as Vladimir
- 1989 · Studio 5-B as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Writer
- 1987 · The Max Headroom Show as Murray
- 1987 · The Nativity as Eli (voice)
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Gordon Salt
- 1985 · Desert Hearts as Jerry
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Kyle Montgomery
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Dr. Stevens
- 1985 · Robert Kennedy & His Times as Pierre Salinger
- 1984 · The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Dr. Lindsey
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Russell Armstrong
- 1984 · Who's the Boss? as
- 1983 · The Awakening of Candra as Professor Michael Silver
- 1983 · Sadat as Sharaff
- 1983 · The Man Who Wasn't There as Boris Potemkin
- 1983 · Cocaine: One Man's Seduction as Mort Broome
- 1982 · Take Your Best Shot as Alden Pepper
- 1982 · 9 to 5 as Franklin Hart
- 1982 · The Dream Chasers as Jeffrey Bauman
- 1981 · The Star Maker as Harry Lanson
- 1981 · A Gun in the House as Lance Kessler
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Judge Alan Wachtel
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth
- 1980 · Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Dankworth
- 1979 · ...And Justice for All as Jay Porter
- 1978 · Taxi as Congressman Walter Griswald
- 1977 · 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
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · Barney Miller as William Klein
- 1973 · Kojak as Medical Examiner
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Reddish
- Future · The Adventures of Drunky as God