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